Nether Compton

While we were over, Duncan and Lindsey's children were baptized. Stace and I were honored to serve as a godparent to Charlie, their younger daughter.

Taking part in the service on Sunday was very special, and it was a beautiful day and occasion. We will be praying for you, Charlie, and Chelsea and Connor, too!

 On Tuesday, we went back to Nether Compton to spend time with the Partridges and get a tour of their beautiful village. Here, the girls are playing on the village green, in front of their church.

 Then, as we walked up the road, Dunc mentioned that down this lane, they buy their eggs and the children can feed the goats. Now this was an experience my suburban girls needed!

As we paid for our half-dozen free range organic eggs, the farmer lady came out and invited the girls in to feed the baby goats.

 These cuties were just one week old!

We carried on walking...

 ... and came to this beautiful estate, once the home of a butterfly garden. We stopped for a snack in the field.

 Then, it was swishy-swashy, swishy-swashy, through the long grass to the gate on the other side.

Violet managed the gate all by herself. We had a great evening together, and Dunc and Lindsey are blessed to live in such a pretty village.

Back at their home, Dunc, Stace and Connor watched England's final game of the 2014 World Cup.

We had been quite excited to be in England for an England World Cup match, but sadly, they were eliminated from further play before the match began. Oh well - that's a whole 'nother blog post...