Today was 16 years since Jamie was granted her first Visa to come and live in the UK the reason we know that was because her friends son is thinking of going on a similar journey to ours by dating a lady from Colorado. Jamie told them about UKYankee a website dedicated to helping US citizens through the minefield that is immigration and contains all you would need to know and has professionals online to help too.

When she logged into her account it brough back all the memories of that experience we both went through when we decided we wanted to be together on this side of the pond. There were emails containing some of our courtship banter which reading back was very cringey to read now but also there was a ticker timer at the bottom of the screen saying “15 Years 10 Months 7 Days since moving to Middlewich”

These tickers were torture back then, we looked at them everyday willing them along because they were always counting down to something special, like a visit to be together etc This one has sat there for nearly 16 years and never been looked at…I don’t miss them but it was nice to see such a high number and hope it gets to 32 or 42 or 52…I would be in my 80s and if we are still as happy as we are today that would be evidence that it really was worth all that effort

A teenage boy and his hormones, this morning mommy found a distraught Lincoln crying because his hair would not style into the way he wanted. I remember it being tough at that age but I can’t say why everything and nothing most likely but I think I struggled because me dad had recently abandoned us which didn’t help.
I hope we can all stick together and help each other through any “adversity” we encounter.

As for this morning mommy dropped everything including making her breakfast to help out in the hair department saving the day and calming the the boy down so he could take on the world with a perfect do…

Its a rocky road little dude but we got you!

Jamie joked as I popped my head out of my shed “Is it good not to have to do it all yourself?”

I had to get up without talking to her because she was so fast asleep earlier as she has been desperately trying to shake the jetlag before Monday so I left her to sleep

At 10am it was me that blinked first, knowing she intended to go to church. I woke her up after getting back from walking Billy and assisted and encouraged all three out of the door in great time to make the 10:30 sermon

I was in my shed all day until she knocked and I was happy that I really didn’t have to think about anyone else and just chill.

It is great to have her back and settle back into our life which for me just makes me feel happy and contented

Could barely sleep and woke up about 04:10 and lay there until my alarm went off at 5am and checked flight tracker to see where she was. It said the arrival time was 06:35 three quarters of an hour earlier than planned, so I still had plenty of time for a brew before heading off to the airport.

It was torture waiting at the barrier of Terminal 2 International Arrivals peering through the door  as it opened and closed desperate for the first glimpse of Jamie in three weeks. When she did appear I nearly burst into tears and felt very emotional as we embraced and not wanting to let her go for even a second I ducked under the barrier so I could walk with her and hold her hand.

I love the bones of her and missed her so much it hurt but she’s back now and I just want to feel as happy as I did in that photo, forever!

Tonight Steventons finally won a match, its been a long time coming but really pleased that everyone stuck at it and enjoyed the journey too.

7 3 against The Junction and what made that even better a young lad who plays for us got his first win too.

Throughout the summer and four games in the winter league we knew a win would eventually come and tonight it did!