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Archives for February 2012

Of food and other things.

Written by: Amanda // Category: South Korea

Blogs are great until they lose everthing you wrote. Then they are  EXCELLENT. I seriously had my blog all written, and I was trying to add a few photos from my phone for ya, and my text was deleted. Instead of throwing my computer out the window, i'm going to buckle down and try to type this out with the next 15 minutes I have before we have to walk to class (it's about a 10-15 min walk). Well, we made it through week one! We're still happy, healthy, and excited to see what's around the corner! You'd think since we've been here a week we'd have the city pretty much down. That's a lie...we know how to get to school, a few good restaurants and coffee shops, and to HomePlus (the biggest supermarket you've ever seen). We are however getting ... Read More

The Journey Over

Written by: Amanda // Category: Uncategorized

Its 6:30am here, and I can’t sleep anymore. Probably because my body is telling me it’s actually about 1:30PM (pacific time) and it’s very unnatural to be sleeping right now. I decided to take this sleepless opportunity to write, and catch you up on the last three days before the real party gets started with our training starting this afternoon. Let me tell you, this whole adventure is crazy, dream-like, awesome, terrifying, and satisfying. I can’t believe we’re sitting here in our little apartment, looking out at the crowded skyline, and not being able to read a thing. Communication is tough with the locals…we try using hand motions, saying words as slow as you can, and hope that it’ll click-it’s awkward when it doesn’t. We do have the ... Read More

The Grand Adventure

Written by: Amanda // Category: Travel

Derik and I have always been about adventure. It could be a grand trip to the beach, not to swim or tan of course, (NW beaches are known to be cold) but to search for japanese glass 'floats' just waiting to be found. Or a road-trip from the quiet town of Hollister, MO to the bustling city of Portland, OR, stopping every interesting place possible (Yellowstone National Park)to make the day that much more fun. Or maybe it's packing up 200 lbs of luggage and dragging it halfway across the world to a country most people know not the slightest about. In any case, call us crazy, but we're all about jumping into the abyss most people call unknown. Its not easy at times, but is life ever? We can't wait to grow old together, and want to be thankful ... Read More

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Instagram post 2191262001464883691_1586897 We spent Thanksgiving back in North America: Whistler, Canada! A 10 hour flight from Germany , and I can’t say this one was better than the one we took over the summer on our trip to Alaska, but we survived! Entertaining a 11 month old for that long is much harder than a 6 month old, especially when they aren’t into sleeping on the plane AT ALL. 🤪

Whistler was beautiful despite the lack of snow, and we enjoyed our time with family, the delicious food, and as much sightseeing as one could do with a jet-lagged baby. 
This was actually my first trip to Canada ever, (unless you want to count the move my parents took up to Alaska from Arkansas when I was two. 😂🤷‍♀️ ) and I loved it! We would really like to take a big Canadian road trip someday and explore more of the country! 😍😍🇨🇦
Instagram post 2162391766049924598_1586897 Being a mama may mean I don’t always have time to put myself together, but I would rather spend the extra moments making special memories with our daughter that she can cherish forever. I doubt that she will look at this picture and see a tired, messy haired mama that’s barely had time to wash her face nevermind carefully apply makeup, but am hoping she will see a mama that never tires of carrying and cuddling her, or sharing new experiences with her. 💕
Instagram post 2161269753608488280_1586897 Oh Switzerland, you beaut.🇨🇭 We spent a couple days enjoying the beautiful weather in the land of chocolate, cheese, mountains, and cows with bells 😍😍🤩. If you remember, we visited the same area  a month shy of two years ago but but the weather was quite the opposite! I’d have to say though, when you visit such a majestic and beautiful area, it doesn’t matter what the weather is, you’re going to be in awe and love it anyway!
Instagram post 2137973445900634297_1586897 We’re mid-fall festival season here in Germany! Bring on the wine, music, and all the delicious food🤩🤩.
Instagram post 2111707320150069901_1586897 3,285 days of adventure, love, and learning — that’s 9 years I’ve been able to call Derik my husband, and I can truly say it’s only felt like a few years NOT just one year shy of a whole decade. This year has brought so much change with welcoming our daughter into our lives, and through it has only solidified our marriage and how much I am so deeply in love with this man. He’s the best father (as I always knew he would be) and an incredible husband. I am beyond blessed. 
Happy Anniversary and BIRTHDAY my love! 
We need to get more photos of us together, but since having our little one, most of the photos we’ve taken have been just with her! These were taken on our 'babymoon' in Iceland! As I was going through them, I realized I have a ton to share of our trip, so hopefully that’ll come soon!
Instagram post 2104702897498505367_1586897 Summer in Germany. 🌻

This is the fourth one I’ve been through and they’ve all been a bit different: sometimes rainy, sometimes ridiculously hot, sometimes full of bugs, but always beautiful. Flowers, berries, festivals and wine walks in abundance.

The key to successfully living in a new country is to STOP COMPARING and enjoy it for what it is - entirely different than your native country. Embrace the struggle, the experiences, the adventures, the pain, and the beauty or else you’ll tragically lose out what could be one of the most magical times in your life.
Instagram post 2078684799322929913_1586897 Our little girl has officially become a world traveler as of a couple weeks ago! The @condorairlines flight from Germany to Alaska was long, and she only slept 40 minutes out of the 9:10hour trip, but we survived and she still did remarkably well even with being overly-tired.  My hope is our trip back to Germany runs a bit smoother and that she sleeps so mama can sleep too. 😂😬🙏 Prayers welcomed. Between that and the 10 hour time difference, schedules (eating/sleeping) have been thrown way off and I don’t expect them to level out for a few more weeks 😩.
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