Maybe this will help my success with Skype calls!! Ireland Time... A clock for those of us (ME!) who can NEVER figure out the time difference!! ...and here is the USA time...for comparison...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

A BIG "thank you" to Granny and Grandad for the perfect clothes.  The boys are dressed up and looking very HANDSOME!!  We tried for a photo shoot, but (as usual), Sean did not always comply.  : )  It was funny though...

Wishing all of you a very special day today...
love you much to all the special mothers in our lives:
Granny Barry
Gramma Denno
Great Gramma Baker
Aunt Kathy
Auntie Jennifer
Auntie Dee
oh...Momma too
 : ) and, and, and...love you all!!


 
 

Okay, so this is is where it all went downhill...Sean (big time) stopped cooperating...
 
 
 

...and Kellan felt the need to help...

(look at the wicked grin...poor Sean)
 
 
 

Oh, these boys!! 

They really wanted to include their backpacks in the photos...so here they are...
 

Happy Mother's Day 2013
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Friday, May 10, 2013

Birthday Boys!

The boys had so much fun opening their birthday packages today!  Thank you all for the wonderful gifts!  Everything was so thoughtful and very well loved!!  My camera was acting up, so please forgive the blury photos (and missing photos!)

xx You are all the best and SO thoughtful!!!


(The floral package was a beautiful scarf for me (I wish you didn't do it, but it is so beautiful!!) thank you kindly Dee and Ciaran!!


I wish I had a video of Kellan when he saw the Fireman Sam backpack...he was beyond excited!  He is a BIG Fireman Sam fan!!  Sean actually chose Jake and the Never land Pirate cupcakes to bring to school today.  How fun...he too is in love with his new backpack!

The boys were trading cookie cutters like cards Mandy, Ross, Katie and Kylie.  They had so much fun deciding who would "get" each one. ; )  They are SUPER cool!! 
 
 

Kellan was acting crazy posing for pics.   When we opened Granny and Granddad's package, my camera was acting up and I didn't get too many pictures.  The clothes are BEAUTIFUL!!  They are going to look so handsome!!!  Maybe this will prompt me to get some new photos taken...we are long overdue!!
 
 

Sean was posing in silly ways ... I love the look of adoration as he looks at his backpack in the photo below ; )
 
 
 

What a couple of goofy kids!?
 
 
 
 
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Some long overdue pictures of our land and our "cabin."  The weather was beautiful and we had our first overnight on Kellan's 6th birthday yesterday.  (AND...we failed to wish Auntie Jennifer and Uncle John a very happy 6th wedding anniversary too...even though we had the best intentions of doing so!!)

I knew that I would remember to take some pictures of the inside of the cabin too, but it didn't happen this trip...we will probably be there again next week!!


Things are just really starting to turn green...the leaves are starting to grow and the ferns are beginning to really come up.

Sean was playing peek-a-boo around the car

The birthday boy playing in the sand...
with his (soon-to-be-birthday-boy) brother.


There it is...our cute little cabin.  It is the perfect size...should have seen them driving that thing in there...it was pre-made, so they just backed it into the lot...VERY cool to watch!! 
Our campfire...and the river.  The water is only about 6 inches deep and really rocky...fun for the kids!!

I walked out on these rocks to take a picture of the river in each direction...

To the left...

and toward Aunt Kathy and Uncle Everett's lot.

Here is the view our camp from the rocks.  It was a lot of fun and I think that we will have a whole lot of adventures here!!  There is a lot of work to do to get the "woods" picked up - fallen trees out of the way...the boys will never be able to say they are bored!!


Kellan took these photos of Fitz
 

...and Milo last week, so I wanted to post them... ; ) cute!!
 
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