July 2009

Ciara and I celebrated our birthday's by going to Monterey for the weekend. We spent a whole day at the aquarium and even though it was very crowded we still got to be amazed by all the exhibits. It wore Fiona out so much she fell asleep eating her dinner.
The rest of the time we spent playing on the beach and even went in swimming, we were a bit lazy about taking the camera out and have no picturres to prove it.

Camping at Caleveras Big Trees Park, June 2009

April 2009

We celebrated Easter with Grandma Joan and Uncle Diarmuid here, we got back to an old tradition and went horse racing. There were lots of things for the kids to do there including pony rididng which kept Tara very happy. During the Easter break, Ciara, I , Uncle Diarmuid and Grandma Joan took a trip to 6 Flags, we persuaded Grandma Joan to go on a "junior" rollercoaster, Diarmuid surprised us by going on the most extreme roller coaster there, he was on his own, no one else was attempting that one but Ciara was adventurous enough to go an elephant ride with him.
Ron also realised a dream and bought a boat, he and Bill went in together to buy it (and really me too!!) and started a huge project of restoring/remodeling that boat. I have to admit though we have had a few good trips in the boat which i will post about later.

March 2009

In March, Fiona, Tara and I took a quick trip to Ireland. The girls got to meet a bunch of cousins and neighbours and especially got to get to know their first cousins Sean and Cian better. We were in Fermoy for St. Patricks Day.
Ciara and Ron got to spend some time together without us at home and they went to watch the St. Patricks Day parade in san Francisco.