Arrival of the "Container"

Its finally here....our 20 foot cargo "Container" has arrived! It traveled from Texas by sea to arrive in Belgium and then at our door.  The shipment arrived after 5 weeks of traveling, which was right on time! I think 50 percent of the container was consumed by the kids toys, 25 percent photos, decor and accessories, and the other 25 percent was clothing and our favorite food items such as Velveeta and Rotel that we can not purchase here in the UK. Our furniture from our home in Sugar Land was put into a Storage Unit there since the house here is furnished. I was so excited to get some of the things that "felt" like home. Trent and Landon were bouncing off the walls, it was like Christmas for them.  I know we were all happy to look around and see a few comforts from home.

We have been very Blessed that Jon had this opportunity to take this position with his business. He is doing great and enjoying it.   God has truly been with us throughout this process, and we continue to have faith knowing that He is there with us each and every day. I know I mostly post about the fun and exciting things from our move, but I have to say it has been quite difficult leaving the security and comfort we had back home. There are new challenges we face everyday here and things we are still in the process of finalizing, including selling our home. I get very frustrated at times here that I can not understand some people who have the heavy accents and well they just can't understand me either! Jon is challenged with new labor laws and a new work culture.  Trent and Landon, well they are having too much fun I think, and THAT makes me Happy! They do miss their family and friends back home and love to talk on the phone and Skype. We have been very busy since moving day but we have been trying to take time to enjoy ourselves and learn about the country. Now if we could just move our family and friends here with us, I would LOVE it :) Miss you all!!