We arrived safely!!

We made it! After almost an hour delay, we boarded the plane and headed out on our trip. The kids were great on the plane. They had a few melt down moments, but that is to be expected on such a long journey. We made it through immigration and customs just fine, and all of our luggage arrived. (whoo hoo) The kids made t-shirts a few weeks back to wear today, so we put those on and went to meet my in-laws. Today is my father n laws b-day, so when we met them at the airport, they were greeted with ;happy birthday grandad; shirts. He was thrilled.
We took the tube to the train on the way to their house, seeing all of the wonderful London sights on the way. We arrived at their house about 12:30. The kids went strong all day. They each had at least 4 hours of sleep on the plane, so all day, we waited for melt down. It never came. We made Joe a b-day cake for dessert after dinner. Liam did fall asleep around 6:30 while we were sitting at the dinner table. Alex and Callum are both now out. It is 8:45 our time and I am starting to settle a little. I did attempt to take a nap today, but in the 45 minutes that I layed down, Callum came in about 4 times to tell me something and then we had a horrible thunder/hail storm. So, we just figured that I am on about 32 hours with no sleep:0) (That's my excuse if this post is a little out of sorts) I hate to admit that I have gotten a little bit of a second wind at the moment.

The plan for tonight is to get a good night sleep, and then tomorrow, just take it easy. We may go to the park and the kids will prob. play in the back garden. We are so excited and glad to be here. Thanks for following along and I hope that you are all having a great summer!!