Hoarders?

Haha....NO. We got our household goods yesterday!!! My house is FULL of boxes! We have started unpacking most of the boxes and getting stuff put away. I think it will take atleast a week to get everything out of boxes. It has been fun seeing Jacee freak out every time she finds a toy, movie, or a book that she hasn't seen in awhile!

Friday Market

Today the kids and I walked to the town center for the Friday market. It is believed to have been held in the same spot every Friday since the 15th century! We walked around and browsed the shops. There were people selling flowers, seafood, fruit and veggies, cakes and cookies, clothes, and all sorts of other things. We ended up getting some carrots, apples,strawberries, oranges, and 2 bags of candy. It was a fun little adventure for the kids and I! It's nice knowing that it's just a short walk to all the shops!

Not a very good pic with all the dumpsters...but the stand on the right is where we got our fruit and veggies.

16th Century hexogonal cross in the town center.

My sweet kiddos fell asleep on the way home.

What we got at the market!

Finally!

Yay...we FINALLY have internet! I've been a little depressed lately since I haven't been able to skype any of my family. Since my last post we:
1. Moved into our house. We are still getting settled into our house, and are hoping that our own stuff gets here soon. Right now we have loaner furniture from base...and well...it's nice, I guess. HAHA. It basically looks like hospital furniture. I've been worried that none of our stuff will fit in the house, so I just want it to get here already so I can stop!
2. We bought a car. It's nothing fancy, but it will hopefully work for the three years we are here. It is a 1999 Rover. It took us awhile to find a car because we needed an automatic and it seems like all the cars here are manual. We are hoping to buy another cheap car before the new year.
3. We also had a nice little Thanksgiving celebration. One of Nils's friends (they were stationed in Korea together) came over too. We had a good time, and I was happy because all the food turned out!
4. We found a pre-school for Jacee! It is called Busy Bees, and it is wonderful. They have alpacas, mini horses, ducks, and goats. The kids help feed the animals and learn about them. The kids also plant gardens and help tend to them through out the year. The school also has a swimming pool, so the kids can take swimming lessons. It costs extra and we haven't decided if we are going to put Jacee in them. She won't be able to start until Jan. 3rd, but that's only a few weeks away. She will go Mon-Fri from 12:45-3:45. And the best part......!? IT'S FREE! The government allows 15 hours a week free! WAHOO!
5. Osakr started crawling! He just up and went one day! It's so cute to watch him figure new stuff out. I am still adjusting to him being on the move, and I really have to watch what's on the floor. He also pulled himself up for the first time the other day. He crawls over to the stairs and then pulls himself up. Then he likes to hold on to the railing. I'm sure it won't be too long until he tries to climb up the stairs. Can you say BABY GATE!? He has also started waving. I have tried and tried to get a video of him doing it, but of course he always stops right when I get the camera out. I will keep trying though.

Well, this has been quite the update! We have been trying to get out and explore, but it has been hard with the kids, the short amount of daylight, and still getting used to the roads and everything. But we have some fun Christmas activites coming up!

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...

I guess that's the motto I will have to use for the next 3 years! Haha :) We have been in England for almost 2 weeks, and already I'm missing some of the comforts from home. Don't get me wrong, I have been enjoying our time here, but here's a list of some things I miss!

1. My family....obviously!
2. 1% milk! They only have skim, 2% and whole over here and only 2 liter jugs!
3. American TV. I know I can watch it on the internet, but it's just not the same.
4. Fred Meyer. I miss my one stop shop!! We haven't found a store like that over here.

St. Mary's Church

We finally got to get out and explore a little bit of Mildenhall, the city we will be living in soon. We drove by St. Mary's once before and it was so amazing, so I really wanted to get a closer look. I was so happy when we got there and the church was open for visitors! I didn't think we would get a look inside. the grounds surrounding it was covered in gravestones. There were also big stone slabs inside the church that were people's gravestones. It was kind of wierd to see them inside a church but still cool. The church was built in sections and the earliest part of the church (the vestry) was built in 1220. The main body and tower were built in 1420. The church was restored from 1851-1853.

St. Mary's Church, regarded by many as the most beautiful in Suffolk.

The tower which now has 10 bells!

Jacee loved the 'castle'! haha.

So many head stones inside and outside the church.

Inside! So beautiful.

There were a few stained glass windows! Simply amazing!

Ornate woodwork! All the ends of the rows looked like this! Can you imagine how long that would take?

Nils and the kids outside the church.

Across the street.

Walking around Mildenall.

Our House!

Well it doesn't look like much now, but soon we will move in and set it up all cute! I will post more pics while we are in that process!

Front

Half bathroom off the front door. Washer and dryer hook ups on the right. Kind of weird having them in the bathroom, but it's better than the kitchen like a lot of British houses have them!

Living room.

Spare room. We are thinking of using this for guests and also the kids' play room. It is very small!

This would be Oskar's room

Master

Master bath. Kind of small, but I'm just happy to have it!

Miss Jacee's room

Breakfast bar in the kitchen.

More of the kitchen. There is also a door off to the right that leads outside to the garage.

Dining room and door to the back yard.

Our 'garden' as the Brits call it.

The garage...I think we will mostly use this for storage, since it is SO tiny!

The neighborhood from our front yard.

 There is another bathroom upstairs but I guess I forgot to take a picture of it! haha :)

Miniatures

I feel like a giant with all these tiny applicances!

The oven....

REALLY? What can you seriously cook in there!?

Washer and dryer. I think I have done like 10 loads of laundry in the 3 days we have been here. But you can only fit like 4 things in there at a time! haha :)

Dishwasher...it can't fit too much in there either!

On a side note, it is so dark here all the time!

This is around 4:30 pm

And this is about 5:30 pm!

It's going to be a long winter :)