Flight to England

We had so many things to do the last couple of days after furniture left. On Tuesday we had to be at airport by noon to drop off Simba. We still had so many last minute things that came up we had list to do on Tuesday morning. We got most of them done and made to airport on time.

I can only put so many pictures on this blog at a time so have put them at google with this link. Hopefully all you have to do is to click on this link to see pictures of our trip and editorial comments.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jakesjag/PicturesOfMoveToEngland?authkey=D89rkUSoKq8

Last Days

The time has come to say good by to our friends. The first started with the Chinese school the girls have been attending longer then any of their schools. They handled it very well but as we turned the corner from the school, Anna said I miss Mrs. Fang already. I think they handled it all very well. I am the one that it was hard. They have had such wonderful teachers.



Their friends and teachers at Mary Immaculate put together wonderful books with pictures done by the students. We will treasure them.



Finally we had going away party at home of friends with friends from Mary Immaculate school. We will miss them all so much.



Here is link to pictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/jakesjag/LastDayPictures?authkey=RTK1r5YVD0I

Trucks Arrive

The trucks and packers arrive to start packing our house. It was an unbelievable process. We could have some items shipped by air to arrive in couple of weeks. We had these seperated out. It was hard to try and anticipate what we would need over next 2 months. It took 5 days to pack and load. Items were loaded like the truck in back. MG was also put on another truck like this with other items. They were sealed. Unless they are opened by customs, items will go directly to our house where we will break the seal showing that items stayed on this container. The container goes to Houston where it will be put on boat. It should take 6-8 weeks before they arrive.

Jacobs Family Is Moving to England

We are on the road again! After almost 13 years in Dallas, we are moving to England. Stan received promotion with Hilton Hotels to Vice President of International Brand Support for the Hilton Family hotels which include Hilton, Doubletree, Garden Inns, Embassey Suites, Hampton, Homewood Suites. The Hilton office is in Watford England but he will be traveling to all countries but the Americas. Next week he travels to Rome, after that to China.

This is a perment move rather then a expat move where there would be a definate time that we would return. We are selling our house here. Movers will be coming October 22 to pack our belongings.

We visited in July for a week with Anna and Lauren. With help of relocation we visited 4 schools and picked one of those. It is called Abbots Hill School and is an all girls school for grades up through high school. It seems like a great school and the girls are looking forward to attending. The school is on southern edge of Hemel Hempstead. Here is link if you would like to see pictures of the school. http://www.abbotshill.herts.sch.uk/index.htm



Watford is northeast of London. We decided to find the school first and then find a house close to the school. I started looking online for houses to rent. I found several while Stan was in England so he went to see them. One turned out to be perfect in that it was 5 minutes from Abbots Hill school with added pluses of having an upstairs and a basement! Also 2 car garage with space for Stans tools. It is in village of Boxmoor but is part of Hemel Hempstead. It has a long history.








House in Boxmoor





Love this kitchen




Bedrooms are small but master is made for English size king and rooms for girls will handle twin bed.




Before movers come we have been trying to downsize. Since the electricity in UK is different we have been getting rid of electrical items. We have had one garage sale and planning another for Oct. 20 before movers come. We will be selling two of our cars but moving the 1960 MGA. Stan gets a car with his position but we also plan on buying a electric car. We are also 5 minutes from train station.


While the movers are here, we will be staying at local hotel. Hopefully furniture will be on its way by Oct. 26. We will be flying on Oct. 30. We will have few days before Stan has to leave for China. Furniture will take 4-6 weeks to arrive but will be able to air ship some things which will arrive shortly after we do. We will have access to the house but will be staying at Watford Hilton till furniture arrives. Girls start to school week of Nov. 19.