First of all,

Thanks to everyone who has been so kind to us throughout these past two months. The presents we received have been so great and the thank you notes are on their way! We will soon be writing you from the cheery streets of London.

Okay, now for an update on London! 

We have been here for five days and the weather has been beautiful! Paige and I have been strolling the streets of South Kensington and Chelsea trying to find everything from silverware and plates to dining room tables and printers (which we got from a young little Asian girl in Wimbledon for £15! Isn't the internet great?). The funny thing is, there is no Target or Wal-Mart and so we keep walking until we find a store that just might have what we need. Usually we don't find what we're looking for, but the people are really nice and always point us in the right direction. 

We have discovered that it takes a good while to get anything done here, but after a week we have our phones, electricity, bank accounts, and internet (almost!) set up! Luckily, we have had free cable TV (all 4 channels of it) this week...thank goodness for previous tenants who forgot to cancel :) We love where we live. It's 10 minutes from everything. Last night we had our first London date night and went out for pizza and a movie. We saw Crazy, Stupid, Love and it was nice to hear American accents for  a whole two hours!

This week should be an adventure! It's my last week before class officially starts and Paige's birthday is Tuesday. Her mom came in to help decorate and celebrate! More to come in a few days!

Cheers!