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A boy playing at a water station at a park in Germany
31 Mar 2024
Everything, Family, Garmisch, Germany, Lifestyle, Outdoor Adventures, Parenting

Family Fun Hikes Near Garmisch, Germany

Hey, fellow nature enthusiasts! If you dream of fresh alpine air and quality family time, I've got some insider tips on the best family-friendly hikes around Garmisch, Germany, and its charming Austrian neighbor. These trails are breathtaking and so much fun for the kiddos (and us grown-ups too)! Here we go! I hope you enjoy and if you go on one of these hikes comment below and let me know what you think!  Mitteregg, Austria Family Fun Hike This trail is so much fun! My boys are not always "excited"[...]

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24 Jan 2024
Everything, Garmisch, Germany, Lifestyle, Parenting

Sledding in Garmisch, Germany

Sledding in Garmisch is super easy! You have many options, but trying to figure out all these places while on vacation can be tricky. Today, I'm sharing all the tips and tricks to sledding in Garmisch. Comment below if you have any questions.  Where can I rent a sled? Garmisch Ski SchoolHausberg Lodge (If you're an American working for the government) Almost any place in town that rents skis also rents sleds.  Eckbauer This is the bahn located right beside the hospital and the ski jump a[...]

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30 Nov 2023
Everything, Garmisch, Germany, Germany, Parenting, ski

How To Ski In Garmisch, Germany

Today in Garmish, Germany, we had our first significant snowfall of the season, much earlier than last year. I've had a few people reach out to me over the last year about how to ski in Garmisch. I'm going to break down skiing in Garmisch  (Local style). I know the struggles of trying to learn to ski and figuring out where and how to learn to ski. (It's overwhelming) Especially when you don't live here!  If You Work For The United States Goverment If you're an American working for the US go[...]

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02 Jan 2023
Everything, Family, Garmisch, Germany, Lifestyle, Parenting, Tennessee, The United States

How To Dress Your Children For Snow!

I grew up in the south, right outside Nashville, Tennessee, in Gallatin. I remember we would get one to two good snows a year. I say that lightly because heavy snow in Gallatin (2 inches) would be considered a dusting in most towns where it snows a lot.It wasn't until we moved to Slovenia (In the Julian Alps) that we started to realize that we were dressing our children all wrong. We would walk around downtown Ljubljana, and all the children would be so happy, running around smiling, having the times of their[...]

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10 Jun 2022
Everything, Family, Lifestyle, Parenting, World Travels

Most Common Questions, I Get Asked About Living In Lithuania

When we moved overseas the first time in 2017 I had never left the United States… I didn’t even have a passport. I honestly had no idea what to expect and a lot of the things that I thought were going to be an issue weren’t an issue at all! Now that we live in Lithuania I have found our family and friends asking us the same questions over and over. So I thought why not make a blog post and answer all the questions we have been getting daily about living in Lithuania. What side of the r[...]

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26 Jun 2021
Everything, Lithuania, Parenting

Parenting in Lithuania

When we lived in Slovenia, I wrote a blog post about parenting in Slovenia. Now that we live in Lithuania, I thought it would be fun to write about my experiences in Lithuania.Much like Slovenia, it's not uncommon to see children Nolan's age 9 walking to school by themselves or taking the bus alone. Kids have more freedom in Lithuania than they do in the United States. Children in Lithuania also don't start grade school until they are age seven which is much different than the US at age 5.Th[...]

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01 Aug 2019
Everything, Family, Lifestyle, Lithuania, Military Spouse, Parenting, World Travels

The Beginning… Life in Lithuania.

It's been a week since we arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania. I can't believe I'm typing that... it's crazy how quickly time flies when you're having fun and trying to figure out life in a different country. Our first week looked like Moving into our new house! We got super lucky and were able to be picked up at the airport and moved right into our new house. Our air shipment was actually waiting for us in our garage! We had great sponsors they packed our frig full of great food and brought some things ove[...]

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14 Jun 2019
California, Lifestyle, Lithuania, Parenting

McAnally Life Update

The McAnally Life Cliff Notes... So much has happened... I'll be honest since we moved from Ljubljana, Slovenia back to Monterey, California I needed a life break! I put my blog on the back burner and I focused on my career, family, and had a baby. In November 2017 we moved back to Monterey, California from Ljublijana, Slovenia. We thought this was the best place to move our children back to after a year of living abroad. We also knew we'd have friends from previous duty stations also getting stat[...]

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26 Mar 2018
Everything, Parenting

Home Is Where My Family Is

Hello! I've been super silent as this move from Slovenia back to The United States has been challenging! I'm super used to moving... this is my 8th move in 8 years, but what killed me this time was the amount of time our stuff took to get to Slovenia (74 days); we got our property, and our home in Slovenia felt like home FINALLY! Just to pack it all back up and send it back to The United States for it to take another 105 days to get back to Monterey. You don't realize how exhausting moving is until you've mad[...]

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