HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY DADDY!

HAPPY FIRST FATHER'S DAY TO MY BROTHER!

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER!

    Ok....I've not really had a moment to post pics since we've been back. There's hardly ever time to do this anymore. But here are a few

This is in Greystones on the coast of Ireland

There were sheep EVERYWHERE!

Mom & Erin in the Japanese Gardens at the National Stud Farm

Mom & I in the Japanese Gardens at Powerscourt

Dublin

Erin & I on the Ha'Penny Bridge over the River Liffey through Dublin

Erin, Kara (Erin's roommate, from Alabama) & I at Starbucks in Kildare Town......and the irish boy who wanted to be in our picture - haha!

Sunday morning at Oaks Community Church (their church plant in Kildare, they meet in a Pub!)

It was great spending time with Crystal! We had breakfast together one morning

Erin & I with PJ & Liz (the Pastor's of Open Arms Church in Newbridge). We all had dinner together one night

Mom decided she wanted to drive our rental car while we were there......on the other side of the road. It was interesting....

A traditional Irish Breakfast - Mushrooms, Sausage, Bacon (Rashers....more like ham), Egg, Beans, and Black & White "Pudding" (the circles the left)

One of the days we hopped on a plane and headed for Liverpool, England for the day to see all kinds of Beatles memorablia..... 

Looking out over Albert Dock in Liverpool

We all live in a yellow submarine....

In front of Paul McCartney's childhood house

At the "Hard Days Night" Hotel

Kickin' it with John Lennon :)

The second week we were on our trip, we spent 2 days in London, England.....

Big Ben!

We ate at the ORIGINAL Hard Rock Cafe

In the train station coming into London from the airport

This is my fav! Dad & I were waiting to get on the boat tour through the Thames River in London

In front of Buckingham Palace

This is my friend Julia. She's from Germany and spent a year in California when I was in HS. We became great friends. Turns out, she's studying at a University in Brighton, England (less than an hour from London). So she came up to meet us while we were there!!!

Walking through Hyde Park

What a beautiful day it was going through Kensington Park to see Kensington Palace

These are just a few of my pics, believe it or not. But i figured i'd share some! We had a great trip

Home from Ireland.....had a great trip! Now it's time for laundry and lots of sleep.

Pictures to come....

Well....lots going on in my life right now. I am still loving my new car! I keep meaning to post more pics....if i only had the time.

This weekend is jam packed!! We have a Women's ministries thing for the church tonight. It's actually a sleepover at someone's house.......I don't think i'll be spending the night. I don't know if I'm ready for them to see that side of me yet......actually, I don't know if THEY'RE really ready! The deep sleeping...the hard to wake up....the grogginess.....it's a mess.

Sunday we are having a huge church-wide bake sale to raise money for all the Summer camps (youth, missionettes, kids, etc). I mean we're talkin' that some people will buy a pie for about $200 to support a kid to go to Camp. We're hoping to have a good turn out. And I'm going to give it a whirl in the kitchen this weekend and try to come up with some elaborate cake to auction off. Wish me luck!

Also on sunday, I'm preaching for the main service. We're in the middle of a series called Nothing's Too Hard for God. It's a good one. And I have the opportunity to take one of the sundays to preach. This is very exciting for me!!

One of the youth students has a band performance on sunday night (like a wind ensemble sort of band), so we're going to cut youth short and go see him perform.

So...after this full weekend.......I'm off to IRELAND to see my sister!!!! My parents leave on sunday, but I don't leave until Monday. I have about a 10 1/2 hour DIRECT flight from LAX to Dublin! It will be so long! But i figured I've spent plenty of hours in airports all my across the country by myself for layovers. This should be a nice change.

The next day, after I arrive in Ireland, my parents and sister and I hop over to Liverpool for the day. Then the following week, we will spend the night in London. It should be a GREAT trip!!!!!