Sunday, April 19, 2009

Getting Settled


Hi everyone! Hope you all are well :)

Well, we have been in England 5 days now, and we are quickly getting settled. We've been house hunting for the past few days and the 7th home was the lucky one. The owner is having the carpet cleaned and a few other things, but we should be set to move in this week sometime. It depends on the base really, because they will be l0aning us furniture and other goods until our things arrive. The only thing the home didn't have that we wanted was a conservatory, but we talked the owner into putting one in! The Brits use the conservatory as an extension of the dining room, but we do plan to grow some things in there also. Our little village school has a small market and a primary school (elementary). I haven't checked yet, but they may have a preschool for Hunter to attend next year. Something else we also love is the village has a great playground and a running track!

So driving here was alittle harder than Aaron expected, but he has already got the hand of it. The only hard in the round-a-bouts which take the place of traffic lights and intersections. These little European cars fly around those circles and it's a little frightening to jump in there. Plus we still haven't figured out signal while on them- it's very different from home!

It is absolutely beautiful here! There huge Meadows filled with this yellow flower called rape weed. One field can cover acres and acres. I've tried taking pictures, but none have done it justice so far.

Yesterday we spent the afternoon exploring Huntingdon which is the town that our village is in. The town was actually established just after 1200! We walked through a park next to the Ouse River. There are some beautiful old buildings and hotel in the area.



Here is a link to some pictures from out time here so far!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=yk2kpuv.7vykqnt7&x=0&y=u87tle&localeid=en_US&cm_mmc=site_email-_-site_share-_-core-_-view_photos_button



We are doing great and already enjoying our new area. We hope you all are doing great as well. When you get the chance, please send us an email and catch us up on whats going on at home!



Love to you all- Candace

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

In the UK!


Hi from England! So we finally made it yesterday morning at 6am, which is 1am for all of you. We are tired but very excited to be here! We got checked into our room and took a long nap. We're working on the jetlag pretty well. Tomorrow we are going to rent a car and tour some homes- fun!
We hope you all are doing well. We love and miss you! I'll post again when I have a better internet connection.



-Candace

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Warp speed

Wow, time is really going fast! All the events in the past few weeks have sped things up. Two weeks ago the movers came and packed up our house, put everything in huge crates and loaded them onto a semi-truck. For days Hunter kept asking "Where's my chair? Where's my airplane? Where's my trucks?" I think knowing that his things were going to England was exciting enough to make up for not having them. Whew!

The next big event was shipping Aaron's truck. It took a few days to get it clean enough to ship (it had to be immaculate), then we drove it to Charleston. There was a problem with the emergency brake so we weren't able to ship it that day. It wasn't a big deal though cause we were able to spend some time with my wonderful brother and sister-in-law! The following weekend we went back to Charleston and was able to ship it with no problem. I think Aaron was a little sad watching it drive off though...
After taking care of a few things around the house, we drove to NC and have been spending time with family ever since! Aaron and I are very thankful to have this time to spend with everyone. Most making a big move overseas don't have this luxury. We hope to see as many of you as possible in the few days we have left.
We hope you all enjoy celebrating the wonderful holiday coming up! Easter is one of my favorite holidays- for Christ's resurrection, and for all the memories I have of the special day. Make some special memories of your own! Love you all.

Candace

Pictures coming-check back soon!