Ireland Day 2

Okay, back to the trip. There are more pics I could upload, but doesn't look like I'm getting to that, so I'll just go with these ones that I did a couple weeks ago.

Here we are in Glenanitchaquin Park, a stop on the Ring of Beara which is a beautiful drive. This place was wonderful. You follow a path and just take in the amazing Irish scenery. This is where we knew we were in Ireland. Here Amber is chasing some sheep in a pasture that we should or should not have been in.


We're still in the park, but heading back to the car.


Here's a shot of the park from atop a hill. It's too bad I don't have a photo of some pretty waterfalls they had here too, but isn't it so beautifully green?


Heading out on this one lane road. We only ran into one other car heading in the opposite direction but we were able to get past each other with some friendly maneuvering.


This is Healy Pass, another stop on the Ring of Beara. So amazing. We got a little rain, but it usually stopped when we wanted to get out and get pictures. How thoughtful.


I know how much you all love the punk jumps and have missed them so in the last few weeks.




Here we are in Killarney. We only stayed for an hour of shopping, which was just enough since all the shops closed about then.


See all the green and gold flags. We're in County Cork alright. The winner of the All Ireland match the night before. We heard from someone that there was going to be a huge party, like 20,000 people in the town square that night, but we had to move on.



But not before Amber let evoked a little leprechaun fun.

Driving north towards our next night's stay. We put in a couple hours driving here to Kilrush where we stayed for the night.

In order to get to Kilrush, we had to take a ferry. It was windy and rainy. Probably the only time our rain coats came in handy, but we could have stayed in the car. We asked for help on how the ferry works from another driver and he offered to have us follow him to Kilrush and a place to stay. There wasn't enough room for all of us, so Sarah B, Amanda and I stayed in the pub B&B and the other three hit up a B&B up the road. It was kind of nice to be in a smaller group for a night.


The other three girls snug in their beds. I don't know why I never thought to take pictures of my rooms until later on in the trip. Oh well.

I'll try to move faster on the rest of the trip, but I'm not promising anything.

Halloween 2009

Okay, I'm so excited to show these pictures. I worked really hard on my costume and it turned out great and I got lots of compliments on it. I felt really good in it and that doesn't usually happen in costumes. So I'll definitely be wearing this one again. So on with the pics!

Amber and me dancing and probably the best picture of me of the night.


Here is the whole group about to go out. Starting with Amber as the mystery masked woman (though she didn't wear her mask often) then Melanie is the vampire, Jason aka Don Johnson, Sarah B is the Devil, Sarah D is a sexy race car driver, Amber's friend April as a sexy flight attendant.

Here I am at the second party of the night. The first was so crowded and we didn't know anyone there so it was a little much. This one turned out to be kind of mellow so we didn't stay too long at this one either. But most of my ward was there so it was fun to see everyone and their costumes. Just more closeup of me and yes I made the hat as well.

Melanie, Dallas, Me, Dustin and Carrie. Those girls are getting a little frisky, eh? I had a really good time. It was kind of funny because normally I throw my costume together that night but I had planned this one out and started it a week ago. Usually every Halloween my friends are all about the parties and getting dressed up and I'm not. This year it was the reverse. All day Saturday I was dreading the mention of not going to parties. I knew we would because everyone knew how hard I worked on my costume, but I was still worried about it. Lo and behold we had dinner before normally dressed and someone was like oh man maybe we should stay in and hang out and I burst out "No! I have to wear my costume!" I think we all had fun, but there have been funner years and funner parties. But I loved my costume and it just came together perfectly. Here's a few more pictures of me, not to be narcissistic, but just to give some better shots. I rarely like to post pictures of me so this is good.