Summer Solstice and Long Term Plans

We celebrated the Summer Solstice with a nice day at home, lounging in the pool and making daisy chains! At Karate, the instructor bought all the kids ice cream and Popsicles for a treat and together they celebrated the official start of summer. Yippppeeeee

This past Monday, Sid's best Sister had a birthday. She is now 6! We helped her celebrate with a coooool nomad party in the woods. The kids built a shelter, hunted for bugs and game with their game bags and played like wild children for 3 hours! It was really special to share this day with so many friends and our other daughter Bella ;)

Bella with her very own Hedwig from Sid

The super yummy b-day cake made by Bella's Grandma

Our friends! Oh and Sid's future husband.

Yes, at the party, Sidney asked her friend Huwyl if he would marry her. He said "YES! I would love to get married to you!" So that is it then. All plans are made we can all rest. Sid says not to worry, they aren't going to get married until she is 20.

Today, Huwyl and his mom and brother invited us out with the dogs to visit their property that they are currently building their dream house on. What an incredible piece of land and a beautiful life they are setting up for themselves. I feel so privileged to have seen it from the start.

The kids played in the freshly mowed fields (way to go Stephen, I did gasp in awe!) for an hour and a half and the dogs ran themselves ragged. 95 acres is a lot of space to explore.

Run, Groovy's Gonna Getcha!

Little Nierin is growing like a weed.

Sid and the guy she is going to marry in 15 years. He is so sweet, bright, witty, sensitive and wonderful. Regardless of the proposal, these two are becoming good friends who share a lot of interest and enjoy each others company.

Here Huwyl is saying "...and this one is a buttercup but I forget what this one is called cause sometimes my brain is a bit like a sausage." ROFLOL Oh and picture it with his adorably cute English accent!

Huwyls bouquet of flowers, chosen and arranged all by himself.

Even the little guy is super cute! He deserves a little kiss too!

Undivided attention

This shot highlights my very favourite part of the morning. The kids were discussing how when they got married they would live here and have cows, chickens, goats, sheep. Then Huwyl pipes up and says "YA and when my Mum and Dad are dead, all this will be ours!!!" Oh did we laugh. Emma suggested that they could live there without anyone having to die.

This is the long walk back to the cars. Toddlers and dogs wiped out from running and playing and Sid and Huwyl with their futures set.

Thank you my friends for the lovely time on YOUR wonderful land!