Spoiled by Eight Uncles

That weekend at the Stonethorn Wetland Park.

Stonethorn Wetland Park was located on the outskirts of Shercaster City and roughly took a five-hour drive, but the Crawfords decided to fly there by helicopter, shortening their travel time to an hour.

The wetland park overlooked a lush forest landscape. Their chosen campsite was the meadow right by the turquoise lake.

“Wow! It’s so pretty!” Lilly marveled.

Polly was perched on her shoulder and shrieking, “Wowow! So pretty!”

Hugh and Anthony were greatly amused.

Bettany watched all eight of her sons pitching tents and fetching water. It was an inexplicably warm and beautiful sight.

She couldn’t help sighing. If it weren’t for Lilly’s return, the Crawfords might never have been able to reunite.

She smiled contentedly at Lilly from her wheelchair.

Lilly was chasing after a butterfly with the parrot following close behind her on its feet and squawking.

Hannah wasn’t quite willing to follow along at first, but her laughter grew louder the longer she chased after Lilly. Their laughter reverberated throughout the grassy plains.

Lilly suddenly ran back with a purple clover in her hand.

“For you, Grandma! It’s a flower that grants wishes!”

Drake and Josh, the two little boys weren’t very close to Lilly and Hannah. Zachary, meanwhile, was slacking off on the air mattress with his legs crossed and scoffed. “Childish.”

Edward and Liam, meanwhile, were putting down the tent stakes. Said stakes were hard to hold despite having been already inserted into the ground.

“Where’s my hammer?” Edward asked.

Liam was taken aback. “You’re probably the only person I’ve met who carries a toolbox around for a camping trip.”

That was when Lilly darted over with a toolbox. “Hammers are right here!”

Edward’s toolbox was far from small. It was half the girl’s size.

The child was desperately trying to keep the toolbox high in the air to not drag it across the ground.

Her actions seemed strenuous, but she remained highly energetic.

Edward was quick to speak up. “Give it to me. I can do it myself.”

“It’s okay.

eyes lit up

think? My set of hammers are pretty

nodded vigorously. “Yeah! It’s

man was happy to hear. “Do

bobbed her head up and down.

stood a short distance away, twitched. My adorable niece has been

a petite girl liked

hesitate to kick

had long since picked up a mallet and asked, “What needs hammering? I’ll help

answered her, “Here. Just hammer down

“Okay!”

the mallet far thicker than her arm. The stake was hammered halfway into

“Bash! Bash!”

as she

like a happy little carpenter who was quick on her feet, speeding from one end to

the tent were quickly hammered firmly into the ground with her battle

Crawfords were greatly amused by

was putting away the hammer, a car drove up and stopped in

alighted from the vehicle and exclaimed with pleasant

and noticed Drake, who was quietly reading

very ladylike manner

stopped before she

an aloof manner,

means you’re

left awkwardly hanging but smiled warmly when she found an open space a short distance away.

same area anyway. It was simply

“I’ll set

at her and bounded over to

was a child five to six years of age yet her

didn’t quite understand her intentions but had a feeling Cheryl was

she fiddled with the hammer and

was stealing glances at Drake by the lake. “Can we go

and pouted. “I

She then ran away.

shocked and

so generously and wasn’t even on Lilly’s case for

What’s wrong with her?!

attention to Hannah instead. “Why don’t you play with me instead? There are pine trees over there. We might see

was of the night when she

Hannah hated Lilly. Having Hannah by her side

going to