In my Farmacy I was taken completely by surprise when Flynn the cat saved my Founder Brooke from Grim, I had no idea that animals could even do that! But it only lasted 24 hours and she was gone again.
But I wasn't waiting on a space for the family to move, either.
In my TJ game, I did what you did, left grandparent/s behind, as long-lived fairy heirs would delay moving, like forever!!! lol
Especially since in the 4th gen the spouse used a genie lamp and wished for long life, something I had no idea continued on through the rest of the family heirs!
So now double life spans for everyone, including the fairies, making it imperative for those couples to stay in the 3rd town.
Congratulations to everyone and I too will miss Hidden Springs, in your story and mine!
Though I still have over two weeks to go until the heirs age up and one gets chosen.
Sometimes heirship is a very hard decision, but I think it always works out for the best.
Gill would have been a very unhappy heir to have to put aside having adventures to focus on heirship.
This way he gets to follow his heart and leave heirship to his big brother.