New Car!!!

Check out our new car! Who wants a ride :)

Side view

Did you notice what side the steering wheel is on?? Anyone want to bet on how long it will take me to get in a wreck?? :P

European license plates. Kinda weird but very bright.

check it out

Wow, I just read an incredible posting. Check out the blog "Building the Blocks" located on the right side of the page under "Blogs we like"... Wow..

Tuesday Update

Hey all!

Sorry for the few postings. We havent taken many pictures lately, mostly due to the fact that all of our cameras are dead and I have no idea where the cords to upload the pics is, soo basically I'm too cheap to buy new batteries in pounds and I'm too lazy to go through 12 pieces of luggage top to bottom to find the cords.

Oh a better note, all is well here. Bryon is working full days now, actually 12 hour days this week, so I wont be seeing a lot of him unfortunately. It is all good though, because he is getting a major portion of his training finished this week. Molly just broke her first tooth on top and hasnt slept the past couple of nights because of it. Hopefully tonight will be better since it has now broken through. We move into our house on Monday! (a week from yesterday). I can't wait for that. Living on base is getting old, granted the base is pretty decent but the hotel room is getting claustrophobic.

Molly and I went to our first playgroup today. It was on base and had tons of little kids with their moms. There were people there speaking all languages and all different types and ages of kids. It was really neat. Molly loved playing with kids and with toys other than the little ones we brought over in her diaper bag. She is used to playing with her cousins and I can tell she has really missed the contact with other children. So, this is something I will be continuing with as often as possible.

And last but certainly not least, I met several ladies today who go to American-esque churches. We'll see how those go. Ive really missed my church and can't wait to get plugged in here somewhere. Please keep that in your prayers.

Thats our update for now.. I'll write more later..

xoxoxo,
Bryon, Haley and Molly

Our New Home!

This is our new home while we are here! These pictures came from the website and aren't the best to view but it gives the general idea. We put our deposit on it yesterday and will move in next Friday. We are so excited and know this is the place God has planned for us to be. As soon as we walked into the house, Bryon and I looked at each other and just smiled because we both knew this was the place. Oh and it's 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths so we have room for everyone to come visit. See you soon :)

Initial Thoughts

Today is day 2 here in England and while we haven't done a lot thus far, I do have some initial thoughts.
1. First, the weather here ROCKS! It is in the 60's in Mid-July, with a steady breeze. There are short rain showers throughout the day so I've learned already to have an umbrella wherever you go.
2. Driving on the wrong side of the road is very intimidating. The roads are well maintained for the most part and the signs are pretty clear about where to go but people fly and there are lots of roundabouts with ample opportunity to kill myself. Yeah we need prayers about the driving.
3. Staying on base initially has been great. They have American outlets beside the European ones so all of our electric stuff can plug right into the wall! Also we had dinner last night at Subway and bought Ben and Jerry's ice cream for desert. Sweet!
4. Buildings don't have heating or air. If they are really nice, they have heat but having air conditioning is almost unheard of. All the windows open though and the breeze is exceptional. I haven't seen many bugs, aside from the moths that like to visit us inside, so I don't mind opening windows.
5. There are like no large SUV's. Most people drive ugly little fuel efficient cars which are great theoretically. Bryon misses his 4 Runner bad though. Oh and on base there are plenty of SUV's. Good ole gas guzzling Americans :)
6. And from our flight, buying seats for babies is DEFINITELY the way to go, especially on long trips. I was able to fluff up Mollys car seat and she took a nice long nap in there and gave us a break from holding her, plus it gave her more room to play and stretch out. And if you have frequent flier miles, it is worth the upgrade! Oh and disposable bibs rock!

Well thats it for now. I'll leave more interesting tidbits later on as I have them. Keep Bryon in your prayers tomorrow. It is his first day of work!

We are here!!!

We are here! We safely arrived in London today and have checked into our hotel on base. We will be here until we find a house of our own. Our flights were great I am proud to report. We were really protected and blessed during our travel. A few things, our layover in Chicago was barely going to allow us time to get to our next flight from Chicago to London, well, we arrived 25 minutes early so it was non-issue. We didn't have enough hands to get all of our suitcases from baggage claim to the car in London, well, Molly made friends with a security guard and he helped us bring all of our baggage out without making us pay the porter fee. On our long 8 hour flight from Chicago to London we had seats on the very back row beside the toilets, well, the lady who curbside checked us in in Charlotte upgraded us to Economy plus with allowed 5 extra inches of space per person! And perhaps the greatest blessing of all, when we arrived on base and saw our REALLY NICE suite that we will be staying in, Bryon Molly and I all went on a walk/ stroller ride to the shoppette to get a few groceries and they have DIET MOUNTAIN DEW!!!!!!!!! I am in heaven! So, as you can see, we have had a great day and are excited about a wonderful future here in England.

We don't have the internet in our hotel, but we found a coffee shop on base that has wi-fi, so I will post as often as possible. Thank you all for your continued prayers as we make this transition. Next step- a house!!!!

Technology is great!

Killing time at the airport, I forget everything is wi-fi now. How great is that! Having a yummy lunch at Chillis with Grandpa! In the air soon!

PS

I had to get up and post this picture before we left today. This is my new favorite Molly picture.

Bon Voyage!!!

Tomorrow is the day! I will post as soon as I can when we get to England. We love you all!

Getting packed up!

Well we are leaving on Saturday! Hard to believe we are T-3 days today! The packing, shipping, and living out of suitcases is almost over! Please keep us in your prayers as we fly to London on Saturday. Please pray that Molly will not have any major problems on the flight and that she will be able to rest during the overnight portion of the trip. Please pray that we will be able to acclimate to the new time zone and that Bryon's new job transition will go smoothly. I'm not sure how much I will be online but I'll post pictures and updates as often as I can! Thank you all for your support and well wishes. Godspeed!


What is a girl to wear!!!


I'm so tired of shopping and packing, I'm just going to go to bed..