A surprise visit.

Several years ago Janneke, the daughter of Martin and Mieke, visited her parents and met Barclay, a young man from Nicaragua, who was staying with them and helping Martin to build his barn.It may not have been love at first sight but it was obvious, over the coming weeks, that they were becoming very close. Janneke went back to Holland and Barclay back to Switzerland, where he was staying and working with friends, but they carried on meeting when they were able. They eventually became enaged and married in Nicaragua in 2005. We were invited to the wedding but only Nigel was able to go as I stayed at Carol to look after all the animals.
Since then they have settled in Holland, Barclay has learned to speak Dutch and has done his apprenticeship as a plumber. In February this year they had a baby, Kenai. They came down to Landry on the 30th July to visit Martin and Mieke. Janneke rang me the following Monday to ask if they could come over the next day and stay overnight and of course we were delighted to say yes. We had met up with them when they were down last year, for lunch, a meeting which was all too brief.
We spent a wonderful 24 hours with them this time and were able to make the acquaintence of Kenai. He is a very good humoured little chap and much adored by his parents. Barclay is more than happy to spend time with him and when we got up the next morning Barclay was wandering round the garden with Kenai talking and laughing with him.