October

Lots of good things happen in October.

#1. It's my birthday and Gary spoiled me rotten all weekend long. Went for an 8 mile run in the mountains, carved pumpkins, and went go-cart racing and beat Gary. He he!!!

#2. Gary's parents bought a wonderfully beautiful house in Arizona! I can't wait to meet the house!

#3. I lost and gained 5 students in one week. God takes care of us....I keep believing in that.

#4. It's fall and the colors are beautiful out here. I don't remember the fall colors in Nebraska being so bright....and Gary doesn't think that California changes.....it's always green right?

Sorry I have blurry pictures....my camera is acting up....good thing Gary bought me a sweet new camera to replace mine! Thank you honey!

Happy Halloween!

Day 3

Wow, I'm on a role! Day three of Ireland, we took a ferry over to the Aran Islands. We got up and ate our Irish breakfast (Sausage, eggs, ham-bacon, blood sausage and soda bread) and got on the ferry at 10. It was awfully wavy out there......and we were in for a ride. We got over to the first island and got off to explore the island. It really was small enough to walk around. So we walked up to a castle, took some great pictures and headed back down to the ground. Did I say that it was raining unbelievably hard? It was! So the Guiness Stout and the bowl of potatoe leek soup was awesome when we got back to the pub.

The trip back to the mainland wasn't so much fun. We ended up almost tipping over in the boat. Have you ever seen the deadliest catch???? Well, I felt like we were one of those boats. I don't think I'll ever get on a boat that small again in such a big ocean. Here are some pictures again. I'll catch you up on day 4 soon.

It's my birthday this weekend......and we're going go-carting! I'll let you know how badly I beat Gary! :-)

Day 2 Ireland

One day 2 of our trip, we got on the road and headed to the Cliffs of Moher. The roads are just big enough for two go-carts. And trucks don't move over for you. So we spent a lot of time with me pulling over into the bushes and wincing as cars passed on the other side......the right side. We stopped by a ring fort and talked to some archaeologists that were digging up what they thought to be an old dwelling. They had found a skull and a medieval broach pin. It was amazing to think how old this stuff is. America is so young compared to what we saw.

The land is full of rocks and rock walls. They don't have fences. People many years ago I'm sure built these fences. It was absolutely beautiful!

We stayed in a town called Doolin. Small enough that we walked to the pubs at night. There was a twisty road that we had to drive up to get to the main road for the cliff of Moher. In my pictures you can see the tiny little ''Rupunzel" castle over looking the water. It was a magnificent sight. I loved this part of the trip. The cliffs were just so amazing, I could have spent all day there. Enjoy the pictures.....and stay tuned for more. I'm a little slow, but I'm getting it done.

We love you all!

Ireland

I figured that I haven't told to many stories of Ireland yet. I'll start today. We arrived in Ireland I think at least an hour ahead of time because of the tail wind. Our flight was 4 hours 45 minutes instead of 6. So we got there, and it was dark. We got the car, and I was off to drive on the wrong side of the car and wrong side of the road. Luckily, dad had chosen to stay close, in a town called Bunratty for the first day. We found a Bed and Breakfast called the Park House and got settled in. It was pretty early in the day and we were lucky that they let us in so early. The man of the house had tea and cookies while the rooms were made up. We crashed......for quite a few hours.
That evening, we went to a Medievil Banquet. It was in a real castle, which made it even cooler. The castle still has all of the buildings around it, so we checked it all out. The meal was traditional food from the Medievil times, I believe......it was fun.
After the banquet, we went to Durty Nellies, a pub across the street. We ordered our first Guiness! Yippee! And Gary got into trouble because he didn't let them pour it correctly. He grabbed the beer after the first pour. They have to pour it twice....which I'll explain later when I write about the Guiness Storehouse Tour.
So here is our first day with some pictures!

Love you all!