Settling in...

So here we are! Wimbledon is great and we are very happy with the move so far. It's certainly taken some time to get settled in, and there is more to do when we move to our house in about 2 weeks.

For those of you that may not have heard the story before we moved, well here goes...

In November of 2009, Mark was offered a position with Barclays bank in London. We have always talked about international experience as a potential for him and how much great experience he would get. We decided that this was it and we would take the plunge! That set off a mad dash to get the house ready for sale in Lincolnshire, IL (north of Chicago) and take care of anything that would need to be done before Mark went to work Jan 5th. Keep in mind, we still had no master bath and were expecting a full house for the holidays. Mark and I spent a few days in London at the beginning of December to decide where we would settle. Wimbledon seemed the perfect blend of city and suburb so we decided that would be the best place for the family and not too far for his commute to work.

After a race to make it all happen and a wonderful holiday with both of our families, we sent Mark off to the UK with tears in our eyes and the promise to see him in February when the boys and I would join him. Mark would work on finding a house for us to rent and thus cut down on the time the four of us would spend in the 2 bedroom corporate apartment. He hit the ground running and was happy to bury himself in work and get the hang of things while we continued our normal life. Well, semi-normal, we found out much to our delight and surprise that we would need a little bigger house. That's right, our family of four will be a family of five come this September!

Mark came home in mid February and we had a week to finish storing, giving away, getting ready for the pack and flying to the UK.

And that should get everyone up to speed!