Germany

Esslingen in Spring

We have been absolutely loving the recent spring weather. The sun is (sometimes) shining and there’s beautiful bursts of pink, bright yellow, and white popping up around us – I’ve been soaking up every minute. Our backyard is in bloom and it brings me so much joy! This is one good thing about moving to a new house in the winter – so much excitement as things start popping up around you. Our garden is full of daffodils, a few tulips, and a huge magnolia tree. In the summer there will be lots of roses and I’m sure more surprises. […]

Germany

Happy 2025 to You

Hello and happy new year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and are starting the new year refreshed. I certainly am! We had a jam-packed 2.5 weeks off, and in one week we moved houses, celebrating Christmas, celebrated twin birthdays, and the next morning headed to the alps to ski for a week. It was an insanely packed week and we only forgot to bring one suitcase to the mountains in the madness 😉 thankfully David was able to drive 2 hours across the mountains to find contacts and it turned out to be a success. 🙂 Spending […]

Germany, Uncategorized

Vineyard Family Picnic

One of my favorite ways to get out of the house is to take a family picnic. This can be as simple as eating in your backyard, at your local park, or my personal favorite, in the vineyards! I’ve posted a bunch about how I absolutely adore the Untertürkheim vineyards, and how lucky we are that they are so close to us! It was a beautiful autumn weekend here in Stuttgart and we decided to spend our Sunday picnicing in the vines. I quickly made PB&Js, sliced a few bell peppers and threw in a package of hummus (my kids […]

Austria

Austrian Alpine Summer Playgrounds – Holiday with Children

I found myself craving a summer holiday with our three small children and began searching what we could possibly do that would be fun for the kids, the least amount of hassle for the adults, where we would ALL be entertained for multiple days on end, and is stroller friendly. Does this magical formula exist? I am happy to say a resounding YES, it does! I present you the Austrian alps and their glorious alpine playgrounds. Austrian Alps with Kids The Austrian alps have entered the chat! Let me tell you that the Austrian alps are the most kid friendly […]

Germany

Hi Again

She’s back 🙂 Hi friends, it’s been a long time, but I’m back in action and want to share our adventures with you again. Since I stopped posting about our travels, we moved to Charleston South Carolina, had a handful of kids, and moved back to Stuttgart when our twins were just four months old. We moved around a lot within Stuttgart with a toddler and infant twins (this is a saga for another time) and now our youngest are almost two years old and I find that I have a few minutes of free time again… which means more […]

Germany, USA

Happy Holidays from Our Home to Yours and a 2020 Recap

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our home to yours! We have been very fortunate to be able to finally move into our home in downtown Charleston just before Christmas, and have been working non-stop trying to get settled in by Christmas and before baby arrives in a quick month! Please accept our digital version of a Christmas card this year – y’all know how much I love sending out paper holiday cards but with the renovation, move, and prep for the holidays and creating a space for baby, they may be coming to you about a month late this […]