Mini Vacation

We just got back from a weekend in Dublin... Ohio not Ireland. We still managed to have a great time though. We went to the Dublin Irish Festival which is the second largest Irish fest in the country. As all of you could probably tell Jenny (maiden name Daugherty) is Irish so when family friends told us about the festival we had to go. Jenny, her mom, Eliana and I left Friday, met up with Jenny's cousin and his wife (Jenny's best friend also known as Tia) and her parents (close family friends) on Saturday and ended the festivities with a traditional Irish Mass spoken in Gaelic on Sunday. I also managed to see a band I really enjoy called Black 47 twice. The baby did great and had a wonderful time. Here are a few pics.....


Eliana with Tia




the baby hanging in the little baby prison that the hotel lent us instead of a crib(and yes she is raking her cup back and forth across the bars, nice huh?)





Eliana dancing a jig with her mom



checking out one of her favorite bands of the festival



nearing the end of a long, hot day



watching Black 47 with her Dad


We also stopped at our first Ethiopian restaurant on the way home. It was called The Blue Nile. They had a buffet so we were able to try a few different things. We loved it and plan to seek out more locally. On the adoption front we filled out the first packet of paperwork and are working on the 2nd. We are anxiously waiting for the case worker that will be assigned to us to call. We are also working on the update for the home study. As some of you know we have a lot of paperwork to "chase". I think that's about it... oh I think one of our trees was hit by lightening while we were away. Three branches were nearly ripped off the tree. Two were a pretty good size. One of which decided to fall down as I was messing with it. I had to jump out of the way at the last second before it could come crashing down on my head. Not a pretty sight. I'm not exactly agile. Jenny was watching from the window, she was not impressed. :) We are all really tired so I'm off to join the rest of the family. Goodnight.