Declan and Rory's Blog

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Holiday back to Florida Oct 2016

I wanted to be sure to get back home to see my mom within 6 months of our move over. So we came for a 3 week visit at the end of October. Declan has a week long fall holiday right around Halloween. I believe the break was originally designated so the kids could be off school to help harvest the potatoes. We stayed most the time at Crystal and Dave's Beachside Village Resort, a few days with Callie and a few days with my brother Rick. We really enjoyed some warm weather, the sand in our toes and splashing in the pool. It was wonderful to see our family and all of our friends again.

bye daddy, see you in three weeks

We will be back Ireland with some sunshine

We had some fun at the airport...

After being awake for 17 hours

So aawesome to see Grammy

The long flight was worth it because we got to do this for 17 days! Our friends Crystal and Dave graciously hosted us at their little piece of paradise in Lauderdale by the Sea- The Beachside Village Resort. We were a stones throw from the ocean and the pool out the front door. We had so many friends come to play over to play with us. It was so great to be in shorts, tank tops, suits and flip flops- the entire time!!

Uncle Rick playing fireman....

Declan videos....

Saturday, December 10, 2016

A walk down Jenny's Lane

Changing of the leaves was a very special. I love Autumn!

A few pics down our lane, a little late in the season but you get the picture.

Brownshill Dolmen

The Brownshill Dolmen is a megalithic portal tomb just outside Carlow town. The capstone is reputed to be the heaviest in Europe, weighing 100 metric tons. It was built between 4000 and 3000 BC- How did they get that Stone propped up like that? Amazing!