We've arrived...

in England! We landed on British soil on Saturday, 21 February at about 9am local time. That's 4am for all you east coasters! Our flight here was amazingly smooth and uncomplicated. Much better than what we were prepared for! The kids loved the airplane and settled in easily. We were blessed to have a friendly face waiting for us at the terminal. Paul's former boss picked us up and brought us to our new home - RAF Lakenheath. As you can imagine, we were tired but excited to start our new adventure! Jacob wanted to know where all the trains were - he's heard that over here trains are a very common way to travel. Chloe was looking for horses and castles, and Jonah was..well he just was.

After naps, we went to Christi's house for a bbq. It was nice to be with old friends in this brand new world we were surrounded by. When we got back to the hotel, Casey was here! We missed her!! I think we must have overextended our bodies though, because we didnt wake up on Sunday until NOON! How nice that was! I dont ever remember sleeing in that late, unless it was years ago in college:) Needless to say, that ended up being quite a lazy day for us. Visiting with Casey, relaxing and resting were all that we managed. Let's see..what next? Monday...nothing much to report. Paul had a bit of work in the morning, and then we ..Oh!! We had our first taste of driving on 'the wrong side of the road' on Monday. We rented a car, as ours wont be here for a least a couple more weeks. Casey took us on a trip to the toystore at RAF Mildenhall, the base close by. Seeing the kids' smiling faces at the rows of toys was well worth the nervous first time behind the wheel. And it was me who drove!!

Almost caught up! Tuesday, yesterday, Paul had all day appointments to get settled so the kids and I spent a lazy morning. Casey came over and watched them while we had a briefing about letting housing off the base. The playground and Baskin Robbins were next, and then it was a normal evening in the Jski house. Which brings us to today...exploring and house hunting! I cant wait to see what options are waiting for us. If you want a taste of what we see, check out this site - Rightmove.co.uk - choose the 'to rent' option at the top of the page. Enter 'Lakenheath' in the search box, then select w/i 15miles - houses - 4 bedrooms at least - max 1250 pounds - and go! What you see is what we will be looking at today on our first trip away from the base. Wish us luck!

Ok, I think that has pretty much gotten us to the present. I will post pictures tonight of our day so come back soon!