These little bits - Emma and Chris

In an attempt to keep a log of our adventures and ensure everyone remains informed of what we're up to, we have decided to start a blog.

As it stands right now, we will be traveling to the UK in late August to study in Swansea with a month or so for visiting and getting settled before university starts at the end of September. Still in the process of finding somewhere to live, but we're in contact with a few people and have the names and numbers of some landlords so have faith that everything will work out. Fingers crossed. Also still waiting to hear back from Swansea re the criminology courses that Chris has applied for, another reason to cross your fingers for us.

We hope that these things will have started to resolve themselves within the next couple of weeks before our vacation month begins. On June 21st, we are flying to Alaska. That trip includes a 10hr layover in Seattle in which we are taking the train into downtown Seattle for a few hours and hopefully seeing Eli and Becca there. Once in Alaska we will be spending our time with Missy, Kes, Patricia and Daniel. As to what we're actually doing there, I cannot say. We return from Alaska on the 29th. We have a couple days to unpack, wash clothes, repack and head out again. Early on the 2nd, we depart for Florida by car. We are there with Emma's family until the 17th when we drive to Texas to see Margaret. After a few days in Texas, we'll start the long drive back to Virginia and plan to be home on the 22nd or 23rd.

Once we get back it'll be a case of deciding what to pack and what to leave behind to either catch up with us when people come visiting or to await our return.

And now to venture outside into the beautiful sunny afternoon before babysitting this evening.