Jo and Tylers visit

My sweet friend from highschool stopped in England for a week, her grandmother lives here. We were blessed to get to spend some time with them. Joanne and Tyler were married last July in Kenya. They arrived on Monday and we walked up to Allen's office and ate fish and chips together.

Nate likes fish and chips too.

I drove them to the airport on Saturday morning and we realized that we had not taken a photo together. So, here it is! Us in all our 5 am glory.

Ben's 2 year plus 2 month B-day

Daniel and Lauren rode the train down from Oxford on Friday. It is awesome to have them in the country with us. So fun to have a fun, relaxing weekend with them. They are awesome with Ben and Nate.

Ben's 2nd Birthday was on April 5th but we were in the middle of moving and at a training that week. So, we just skipped over the day. However, I felt like a terrible mother and really wanted to do something to celebrate his day. It was really fun this week because Ben has just become aware of birthdays and has been talking about birthday cake and presents. So, it was great yesterday when we celebrated his 2 year plus 2 months birthday. He was so excited about the cake and a truck! Totally worth waiting for. He sang "Happy Birthday to you..." all day long.

Sweet Friends!

Last week, some sweet friends of ours were here, David and Judy. They are like family and always a huge encouragement to be around. Like having family. They love our boys and are so full of wisdom and insight into parenting. I love talking to Judy, she is always so encouraging but also challenging to be all that He has for me to be as a wife and mom.

Ben loves his "aunt" Judy and "uncle" David. So thankful to get to see them again!!

Nate has grown a ton since they saw him last in October.

Ben making himself at home in Davids lap!

Our stuff arrived!!

Our shipment arrived in country last monday and they brought it to our house on Wednesday. I had no idea it would get to us that quickly. It is great to have our stuff here, especially our living room furniture and the boys toys. We live on a pretty narrow street and people park on the street. We grabbed a spot out in front of our house as soon as one opened up and waited for the truck to arrive.

"By appointment of her Majety the Queen" is a really big deal here. Apparently this company helps move the queens personal belongings when she moves from one palace to another. The movers were wearing ties when they arrived and asked if it would be alright to take them off. They said they NEVER take them off when they are at the palaces.

Our dear friends from Jordan were in town for some meetings!! Judy was a HUGE help and came and watched the boys for us.

So, European houses are not built for american furniture. Our living room is on the second floor and we have a narrow little stair case that turns as it goes up. I am sure there is a more technical term but Allen isn't here. Anyways, they tried multiple times and in several different ways to get our couch up. At one point, I was trying to convince myself that if the couch had to go in the garage till October it would be ok! However after a gentle shove from Allen, they got it up. I am trying to not think about getting it out in a couple of months...