Mountain Hike

On Thursday Brian, Rian, Kendell and I hiked West Mountain. It was a cold, beautiful, sunny day with a lot of snow in some parts.
Even with a bit of complaining we made it to the top.

Avalanching

We went for a little 4 wheeler ride the other day and Kort really loved to roll rocks down the mountain. AKA Avalanching.

Our herd is growing. We had a new baby born about a week ago, and another one today. A new years eve baby.

St. George Trip

A week after Korts surgery I took the 3 youngest to see Grandma and Grandpa for a few days. We all got to ride in Dads new golf cart to see the Christmas lights.

Dogs just love Grandpa.

Thanksgiving

Mom and dad were here to tend all the kids while we were gone. We got home late the night before Thanksgiving so mom and girls had done all the shopping and most of the cooking.  Jeff, Suzanne, Ryan, Seth, Kjersti, and Lindsey, Ethan and Garret came over.

Korts tonsils are gone

On December 12 Kort had his tonsillectomy. He surprised me by not crying when he was waking up from surgery like all 4 girls did. He had a rough time for 11 days and then all of a sudden he was himself again. So happy to have that over with.

UK 2016- England

On that Sunday we took a 1 hour flight from Dublin to the Manchester Airport. We ate lunch there, then took a taxi to the Park Royale Hotel in Stretton. Across the street was beautiful old church we decided to take a walk around. A sign said they were having Evensong that was starting soon. Since the bells were ringing, we thought they would be singing hymns so we went inside to enjoy them. It turned out to be a 90 minute sermon. We did sing a couple hymns, but it was nothing what I expected and "Evensong" to be. One thing we noticed is the people over there are fascinated with the US and follow the news and current events very closely. EVERY single person we talk to, taxi drivers, the Priest in the church, waiters in the restaurant asked us what we thought about the Election.

England is just as lovely as Ireland. Its very....English. As opposed to Irish. There is quite a difference. 

If I put every picture I took on this blog, it would take a week to look through them all. 

One day while Brian was at work I decided to take a train to Liverpool. Totally different feel from Manchester even though they really aren't that far away from each other. They are rival cities we learned. Each one thinks they are better than the other. I learned a lot about the Titanic and the Beatles. I bought myself two Beatles t-shirts. 

This was the view out our hotel window:

We switched hotels part way through to be close to Manchester. We loved visiting the Manchester Christmas Markets.

One of the best things we did was attend the Manchester United vs Arsenal Soccer game. It was such a blast! Our tickets ended up on the 4th row right behind the goal. we could see the players up close and personal! Afterwards we waited for autographs and got 5 and I even got my picture taken with Juan Mata. He was the only one that scored for Manu. (the game ended in a tie)

It was such a fun trip and we ate the best food and I want to go back. ASAP.