Father's Day

We had a great day today celebrating Father's Day! It started with breakfast at home. 

Next, we headed to Ikea. The plan was to get Gemma's big girl bed, but the boxes were too long to fit in Paul's van! Of course we found other things though, and Gemma had fun playing. Paul will have to go back during the week with a bigger van to get the bed!

We headed into Dublin city centre next, and our first stop was Queen of Tarts for a yummy lunch. 

Our next activity was a train tour of Dublin. It was fun to be tourists in our own city!

After the train we walked around a bit on the way back to the car. Gemma really wanted to 'pet a bird', and she spent quite awhile running after the pigeons!

We strolled through Dublin Castle as well!

I think Gemma's face in this last picture says it all! We had a wonderful day celebrating Daddy!

Summer Fun!

We didn't have a great spring here, and it's only the past couple of weeks that the weather has started to get dry and a little bit warm. We have taken advantage of it! Here's Gemma at a couple of different parks in the area:

Last weekend Paul and I went to Galway for the day on Sunday to watch Mayo play Galway in the Gaelic football Connacht semi-final. The weather was beautiful, it was a great game, and Mayo won! It doesn't get much better than that!

Yesterday Gemma and Daddy went out in the morning while I went to boot camp and got a few groceries. One of the places they went was the toy store to get Gemma a scooter. She's been asking for one for her birthday for months. She has been doing really well with toilet training, and we figured if we waited until her birthday to get one, we'd miss most of the summer, so we got one as a special treat. She loves it!

Our first 'scoot' on it was yesterday afternoon to a local coffee shop to enjoy some ice cream on a sunny day!

Grandpa's Visit!

On May 28th, my dad arrived for a 10 day visit! The first weekend he was here was the June Bank Holiday weekend, so we headed to Louisburgh to visit Paul's parents. We also celebrated Dad's 60th birthday a few weeks late!

Back in Dublin, we enjoyed spending time together hanging out at home. 

On Saturday, June 6th we took a day trip to Belfast and met up with Marie and Brian. We had a great day walking around the city, touring a market, and going on a bus tour. 

On Sunday, June 7th Dad flew back to MN. We had a great visit!