Well we are back from our grand tour. It is so nice to be back at home. That being said we had the best time on our trip.

We started off with a Native American ‘Pow-wow’ in NJ, the day before we got on the plane. There was some amazing outfits and dances, McKelvey said, “Daddy, I loved indians more than princesses.” Then on Sunday, we got to visit our friend Joanna & Rob and got to meet their new baby Henry. Then we got on the plane that evening and the kids fell asleep ’til we landed at 9-am Monday.

When we first moved into the new house, the house across the street was rented out by a visiting professor and his family. We became great friends over the 4 months they were here. While in Ireland, we played at their house ands took day trips from there. Ann had the exciting opportunity of driving on the opposite side of the street.

We visited Dublin one day, hitting the hop-on hop-off bus to take a tour of the city. We went up to the open top of the double decker bus. It rained. We went to the Dublin Zoo. It rained. However the kids had a lovely time anyway.

After much computer trouble I have gotten the pictures online. Enjoy.

More to come later…