Hi! Welcome to the site from north Wales. Wouldn't mind betting the weather is better where you are than it is here right now (rain!!).
Your experience with sheep sounds similar to ours - we started off with a pet lamb from a local farmer around 6 years ago, found it a friend to keep it company, bought another four, hired a ram and low and behold - we now have 36!! (12 chickens, a cockerel, a dog, 2 cats and 2 goldfish).