Paris Part I: Days 1 & 2
Sorry it took me a whole week to get a post from Paris up. Between being exhausted from our trip and trying to tie up some loose ends before I head back to Texas, we have been pretty swamped with stuff to do. Paris was a lot of fun but…
Bon Voyage!
John and I are heading to the train station in a little over three hours to board a train bound for Paris! We are staying about 5 km from the Eiffel Tower and very close (I think 400 m or so) from a metro stop. Hopefully transportation will be fairly…
$2000 and 1 new Recruit
Hi everyone! John here… So the army gives $2000 any service member, active or retired, who recruits someone to join… Looks like I will be getting my money soon! I got a recruit and man is she cute! Mr. Carter, I know you wanted her to go Air Force, but…
Christmas in Review
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! John and I definitely did, even though we really missed home. We woke up late (10:30!) and opened our stockings. After that, I made an egg, sausage and cheese casserole and some coffee cake. We got ready for the day, ate breakfast (with…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! We wanted to post a full length blog tonight complete with pictures of our day and of the beautiful white weather, but sadly, it got very late. We attended a German Church Service at 11:00pm and we didn’t get home until 12:50. After doing the rest of…
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
Just like the ones I never knew :o) After a night of temperatures in the low to mid 20s and a lot of fog, we looked outside yesterday, and everything was rather frosty. This is what we saw:These are the coolest little ice crystals I’ve ever seen. These next couple…