Ireland

Kristi and I went to Ireland for a week and had a fantastic time. We were very fortunate that Grandma Kim came to watch the kids - thank you again Kim! The girls and Sam loved having Grandma here and our neighbors had a chance to get to know her better over a few cul-de-sac cocktails;-)

I kept a journal of our travels and I will be posting a full blog for each day we spent there as I have more time. In the meantime, here are links to photos and some videos we took.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Carolina RailHawks

Nora spent the night at a friends house for a birthday sleepover so the rest of us went to a soccer game. This was our first visit to a Carolina RailHawks game and we had a great time - the RailHawks won 3 to 0. There was a military helicopter where you walked up to buy tickets and Sam got to sit in it. He told me later he was going to fly his own helicopter when he gets bigger.

Father's Day 2009

I spent the morning with the kids enjoying father's day. We left early in the afternoon for Durham to have lunch at Tyler's and go to the Durham Bulls baseball game. Perfect way to spend the day.

4 Time A/B Honor Student

We received Nora's report card today for fourth quarter and year end. She made the A/B Honor Roll all four quarters and averaged A/B for the entire year.

6th Grade Science Award

Today the East Millbrook Middle school held a celebration that recognized outstanding student achievements for the school year. Nora's Science teacher called us to let us know Nora was receiving a certificate of appreciation for Achievement in Science.

Bear's Birthday

Our friend's (Greg & Julie Schmid) son had his fourth birthday party this weekend. His name is Barrett and they call him Bear for short. It was a very cool set up with a Jedi Knight theme. There was also an air castle the kids (and some adults) could jump in.

Bat Mitzvah

We attended our neighbor's Bat Mitzvah today. It was a beautiful event and the celebration afterward was excellent. The kids had a great time and the adults had some "kid free" time to relax.