We're Baaaack !

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy ! ~ Little Princes was glad to see me, she missed me.
Moooooommmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! ~ Flutter Nutter was happy to see me.
Daddy's Buddy ran, he didn't want a hug. When asked if he missed me, his response, "One day." (Told dad later, he replied, "Must have been the day he got into trouble with me.)
I asked Hockey Player if he missed me, "I dunno know." Later, he asked me to trim his nails. He indicated that he was glad I was home to do so, cause last time I was gone, dad didn't so good of a job at trimming nails.
Big O Daddy O, he missed me. He even told me how much he appreciated me. By Tuesday (a week into the trip) he was toast.

3 out of 5 not so bad.
Fun Mom and I had a wonderful time. Pictures to come. Took about 700. Fun Mom took over a 1000, LOL. She was shutter happy. We traveled over 1000 miles in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 7 days. Very glad we kept journals because the days began to blur together.

We made it !

Dublin was busy! We spent a lot of our free time walking.
Oh, what a great time this has been with my mom and daughter.
I cannot express the gratitude I feel for my ever so generous husband.
Today we are in Waterford for the night and just finished a most entertaining tour of the city. I was even dubbed an Irish princess and married in less than 10 minutes. Poor guy, he didn't even know he was getting 5 kids in the deal. LOL. When he found out what he got himself into, he was okay with the idea of 5 kids !
LOL, No pictures this time, we are in an internet cafe.
Off on more adventures!

Thank you to so many!

But most especially to my Lord and Savior.
I leave in less than 12 hours for an amazing and unbelieveable journey. Far more exciting and wonderful than I could have imagined. But God knew.
He blessed me with a husband who loves me enough to sacrifice other things for me to go with my daughter and Mom to one of the places I have only dared to dream about, Ireland.
Many thanks to those who have helped on the way. My daughter and I have done our share of scrimping, earning and saving. God provided the opportunities and the inspiration. A dear friend taught me how to Ebay my kids clothes!. Thank you. Friends and family helped with rebate/coupon money makers. Many bought Wreaths of Maine from Fun Mom. Babysitting ventures. Then there were those who just donated to her travel fund. Thank you so much all you for investing in us, our dreams and this trip!
I don't dare to commit to blogging any over the course of our trip,but we will see. Pictures will definitely come later.
Thank you to all of you,

This time tomorrow.....

I will be in the car on my way to KC to catch my plane!
Less than 24 hours away!
Still need to pack!

If I wasn't excited enough ~

I just checked out the hotels we will be staying in during our trip to Ireland.
One of them looks like a castle! I knew a tour group would put us up in nice accomodations. I had no idea they would be this NICE! NICE is an understatement. Beautiful, luxurious, amazing are better adjectives. I can't wait...
I probably won't sleep tonight. Hoping that since I have researched the hotels now, I will be able to sleep the night before !

Check those Expiration Dates !

It is important to check those expiration dates. You never want to get something rotten. Last night, Flutter Nutter came to show me his latest escapade! Good thing he showed me, Big-O-Daddy-O doesn't believe in little guy body art. I took a close look and said, "Yep, you are expired." "That means you are rotten!"
Flutter Nutter said, "Yep!" and laughed. Then he took off to watch more Wii. (Big brothers were playing, which of course why he had to find something to do with his hands. Date stampers are so much fun!)
So what do you do with an expired and rotten three year old?!? Send them to bed and take a few pictures the next day for proof that he is spoiled rotten!

Food, Friends and Family

We are a part of an awesome friendship homeschool group. Very laid back! A must for this busy homeschool mom who never seems to get it all done. We had our fall family party. Potluck style at a open shelter park. One of the dads caught a fish earlier in the day and needed to filet it for lunch the next day. So what does a group of homeschoolers do? They hang out and watch and learn. The boys were so engrossed in the process. Of course, I took pictures. They were the only pictures I took that night! So if you get squeemish, quickly roll past our slideshow. I have seen fish cleaned, but this time, he wasn't slitting the middle and pulling the guts out. He was skinning the fish and cutting out the filet. The crazy part was the fist was still alive when he started. Oh, the jokes that rolled around. Now the kids know it is possible to be skinned alive! !