Wow! This month has flown by! Here's a breakdown of what we've been up to and what is to come for us in the next few days.
June 28 - found out we would be moving to Germany by August 1...the craziness began!
June 29 - our third anniversary - celebrated with some German food in Ann Arbor
July 1-5 - went to the Adirondacks for a long weekend of muddy backpacking with great friends...climbed the second highest peak in NY
July 6 - one day home together spent unpacking and repacking
July 7-9 - Beth in GR and Brian in Washington DC/Baltimore/Indianapolis for work
July 10 - helped friends who recently got married in Germany move their households together
July 11 - last Sunday at Dearborn CF...trip to Frankenmuth to see Grandma Jo and Fred
July 14 - Beth's last day working at the library
July 15 - lunch with a friend (Jayme) in Troy and making plans for our first visitor (Becky) to Friedrichshafen
July 16 - hanging out with Laura, Deb, & Patrick with a rousing game of croquet (which I lost!)
July 17 - Brian and his dad take a trip to get some furniture to GR...get together with all the Ponsteins
July 18 - last Sunday at First CRC...tree fell on my parent's garage roof while Brian was in the garage
July 20-22 - Brian in Mankato...storms make him sit in the plane for 3 hours before making it home
July 20 - movers come to pack up and take our stuff going to Germany by boat...we'll see it in 6-8 weeks!
July 22 - ice cream with our small group...Brian missed it because of his plane troubles
July 23 - Beth's 26th birthday!...Whitecaps game with the Pfruenders and Brummels
July 24 - emptying my parent's basement...dinner with Oma at Russ'
July 25 - lunch with Pfruenders...Katie and Kyle's first anniversary!
July 26 - Ponsteins come to get the rest of our furniture...sold Brian's Intrepid!
July 27 - Beth meets Mom in Howell to trade off a carload of stuff (a little shopping too!)
July 28 - last minute packing and cleaning
July 29 - Brian's last day of work...driving to GR with the last carload in the evening
July 30 - leave GR at 9am to head to Detroit for our flight at 1:30pm...fly to Atlanta for a 2 hour layover
July 31 - arrive in Stuttgart, Germany at 9am (3am MI time)...return rental car and head to our apartment
August 1 - meet up with Brian's boss who will show us around the town and help us find things we need
August 2 - Brian's first day of work in FN
We'll update again once we've made it to Germany and have Internet access. Your prayers are much appreciated as we take this journey to a new chapter in our lives!
2 comments:
And Sept 3 - your first visitor flies in to Zurich, Switzerland and gets to figure out how to get to Friedrichschafen...
that is the most important date! i can't believe i forgot it!!! i can't wait to see you. :)
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