The wobblyknee's have landed!!!

Early morning start off to the aiport, few more tears, last minute goodbyes!
Squashed into the taxi with too many bags, but not everything can go by container. Good job it's only an hour to the airport.
The plane departure was on time, and yes it is a long flight but it was smooth and painless, just a little cramped.
Took a little while at Vancouver airport, we had to do the official immigration landing process. All the paper work was in order, a few simple questions and fair amount of waiting, the immigration officer had 5 lots to process. Eventually she said "Welcome to Canada", that was nice, but I was expecting fireworks and a fanfair! Oh well, can't be too disapointed I suppose.
About an hour and half and we'd cleared arrivals!

We had the fantastic sensation that we'd made it, after several years of form filling and waiting - Yipee :)

On to the next flight, a few hours wait, we wanted to give ourselves enough time in case things we're running late but because everyting ran so smoothly we found ourselves trying to kill time. Flight to Kelowna was also smooth and on time. We landed at 7:15pm local time and astonished to find it 34C. Just a little warmer than we'd left the UK!

Job Offer!

Mr wobblyknee has just been offered a job he starts on the 14th July, we land on the 28th June and he starts on the 14th July so just enough time for us to find our feet! It all seems so sureal we have somewhere to stay and we both have jobs we just keep pinching ourselves thinking this is all a dream!!!!

Time is flying by!

Only 4 more sleeps until we fly out on that one way tickets to our new life in Canada!
We had a very sad weekend saying our goodbyes to parents not nice to leave them. It is going to be a very difficult time getting used to parents not been so close!

We still have loads to do not sure if we will have enough time to get it all done!!!!!

We land a few days before Canada Day so just in time for all the celabrations! We have been invited to a BBQ on the 1st of July to share in the celabrations!

The Furniture is going!!!!!!!!!

We are now sat having a cup of tea while furniture and other belongings disappear all around us!
Boxes moving around by strangers. Tea and biscuits depleting fast!
Another landmark occasion that reminds us the reality and enormity of our decision to move abroad.
Oh decisions, decisions, is that coming or going? Do we need it before we go, will we need it before a slow boat arrives? Arrrgh!
We're burried in paperwork, ornaments, piles of clothes, dvds... it's a good job we seriously de-cluttered before hand.
And by the end of today, we get to sit on the floor for a week :)

A Place to stay!

When we go to Kelowna we are going to rent at first just to make sure we are in the right place for us as a family! We need to be close to schools and all the amenities that the Okanagan Valley as to offer!
We are staying in the Holiday Inn for the first 3 nights and then we have found a suite for the next 2 months until we can find somewhere more permanent.

At the moment we all feel so giddy about the move it is like all your birthdays and Christmases rolled into one!
We keep ploughing through all the things we need to get done before we fly and I think we are on top of everything. The shipping company is coming on the 18th/19th of June so that will be fun being without furniture for 10 days!

The things we do to please the kids!!!

Our oldest son is really into mountain biking having built his bike from scratch there is no way he is going to wait 12 weeks for it to get to us in the container! So we bought him a bike box so he can take it on the plane with us, well it arrived the other day and it is so big it will fit all 3 boys in!!! Now we have to find taxi big enough to get us to the airport and hire a car big enough for all five of us and all the lugage!
The other 2 boys are just looking forward to getting out there!

To ship or not to ship?

At the moment we are getting loads of quotes in for the shipping of our belongings to Canada! It is so difficult to choose the right one, do you choose the cheapest one or the one whose rep gave the best spiel!!!
We have piles of boxes everywhere boxes with things to get rid of things to car boot and things that are coming with us! We have gone round and put stickers on everything that is coming with us; the kids have gone round and moved all the stickers so now we have stickers on the radiators and the fridge and washing machine!!!!!
It is so difficult to decide what is coming with us and what is not!
Our furniture and belongings will not get to us for 12 weeks at least so we will be living a very minimal life until they get to us!!!!
Keep a look out, you might see our sofa on a beach in Branscombe!!!!