Off We Go...

...into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun! (Give 'er the gun now!)
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,
Off with one helluva roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!

We have finally arrived at RAF Lakenheath, home of the 48th Fighter Wing. It's been a busy month getting ready to move since my first blog. On July 20th Chip and I both finished our jobs in MS, we both had an amazing four years working at Hancock and at Keesler. But, the last three weeks were even busier than when we were at work!!! The first week was spent getting ourselves and our house ready, followed by a week of packers and movers, and finally a week with family! The packers had our house packed in an amazing 3 hours - so happy the Air Force packs for us, that would have taken me weeks. The time with family was priceless - we got to visit with each of our families and make wonderful memories. It is very hard moving so far away from all of them, Praise the Lord for Skype!

We left MS on the afternoon of the 13th and arrived in London around 9:30 the morning (UK Time) of the 14th. Both of our flights went surprisingly well, Peyton was WONDERFUL! He played and slept on the way to Houston and watched movies and slept the entire way to London. Once we arrived we were greeted by 2 men from Chip's new office. It was great to be chauffeured around by them. We were able to get Kosmo from the London kennel and play with him for the day before taking him to a local kennel. Boy was Peyton glad to see his puppy, and of course Kosmo was thrilled too!

On the Flight to Houston

(Paci's were a must on the plane but hey, it worked!)

Best Way to Travel Thru

 the Houston Airport

My Big Boy!

Ready to Take Off

Now that we are here we are spending time getting acclimated to the base and the surrounding areas. Honestly we are both experiencing a little bit of culture shock, but we know that we will learn it all in time. The jet lag has been rough on our little man, it will take a few more days for him to get used to the 6 hour time difference. As our new adventure is beginning we are excited and still pretty nervous. In the next day or so we'll be renting a car - watch out people - we'll be let loose on the left side of the road!!

We know many of you have prayed for us over the past few weeks and we are truly grateful. Keep the prayers coming! It will be a few weeks still before we are in a house and can get fully settled, but we are looking forward to exploring the UK and making this our home for the next three years!

Of Course there are Parks in England Too!!!