Leaving Part 2

Okay. Tuesday Morning we drove back up to my Aunt and Uncle's house (where my older sister will be living until she gets married) and squeezed all of our luggage into the back of my Aunt and Uncle's suburban and had my sister drive us up to the airport. We sped through security and only had to wait a few minutes before we climbed on board our first flight. We flew to Seattle first (I watched the Italian Job), then waited around for quite a while for our flight from Seattle/Tacoma to Heathrow. Apparently they were doing routine checks and they found something and they had to get it all figured out, I don't know. We boarded an hour later than we were supposed too. Then we got on our overnight flight to Heathrow. It took 9 1/2 hours. We flew up over Canada and Iceland on our way to Heathrow. So it was shorter than flying across the states and around that way. Yay! Anyways, They fed us dinner and breakfast, and we watched a few movies and tried to sleep. And since our plane was barely half full, we were able to really stretch out. I had the entire row in the middle all to myself. Did I tell you guys we flew on a 787? Pretty dang new. They call them Dream liners because they're made with Carbon Fiber wings that are more flexible and lighter so they allow for more humidity in the air. All of the lights were purple, and the chairs were like red, and the plastic arms and backs were a very dark purple. And the windows didn't have the shades you pull down, You pushed a button to darken the glass in the window however many shades you wanted, and they ended up a dark teal color. It was fun. We got to Heathrow at like... 10:30 in the morning? And had a car take us to Norwich from the Airport. It was like a 2-ish hour drive out and we all happily slept through the whole way, or most of the way. Then we came to our Hotel in Norwich! It's a Holiday Inn Express, very small, just a few floors, and the elevator is broken so we had to haul our stuff up the stairs. Only up one floor though, so that's a blessing. Meg and I are in a little room together, with two twin beds (everything here is so small) and Mom, Dad, and Brig are in another room down the hall that has one Queen bed and a pull out bed. After a 2 hour nap (yes. 2 hours. Head hit the pillow and I was out) we went to see our house!! Let me add a few photos!!

Okay I only had one photo of the outside turns out. You'll definitely see more once we get stuff ordered and put in. Isn't it so cute?! It's got 4 rooms, 2 1/2 Bathrooms, and a conservatory on the back! With a decent sized back garden as well. So cute. So we took a quick tour, figured everything out, got the Wifi sorted out, found a key to the back door, and then headed out. A family from the ward invited us for Tea, so we drove over there (Meg, Brig, and I met them for the first time) and they fed us. We had a lovely Tea (Dinner for them is lunch, so they call the evening meal Tea though apparently it's different for everyone) of salad with Salad Cream (Salad sauce? I can't remember),  ham with British mustard (which was way spicier than expected), buttered bread, and potatoes. It was so so good. Then for dessert we had apple strudel and custard. And it was so delicious. So delicious. I'm dying. So good. Also apparently the ward put together a little welcome basket for us with different kinds of biscuits and sweets and crisps and things. All British things. So fun!!