Welcome to Our Blog From Germany :)

Paul and I decided that the easiest way to keep everyone informed and to post pictures of our adventures without filling up everyone's mailbox was to start a Blog.

There are so many friends and family to keep in touch with that this just was the easiest thing to do to ensure no one was left out.

To kick off the blog I have posted a slide show or our new home. I took these pictures Christmas Morning. Please excuse the mess in the house as we are STILL unpacking and trying to get settled.

I did not post pictures of our basement because that by far were the scariest rooms in the house...lol They still are. Our furniture that came broke is down there so we are at a stalemate until we can get someone from the base out to look at it so we can file out claim.

So to kick things off here is a little background on our living arrangements in Germany...


To give everyone a little background on our house we do NOT live on post. We live in what is called Govt Leased Housing. This is where the govt goes out and leases various properties from the local Germans. The govt covers the cost of rent, utilities and trash in return we no longer receive out monthly housing allowance in Paul's pay.

In our housing area we have a few other American Families but are mainly surrounded by German families. Most who do not speak a lick of English. We have a bakery down the street as well a grocery store and hardware store. There are bike paths everywhere and we are not far at all from plenty of things to do. All in all I have to say we lucked out with our living arrangements.

I LOVE our house!!! It is roughly two years old. My only issue is how new it is. I am about to give myself and ulcer over the kids tearing this place up. For those of you familiar at all with Army Quarters we really hit the jackpot with this place. Typically Army Housing is worse off then the projects you find in the inner city. So when Paul was offered Govt leased housing in lieu of on-post housing it was a no brainer!! It also is a lot larger than what we would have been offered on post.

It is four floors starting with a full basement and laundry room. The laundry room is what sealed the deal because on post we would have had to go to a laundry mat. Next floor up is our living room, dining room and kitchen. We also have a half bathroom on this floor. Next floor up is Zac's room, our room and the main bathroom of the house. Our bedroom has a full bath as well. The fourth and final floor is all Sydney's bedroom also with a full bath. We have a garage as well as fenced in backyard NONE of which we would have had if we live don post.

Here are a few pics of our new house....(again excuse the mess)

I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday season and be sure to bookmark this page. I am hoping to have pics of our Christmas and our trip to the city of Amberg up by the end of the day :)