2017 in Review

Here we are at the end of 2017!


January 2017

Frozen all over Europe!

We celebrated 2017 with lots of fireworks
It snowed for the first time!
Danita and Fern came to visit us!
We traveled to Marburg, Rothenburg, Munich, Dachau Concentration Camp, Neuschwanstein Castle, Innsbruck, Zurich, Strasbourg and Heidelberg, finally showing them Muenster

February 2017

Nyhavn in Copenhagen. 14 February

We'd lived in Germany for six months!
We went to Copenhagen, Denmark during the semester break
We spent Valentine's Day in Copenhagen
Found out that Lindsay was pregnant (February 17)
Made a last minute trip to Cologne for Karneval 

March 2017

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. 26 March

Lindsay turned 28

We went to Cleveland for Chris and Megan's wedding
We lost our fourth baby

We went to Berlin for the Fulbright Conference

April 2017

Temple of Poseidon in Sounion, Greece. 1 April

Amsterdam, Netherlands. 18 April

We went to Greece with some of our Fulbright family!
We traveled back to Munich for a symposium
Fulbright family came to visit over Easter
We did Amsterdam in an afternoon!

May 2017

Prinzipalmarkt on our 7th anniversary. 22 May

Colosseum in Rome. 27 June

The first half of this month wasn't busy at all! Things got a little crazier starting on the 20th when we headed to Bavaria. Other than that, we hoped for warmer weather in Germany, and spent time there.
Carson went to Groningen in the Netherlands for a conference
Met up with some Fulbright Family in Würzburg where Carson ran a half marathon
We celebrated seven years of marriage
The Kings met us for a long weekend in Rome!

June 2017

Berliner Dom in Berlin, Germany. 11 June 

June seemed to pass by quickly and felt busy, even though it really wasn't so much. We traveled for over a week, which took up some time, but we also stayed in Munster for quite some time.
Lindsay had surgery

My parents came to visit! We traveled to Munich, Neuschwanstein Castle, Berlin, Munster and Amsterdam with them.

July 2017

Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg, Austria. 3 July.

Louvre Pyramids, Paris, France. 5 July.

Glencoe, Scottish Highlands. 12 July

Bluffton, South Carolina. 27 July

Family get together. 30 July

This was a busy month that passed so quickly from all the travel and activities
Carson attended a conference in Salzburg
Lindsay went to Paris with Jaime
We visited Edinburgh, Scotland for a conference

We marveled at how quickly a year had passed in Germany and moved back to the States
We spent a little over a week in Beaufort

August 2017

We returned to Tallahassee
We went to Jacksonville for Grayson's second birthday party

Carson went back to Berlin for a conference
School and work started in Tallahassee
We went tubing in the Florida panhandle

Carson's rafting trip

September 2017

We went to the beach
We survived Hurricane Irma
Tuck joined the family

October 2017

The Coluccis came to visit
Halloween
Family trip to Clearwater

November 2017

Epcot Wine and Dine Festival
SBL in Boston
Thanksgiving in Beaufort

December 2017

Carson turned 31
Christmas in Maryland

October Life

Hanging out on a Sunday afternoon

I parked at the gym when it was still dark, and when I came outside, I realized that I'd parked in a color coded row...

Movie night with our lampshade.

Tuck helped with the laundry by helping himself to our dryer ball.

We walked around FSU's campus several times and one time had to grab something from Carson's office, so Tuck visited Dodd 112 for the first time.

So, Tuck really likes underwear. I'd sorted the laundry on the floor in front of the washing machine and he separated these out for me like the thoughtful guy he is (gross).

He just really likes laundry though.

I made the guest room pretty! It was full of boxes and junk and we organized it and got it ready for guests.

Home with dinner

Typical nighttime routine.

 Typical sight in the morning

The cone came off! Here's a progression:

Tuck HATES the bike, but he doesn't mind watching from a distance.

More dog park hijinks

Setting up our new TV stand - it's called the Carson!

I just wanted to relax after church, but he had other ideas. We ended up going to the pool and letting Tuck hang out and nap alone.

Had a community group worship night at the Northside Community Center.

This looks way too cozy. I keep wanting to call in to work and just sleep like this all day.

Post-bath blues

The best Brussels Sprouts are crispy roasted Brussels Sprouts.

Ready for work!

They picked me up from work one Friday.

And the following day, we went to the carwash. Tuck didn't freak out, but he was confused and a little scared.

 When it finally got chilly (the very last weekend in October - lows in the 40s, highs anywhere from high 50s to mid 70s), we got cozy on the couch and watched Disney movies. We watched Cinderella and Pocahontas. I'd never seen the latter before.

Tuck is scared of the dishwasher, even when it's off, and won't come in the kitchen. Tried to bribe him with cheese and his favorite tennis ball but noooooope.