Our first 6 days in England...

Well my 3 week story from our lovely travel to England begins here... We arrived in England on the 19th of September. Our flight there went better than I had thought it would. We did have a few minor issues with our seats and Aaron didn't get to sit by us on the long flight from Chicago to Manchester but we made it there with big smiles on our faces. Joshua did amazingly well with only sleeping for 2 hours on the 7 hour flight there and then staying awake for most the day until evening of the 19th. We left here mid-day on the 18th and arrived early morning on the 19th so the trick is to stay awake until bed time of the next day otherwise you risk major jet lag. So here I was 12 weeks pregnant and only had 2 hours of sleep in 30 hours. It was crazy but we all did really well.Saturday the 20th began many fun activities for the time we were there. That day we spent resting and then went to visit Aaron's Grannie and Grancha (Grancha was in a home for falling and injuring himself). We had a wonderful time visiting with them and Josh took to them as if he has always known them.
 

That evening Mum secretly threw a suprise birthday party for me. We had planned before hand to have a few of our good friends around for dinner but I honestly had no idea that mum had turned it into a birthday party. We had a lovely BBQ dinner followed by a delicious chocolate fudge brownie cake and fun games.

One game we played is called 'Pass the Buck'. The game is played by rolling two dice that will then instruct you how to pass the buck to the other person. They also roll the dice to see how they will 'receive' the buck. It is such a fun and hilarious game to play with a big group. It can get quite interesting :)

Sunday the 21st we had some family around after church for a lovely afternoon. Aaron's Grannie along with Auntie Alison and Uncle Kim and their families joined us outside for the beautiful weather.

This trip was the first time i've ever experienced nice weather in England. All other times it was always very wet, damp and cold. 

Joshua loved helping Pop's pick apples off the tree and jumping on the trampoline with the kids. After the guys were done playing pool we had some delicious home made apple pie. MMMmmmm yummy!

The 23rd we spent our time at Jonny and Cassie's house. There the guys played video games and we enjoyed talking. Jason and Olivia and their little girl joined us there as well.

24th we headed to Cadbury World. This was an exciting adventure especially because Aaron had never been there and this is his favorite chocolate. We ate so much free chocolate we felt a bit sick near the end of our tour.

That evening we spent at Jon and Maria's house. Maria made a delicious Roast dinner that we all throughouly enjoyed. The kids (along with the adults) enjoyed playing together. The men did an excellent job putting a princess puzzle together!