Our Day of Travel!

Well, what a day it has been.....

It started at 4 a.m., October 5th. After getting little sleep, we woke up and got our last reamaining things together. It was hard waking the kids so early, and they did not want to get up! We left for the Twin Falls airport at 5:30. Nils's step dad Lynn dropped us off, and my family came to say goodbye too. There were a few tears shed, but I didn't cry as much as I thought I would. Our first flight from Twin Falls to SLC was about an hour long, and the kids slept the whole way! We arrived in SLC at about 8 a.m. and had just over 2 hours until the next flight. Before we took off the plane had to be de-iced and that took forever! And then the communications between the plane and the tower were working correctly. But after about 20-30 mins we departed. Our next stop was Chicago, and I was sure that the kids would be awake and naughty for this flight, but I was wrong. Jacee crashed out and slept all but the last 30 mins and Oskar was awake about the last hour. They were so good when they were awake too. Oskar just smiled and laughed at the people sitting behind us. I tried to get some sleep, but the flight attendants came and sat in front of us and would not stop talking....and boy were they annoying! I try not to judge, but there were two valley girls! "Like oh my gosh, like look at my $200 Tiffany sun glassed..." haha :) Chicago is an hour ahead so we landed there just about 3 p.m. We just barely had time to find our gate, and scarf some pizza before we boarded our next flight to London. There was SO many people on that flight...When we got our boarding passes, Nils noticed that our seats weren't together. We talked to the flight attendants, but they told us there was nothing they could do until everybody boarded the plane and if someone was ok with switching seats. I sat in my seat, inbetween two total stangers, with Oskar on my lap. Nils was two rows back with Jacee. I was so sad because I didn't want to sit away from him. I was trying to think how I would nurse Oskar and hold him the entire flight. About 15 mins before we took off, the guy sitting next to Nils and Jacee offered to switch me seats. I was so relieved!!! Oskar fell asleep right away, but Jacee wasn't tired at all. She watched Lion King about 4 times and played with her toys and books. She was pretty good for the most part, but she got restless and kept wanting to go potty and to walk up and down the aisle. Finally the last hour and a half she fell asleep. Oskar woke up about half way there. He was a good boy and smiled and played with me. It was a 7 hour and 15 min flight.....I never want to do it again! Even though the kids were good, my butt and body were sore from sitting, and I was so tired! I have a hard time sleeping on plans, so that sucks. We got to London about 4:30 a.m. (11:30 p.m. back home). We walked what seemed like FOREVER to get to the baggage claim. Jacee refused to walk so Nils had to carry her the whole way. It was embarrasing to see her scream and throw fits, but I was so tired I didn't even care. We got all 1000000 of our bags, but we were missing Jacee's car seat. So we had to sit and wait for about 30 mins for someone to bring it to us. After we got the kids in the stroller we set off trying to find the bus station. We followed the signs and directions and got to the bus station. Nils bought tickets, but I just had a feeling we were in the wrong place. So Nils asked and sure enough, it was the wrong place. Nils got our tickets refunded and we set off again. We walked for a long time and eventually found where our bus would be coming. We had about 3 hours to kill. And it was a LONG three hours. The kids were so good on the flights, so of course they acted up at the airport. Jacee had been cooped up to long so she was running all over the place. There were so many people where we were, but Nils kept track of her. Oskar was tired and grumpy and just wanted to be held. I finally fed him and got him to sleep. It was nice having the stroller to lay him in. When the bus finally got there we were so happy to see it. We had a 2 hour ride and we allllllll fell asleep. I wante to stay awake and see everything, but my eyes would not obey! From what I did see, it was pretty green. When we got closer to base there were some smaller towns, and they were so cute! All the building were so charming and quaint! I loved seeing all the houses! Most were brick and terrace housing (like townhouses). There was green grass and ivy everywhere. I can't wait to check out the towns! We got to lodging on Mildenhall. We are stationed at Lakenheath, but we were unable to get a hotel room there. It's only about 15 mins to Lakenheath though. Our hotel room is very nice and spacious. There are 2 bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen.

We are very excited to be here and can't wait to get out and explore. It has been hard adjusting to the time, and all I want to do is sleep! It took us awhile to figure out the oven and some of the other appliances! We are definanlty not in Idaho anymore! haha :) I hope to get out tomorrow and get some pictures!!! Don't worry, I wil lnot disapoint in the picture department!