Ahhh the last month of 2020! I think we were all ready to begin a new year - yet I also believe December may have been one of our best months of the year. We got a new home, were reunited with our puppy dog, began settling, and celebrated our first holiday in England! Again we have many to thank for the help of moving and getting us settled. And a huge thank you to our new friend Elspeth for taking such wonderful care of our sweet puppy while we sorted our housing out. We tried to establish some normals in our routine again - game night, Friday movie and pizza (and fish) night, and school. It really helped get our souls settled in and in a rhythm. Christmas was very different this year as we were missing a lot of our things - but we were amazed at the care and provision of those around us. God is good!
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| First Game Night in England |
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| N got to play Mary in her girls brigade meeting (via zoom) |
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| Tim getting a lesson on driving the English way :) |
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KEYS!!! we have a home!
Santa got us a home for Christmas <3 |
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| Ta-Da! |
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| First night at home was a Friday ... so we celebrated with Fish and a Christmas movie! |
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| happy hearts and full tummies |
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excited to be reunited with this hairy beast!!!
we enjoyed many snuggles together |
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| first breakfast.... out of our pots cause there were no bowls yet! haha |
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| adventure to the sea! |
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| so much beauty in one place! Sea on one side, cows and horses on the other |
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burning our special candle from our GEM orientation back in 2016!
It was such a special moment to see it burning, in our own window, IN ENGLAND! |
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We didn't have our own bed, or a couch, or any of our normal things...
but we had Christmas spirit! |
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| High Street! |
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What it looks like to dry laundry for a family of 6 after a few days
of not having a laundry machine and not having a dryer ... haha |
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No table... no worries, we have footlockers.
I promise we eat more then fish, but it's our new friday night tradition! |
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Cookie making day!
We had to do a smaller version of what we normally would do for the holidays,
but it was still fun and delicious |
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| a very fun and relaxing school ... identifying our pond birds |
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| a new family favorite spot |
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| sunshine means afternoons and lunches outside |
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this is the field behind our home and neighborhood...
we live on the other side of those row homes! |
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| i did something normal... i went to ikea and got us some furniture and home goods. |
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| Saturday morning pancakes! |
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| we had a fun church scavenger hunt in town and enjoyed getting to know the town |
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| Happy Christmas - love the Keith's |
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| a favorite ornament in town |
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| our new couch! |
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COWS! ... by the seaside!
I'm in love |
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bonfires on the beach with friends.
this is a day that will long be remembered <3 |
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Mill Lane christmas carol sing -
due to covid we just stood outside our door and sang with our other neighbors on the street.
it was a great night! |
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this is hands down a new favorite family hike, Lord Stones.
You can see the whole Tees Valley from up here! |
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| and plenty of sheep. |
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| so peaceful |
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| the kids were troopers and we made it all the way to the top! |
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| and back down again! |
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this is what happens when he's not allowed up on the new couch ...
he tries to look his cutest. |
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| christmas morning! time to celebrate! |
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| so much to be grateful for |
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| Merry Christmas |
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so grateful to so many who helped make this day so special for our family!
Our gifts from the US hadn't arrived yet, but the kids were spoiled none the less! |
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| classic Christmas morning breakfast... coffee cake and yogurt |
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and this is what it looks like to roast a turkey and potatoes
for our family in a tiny european oven!
hahaha |
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| Christmas evening sunset |
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| birthday breakfast! |
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| this year i had a helper for T's bday cake! she did an awesome job |
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| busy bee working on his new lego set and stop motion videos |
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| Happy Birthday T!!! We love you! |
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