Just a wee bit o' Ireland

Thomas and I flew to Ireland for a little vaca and to hang out with one of my college roomies Katie.

After a very long travel day and with a police escort (they kindly took us to her house when we were lost) we made it to Katie's house in Coleraine.

After church on Sunday, our first tourist visit was to the Giant's Causeway. This was an amazing place where there are hexagonal basalt columns. Crazy amazing.

Thomas has the traditional Ulster Fry.

We visited the Mussenden Temple, which is a library right on the water. Thomas and I decided we will have a library on the water someday.

 It might look a little something like the above.

 Thomas decided to stay in the car while Katie and I explored the Carrick a rede rope bridge, which I did not think was all that bad.

 Every where we turned there were sheep. All spray painted so the shepard's could tell them apart.

 College friends.

 Coastal town homes.

 The Dublin Castle

 A Irish phone booth in Gaelic.

 Our absolute favorite city, Kilkenny.

 More in our favorite city.

 The Kells Priory just moments from Kilkenny. Probably the most beautiful place in my opinion. Could have been the sunshine though.

 A wee bit of hilly countryside.

 Our experience in Cork.

 Naturally we had to visit the Blarney Castle/Stone. We had to climb to the top, which Thomas quickly headed for the exit as you can see in the below picture. Not so much with the heights.

28 Years of Life

Today I am 28. It is kinda a weird thing to think about. But here is what has run through my mind lately….

I know by all means that I am not old. I also know that I have by no means passed up my having kids time, however I can tell you that not in a million years at any time leading up to my 28^th year, would I have believed you if you would have told me that I would still not have kids at this time. As I look back at what I thought my life to be when I was in high school. I have succeeded and even surpassed what I believed my life to hold, with one exception. I definitely would have had kids no later than 26. I mean really, that would have given me 4 years post college to be married, spend time with my husband and have a good job. Right?

Well God has other plans. I am 28. With no kids yet. And I am ok with that. I love Thomas, I love our life, I love that I am completely content with where God has us at this moment, and I love that with each additional month that goes by I get to pour that much more into the lives of Thomas and all the people I love around me because I am not wrapped up in the world of spit up and baby love. Yet.

I am 28 and content.

Crazy Life Adventure Ramblings

In the past month I have made way too many crafts and have been just plain busy!

I needed a little vacation so it was off to San Diego. Even though Thomas was not able to join me, I headed down to SD to hang with Becca, Jeff, and Kenzie. A bonus was seeing 3 of my sisters, my brother-in-law, and my nephew!

Then last minute, we were invited to go snow shoeing with a couple from church. We had a fabulous time tromping through the snow with Kathryn and Montana. (I did find the last pair of snow pants at TJ Maxx for only $7. Steal!)

Then my mom and youngest sister Clara came to visit, so we visited the Almond Roca Factory and the Glass Museum here in Tacoma. Love me some almond roca and glass paper weights with little people butts in them.

We also ate tons of great food and then made it up to Seattle for the day for more adventures including discovering the gum wall for the first time. It is the second germiest attraction in Seattle we were informed.

We dropped them off at the airport and Thomas and I headed up to try our hand at skiing for the first time. I loved it. Too bad it is too darn expensive to go often. Good thing I found those $7 pants!

All in all, we are busy, we are happy, we are well fed, and we are loving this life God has given us.

And I saw a Harrier jet fly above our house moments ago. I love living in the flight path of our Air Force Base. It is weirdly comforting.