@wednesday21 You flatter me. I'm blushing
(Is that smiley blushing?) Thank you for your compliment.
I'm getting one more banner in on picnik. It's on the front page. The closing has been a blessing in disguise. I lost a lot of old millham pictures during my big glitches. Now thanks to Picnik takeout I have a lot of them back.
Before the move, we all talked for hours. Pretty soon it was agreed. Not only would Robin and I move off but the rest of the family would as well. Mom had been hiding an opportunity for her to transfer. Dad called an old colleague about doing some research in the Appaloosa Springs Lab. Hope was up for the ride anywhere. She was still very much young and unsure what she wanted to do.
There was also another reason for the whole family to move. The sixth generation of our legacy was on its way. Mom and Dad both wanted to watch the little one grow up. Mom knew better than anyone the old family stories. She can't wait to start telling them to the little one.
Mom's already given me the family book. I've just begun transferring my writings to it. That is why there are many blank pages in front of this one. It's amazing to see how things changed through the years. I never quite understood why the legacy was so important to Mom. Since reading the story, I have a new appreciation for my family. Thankfully I will have lots of time to catch up on my part. My career is on hold until after the nooboo is born.
None of us wanted to build another house. It seemed like we've lived in so many. Robin traveled ahead of us. He hoped to find the perfect place. He had been listening to our current complaints about our old homes. He even read the family book also. Robin made sure to write all of his notes in French. He always insisted in his heavy accent, "Is surprise. Trust me." When a man says that it always scares me.
However, once I saw our new home I knew it was perfect. The yard is big enough for Dad's garden and for a fishing pond. Behind it is an open field to watch wildlife in. The bottom floor was open and roomy for a big family. Yet the rooms each gave us our privacy. There was a second floor big enough for all of our hobby supplies and two extra bedrooms. I hate to admit it, but Robin did a good job. Just don't tell him. I can't have my husband get a big head now do I?
I'm really starting to show. Mom tries her hardest to get me to rest. Things are just so boring while everyone is at work! Hope and I take walks to see our new neighborhood. We discovered an equestrian center just down the road. We've also met the nicest family named the foxes. Hope spends her day there playing with their new foal.
We better watch out. I got a feeling someone is about to be a self-employed horsewoman. She spends all her spare hours at the neighbors watching horses. Eventually she will get brave enough to get on one. I actually won't be surprised if she walks home with a foal one day! I just don't know if this family can handle a nooboo and a baby horse!
