Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

3 months ago, tomorrow, we spent a wonderful day in the countryside and seaside of Ireland.  Since it was the beginning of spring, everything was starting to turn green.  I'm sure these sheep sure liked it!  We rented a car, and Andy got to drive around Ireland on the opposite side of the road.  I didn't join him because I don't know how to drive a manual car. We drove south of Dublin to Wicklow Mountains National Park.      On the way, we spotted this quaint Antiques shop.  It was one tiny room with things piled all around you and hanging from the ceiling.  Andy found an old19th century apothecary jar. It held medicinal mold spores.  Sounds really exciting, right?  Well, it was exciting for my pharmacist/husband.     The guy was so excited to have us come by.  I love that he is on Facebook!     Once we got to Wicklow, we headed towards Glendalough (Glendalock), the valley of two lak...

We spent the morning at my Mum's favorite grocer in England, Waitrose.  It was fun to go grocery shopping and feel like a couple locals.   One of the coolest kids in England... my cousin's son spends his afternoons with his Nana, my Auntie Glyn.  So we got to see him a few times during the trip.  This is him coming to meet us on our way to his place for dinner.   In the middle of a remodel which will nearly double the size of the house. Cousin-in-law Guy was giving me all the details of the remodel.  We then had a wonderful final dinner in England. So glad we got to see this family again, wish we could have spent an evening together with each of my cousins.  This trip really let me know how amazing my family truly is.  They are all kind, loving, open and fun.  When Melissa and I go back to England (when, not if) we look forward to more time with family and less as tourists.   This was one of our favorite places in Engl...