I haven't blogged forever!! Lots of things have been going on but I think I'll just start from now and go forward. Spring break, usually we go on a family trip, but this year we spent it making a garden. Will try to get some pictures of it soon. I'm so tired of digging and weeding that my hands are killing me!! But they do look beautiful. The gardens, not my hands. Hopefully we will have a bounteous harvest. I'm pretty excited!!

Here's more of the Castle. This is it for the Castle. It was an amazing place to see and experience. I recommend it to all!! I think we need to move the family to Ireland. We can live in Ireland and be a boat ride away from Bergan, Norway. These are my two favorite places!! I know I can get Papa to Ireland and we'll get a summer house in Norway!! What do you guys think?? Should I start working on it???

Sticking our heads out of a window on the top of the Castle!!
Loving it!!

I'm kissing the Blarney Stone!!! They hold you so you don't fall 3 stories!









Papa kissing the Blarney stone. A couple of days later he got a cold and blamed in on the stone and then he so kindly gave it to me!! I love it when Papa shares things with me!








Some more of beautiful Ireland!!
More of the Castle

The view from one of the windows. It's so beautiful.
















walking the stairs to get to the Blarney stone










On top looking down into the main part of the castle











More of the beauty that surrounds the castle

Here's the Blarney Castle in Ireland. It's old and crumbling but it was really cool to climb all through it.
Here's one of the towers. I'm sure some beautiful damsel was locked up here long ago and her handsome knight in shinning armor came and rescued her.

These are all hand etched. I took pictures of my
favorite ones




















Look at the precious babies on this vase!














Paul and I toasting, sort of, our trip to Ireland and the Waterford Crystal factory!! Next posting will be the Blarney Castle!