Will and Kate's Wedding

To celebrate Will and Kate's wedding, we went to Oxford for the day. Daniel and Lauren are up there this year and we want to take every opportunity to get to spend time with them. They took us to a very fun museum that encourages the kids to touch stuff!! Ben loved it so most of the pictures are blurry because he was on the move!!

We then took a walk along the Thames to eat at a fun little pub. Yes, I said it we walked along the Thames! It was a lot of fun and the Phil and Teds did AWESOME!! I will post about my life changing purchase shortly.

Our first week

This is our trial run at the airport! We went to the airport in Cola, checked in with all 8 bags, 2 strollers, 2 car seats, 2 carry on bags, and 2 personal bags, went to our gate and found out our flight was delayed because the crew had not arrived. The flight was so delayed that we would miss our international flight. So, here Allen is counting our bags coming back off the carosel to make sure we aren't missing anything.

The great part of the delay was getting extra time with my sister!!

We arrived and had family here right away which was awesome and a huge blessing. Ben woke up asking for ShoSho and Papa the first morning. I think it has really helped him transition having them be here for a short time. Then we were off to IKEA to start buying stuff for our house. Ben helped gett everything in the car!

We found a toy at a used shop here just like their cousin, Emma, has in the states. We made the mistake of talking about the cousins too much and Ben thought we were going to see them.

Our dear friends were visiting England and stopped by for the afternoon. They are Gamecock fans so we had to put up our sign to welcome them! Ben keeping watch at the window for them.

Our dear friend, Brenda with the boys. Nate is struggling with a little cold.

Trying out the local fish and chips joint. It was wonderful!

We arrived!

We arrived safely on Friday morning. We were welcomed by Daniel, Lauren, Mom and Dad who came to stay with us for the weekend Friday evening. It was wonderful to have them in our new home. The boys loved it! Lauren cooked and prepared all the meals. We had a great time with them and were sad to see them leave on Sunday. So thankful to have Daniel and Lauren here in England with us!

We are still here!

Life has been a little crazy to say the least. We head off on our next adventure tomorrow and are so excited! Of course, it is bitter sweet to be leaving family and friends behind. Can't believe how the time has flown. Here are my two sweethearts. Ben is now 2 and Nate is 9 1/2 months old! Where has the time gone?!