December Fun

It's been a busy couple of weeks with various activities! Last weekend (December 6-8) we went to Louisburgh. We saw the movie "Four Christmases" (which was very good in my opinion, and I think Paul was pleasantly surprised!) and did exciting things like get new tires on my car and dropped off my wedding dress to get dry cleaned!

This past week we went to the cinema again and saw "What Just Happened". To give you an indication of whether or not we liked it, Paul turned to me in the middle of the movie and said, "I'm sorry for bringing you here"! It just wasn't our type of movie. Tuesday night found us rock-wall climbing at a local university with friends Dermot, Sean, and Jean, and Thursday night we met Paul's cousin, Mike, and my friend, Stephanie in town for dinner (and Stephanie and I did a bit of shopping too!). Below are some pictures of the rock-wall climbing.

Getting ready to climb

That's Sean at the top of the blue section!

Jean and Dermot

This weekend Paul's parents, PJ and Bridget, and I made a trip to Northern Ireland to visit Paul's sister, Marie, and her fiance, Brian. Brian turns 30 on Monday, so we were celebrating his birthday a bit early. Unfortunately Paul is swamped with work at the moment, so he couldn't make the trip. I picked up PJ and Bridget at the train station when I was done with work on Friday, and we made the 4-hour drive to a small village near Ballymena. Marie and Brian bought a really nice house there earlier this fall, and this was our first time to see it. We also got to meet Brian's family, as we all went out to dinner, then had cake and ice cream back at the house on Friday night. PJ did a few jobs around the house on Saturday morning, then we headed out again at around 12:30.

Brian and Marie

Me, Brian, Marie, and PJ

So, it was bed early for me last night! The drive was tiring, but it was really nice to see where they live. I'll just be staying longer next time! Paul and I did the typical weekend things today- grocery shopping, laundry... then he headed down to County Kerry around 3 this afternoon- he has some work to do in Kerry and Cork tomorrow, so he's staying with family down there tonight. The week ahead holds last minute Christmas preparations. My apologies to all of you that your Christmas card may be a bit late this year! We were waiting to get the professional wedding photos on CD before we got our cards printed. It will just extend the holiday, right?!?!? Hope you all have a good week!