It is extremly appropriate that I changed the title of my blog to our adventures. We definetly experienced an adventure this weekend. We drove on friday to Bremerhaven which is 6 hours drving 80 - 90 on the autobahn. We arrived in Bremerhaven at 130 on Friday afternoon. We got the car everything went smoothly. We were on our way back to Ramstein. Dennis was in the BMW with the girls and I was in my car by myself. I heard a couple of pops and the next thing I know I see low tire pressure in my info box on the dash. So I called Dennis and told him we needed to stop then all of a sudden i heard kaboom kaboom. My tire was completly flat on the autobahn. So we pulled over it was 32 degrees and around 430 so it was getting dark. Dennis had to get out in the cold and change the tire on the side of the autobahn without any emergency gear. No triangle, no reflective gear, no flairs. Just Dennis in a black jacket with his back against the white line of the autobahn, It was so very scary for me sitting in the cars with the girls and people flying by and the car shakey and knowing Dennis is outside right beside the autobahn. Well an hour later it was fixed. We were on our way to the next exit to get help. We found a volvo dealer on that exit. They were closed but some nice guy came to the door with me panicing for someone to come to the door. He looked at our tire and did not have one. So we decided to go get food and then find a hotel. Went to mcdonalds to get food and I had no euros and Dennis was trying to still get the tire fixed. He made it and we got food, then drove about 160 kiliometers to a hotel. We stayed in a nice room with two double beds pushed together dennis and I and both girls were in the bed. After two hours we slept all night.
On the way home we drove about 60mph all the way home. It allowed us to enjoy the scenery. We saw several castles. If we were going the normal spped we would have missed all of the scenery that God created. It reminds me of a verse Be still and know that I am GOD!
We made it safely. We are all fine. Just recovering from the long trip. So we learned our lessons make sure we have the required safety equipment. Before our next trip we will have that.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Random Pictures of the girls in germany
The lion Ada made at storytime!
Ada playing in Baileys kennel!
Ada and Ella on Halloween!
Ella holding her head up!
Thanksgiving week
It has been a long time since I have written a entry. We are still in temporary housing waiting for the house that we will be renting to be ready. We will not be able to move in until Dec 10. We will be moving on Tuesday Dec. 23rd to a temp house that is really nice a very spacious. We are excited. We will be spending thanksgiving just as a family as of right now. It will be kindof sad not to spend it with friends or other families. But we are thankful we have each other and a nice place to actually cook a meal.
WHile we have been in Germany I have tried to keep us very busy. I have started a MOPS group and taking the girls to story time. I have also attended a spous social so slowly getting involved. I like it here so far but I do miss all my friends and family.
We are ready to be settled into our house and actually feel like we live here. Right now I feel like we are temporarly here. The girls are adjusting well i think. They both sleep ok at night. Ada still enjoys playing with her dolls and stroller. Ella is growing like a weed. SHe weighed 12lbs and 15oz last week. The picture at the top of the blog is Dennis and Ada on Halloween. We haven't done much traveling. We are hoping to go to Belgium around Christmas but we will see. Most of our traveling will be next year sometime. So overall we are doing well. I will post more pictures soon.
Andrea
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Made it to Germany
After many months of preparing to move we are finally here. Sorry for delayed updates. It has been hard on us and the girls to skip 6 hours ahead.
We left Baltimore on Wednesday night the 20th and arrived in Germany on Thursday 21st at 9am Ramstein time. So we had to sleep on the plane land and be ready for the day. Well Ada slept maybe 2 hours on the plane with constant jerking of her head and Dennis was beside her so he only slept 45 minutes due to the constant jerks. Ella slept great in carseat however I did not. We made it here with a very tired little girl and a mad passenger in front of Ada. She constantly kicked his seat and he happened to mention it to the guy who picked him up once we landed and I was standing right there. I wanted to tell him. SHE IS ONE!!
So once we arrived we checked in and the girls and I slept for several hours and then it was time to meet the squadron at dinner. Perfect night to meet them. I'm exhausted and my contacts would not go back in so I went in glasses and a very red eye. Dinner was good typical German food. But we missed seeing our fellow 16th friends. I think Ada was looking for Brad when we arrived she just kept looking around. The few wifes that were there fell in love with Ada and held her so of course she enjoyed that.
You would think the commisarry in a different country would be better then the one in the states. UMMMM NO! We have 3 choices for bread. No 45 calorie bread or sara lee. There are just not many choices for things. Such as kids yogurt. Doesn't really exist except go gurt. It is going to take time to get use to the food selection. The BX is really nice and HUGE. We have been there 3 times in 2 days and we will be returning today.
Since we have been here we have already seen some Charleston people. Lindon and Ryan Daughtry. It was great to see them. Now if Lindon could have packed Ana in his suitcase that would have been great.
We our currently shopping for a house to rent. All the good ones are snagged very quickly. We looked at one yesterday and I was not impressed. We will have phones today so excited to have the internet at my fingertips again.
Sorry the delay in posting. Funny note. I log on to post and its all in German. So I had to figure out which word meant post. Pictures will be added later. The girls are doing good and so is Dennis. We are all trying to adjust.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Ella
On July 30 at 3:40pm we were blessed with our second daughter Ella Kailynn 6lbs 14oz and 19 1/2 inches long. We have enjoyed being parents of two. Although it is a little more comlicated now but we are having fun.
In about a month we will be packing up our house. A little sad but also excited for our new adventure in Germany!
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