Well, here we are in beautiful (and cool) Nephi. The move up from St. George was an adventure. Mom and dad helped us move, and they came down two days earlier than they said they were going to. Plus, we thought we were going to take two days to do it. Plans changed, and we did the whole thing Saturday night. It was so incredibly difficult, compounded by the fact that I kept having mini panic attacks. Let me just point out that I have never done that in my entire life!

We had a ton of help from our friends down south, for which I will be eternally grateful. We couldn't have done it without you Rick, Alice, Becky, & Greg!!!

Since we got here we've been sleeping and relaxing and finishing packing, and we are now done packing! Our boxes have been shipped, so now it's just a matter of getting ourselves there. We are both starting to get really excited about things. Martin's dad is going to make sure we have a car when we get there, and Martin starts work on the fifth of September.

Last night we took my dad's jeep for a drive in the mountains, and it really hit me how much I'm going to miss Utah. Martin and I were talking about it--how I get homesick and he really doesn't. We decided that for him, where he's at is just where he is; for me, where I'm at is a big part of who I am.

Things are moving right along on the move. We've got one more week of work, and are really looking forward to our built in two week vacation during the move!

We got some great news last week--our property management company has rented out our apartment as of 9/01 so we don't have to pay a buy-out on our lease. That was a huge weight off our shoulders as it was going to be $1700.

We still haven't managed to sell our cars, which is getting kind of worrying. I'm sure it'll all work out for us though. Everything else has worked out, and we really feel this move is the right thing for us.

In other exciting news, we picked up a prescription for Clomid (fertility drug) last week. Most people know that we are moving to England mostly so we can have IVF, but we haven't tried fertility drugs yet. We figured that we should try them here while we don't have to wait, and then when we get to England we can honestly say that we've tried everything else. Hopefully we won't have to be on a waiting list for quite as long this way. We're not really expecting the Clomid to even work, but it's worth taking all the same.

So the packing continues and the move is loomingcloser and closer. We'll keep you all posted!

Well, this is the beginning of the end of the beginning...

Martin and I are currently in the process of packing up all our worldly possessions. We leave for England in just under three weeks, and we're both getting pretty excited. Our flight leaves from Salt Lake City on August 27 at 11:30 pm. Goodbye sunny St. George, hello not so sunny North Lincolnshire.

This blog is dedicated to our coming adventures in England and will hopefully be a means for our family and friends in the U.S. to stay current.

If anyone is curious as to where we will be living (we know that most people think of England as London and a few towns surrounding it), you can go to http://www.mapquest.com and search for Ulceby. We will be living with Martin's parents when we first get there (the current exchange rate is brutal), but of course will let everyone know when we move into our own house or flat.

Time to get back to packing. Ugh!!!