Ireland 2012

Inishbofin

 

My Mom's family comes from Ireland somewhere around the Galway area. Peg tells me Richard's family comes from Sligo, which is a little further north. This is my second trip to Ireland. Both times, I got an overwhelming sense of "coming home." A warm feeling, comforted by the lilt of the Irish brogue.

Its tough to explain, but walking the windswept trails of Inishbofin did my soul a lot of good. Peg and Dan are, as my Mom would put it, "The salt of the earth." I am blessed that they are in my life.

Here are some photos from the trip that covered Galway city,  Connemara, and Inishbofin.

picasaweb photos Ireland 2012

Apologies in advance for the volume of pictures. The landscapes and seascapes were stunning and I just kept snapping away. I couldn't pick out my favorites so I posted the whole lot.

Greyson a.k.a. Incredible Hulk turns 4

Happy Birthday to my beautiful Greyson Matthew.

This year it was a super hero birthday. Greyson was hulk, Ani was a female Thor (Thorina?), I was Bat-nana!

I am so incredibly fortunate to be able to participate in these special days. It was wonderful to see everyone including Amanda's mom, Maureen, sister, Nadia, Gramma Shauck (who turned 90 :) and Matt and Amanda's friends.

Here is a link to photos from the weekend.

Grey's birthday photos

Video of Grey blowing out the candles