Raising Arrows

 Happy 2022!!  Beginning the New Year with great friends in nature!  creative swing set designed by N! it's such a joy watching our kids learn and grow.  E has taken to math and quit enjoys numbers and fact families  A special treat!! We got to eat out with a group from GEM!  So bummed I didn't get more pictures, but it's cause we were enjoying our food and time with folks.  a new little hammock spot to give us a little break away from our home  We spent a Sabbath resting with this view to the front and a mud hill to the right...  where our kids enjoyed rolling up and down and laughing in delight there are a few places in this country that make me feel at home ...  and a lumber store is one of them!!  Just the smell brought tears to my eyes and made me want to hug my dad.  Clearly, M feels the same  gorgeous winter flowers!  taking in our nature play with apples while listening to birdies  scootering to pick up b...

 Well I fell behind the final few months of 2021 - but here's a quick update thru pics, as usual!  It was a fun festive few months! We enjoyed many gatherings and traditions until we were isolated due to 3 kids getting covid. We made it thru a few weeks of sickness to freedom the week before Christmas! We had a special visitor thru Christmas week, and enjoyed sharing our traditions on Christmas eve and day. Looking to the New Year now, but enjoying look thru all the fun memories we've made this past year in England!! Our first FULL year in this beautiful place.  We look forward to the many new normals now as the seasons come and go.  Here's to 2021 - it was a year of listening, learning, adjusting, and enjoying.   To see pictures and read about our Christmas, click here.   The High Street is always so cutely decorated for the Christmas.  This year we enjoyed the festivities around the ceremonial lighting and carnival!  we got SNOW!!  kic...