what's up? Lots.

Tour of the Guinness Museum (Factory).  You actually get a real pint at the end.  This was a room where they teach you how to taste your beer...

A visit from our twin nieces.  Can you guess the shy one?



Kilroy was here

and he was bored

New grange, it's about 5,000 yrs old.  http://newgrange.com/

First and only mt bike ride so far, marginal weather but still fun.  We didn't get muddy.

water fall in the background is Powers court.  Pics of it in an earlier post.

Found the dirt jumps.   It's a proper set up.  Weather limited our day there.  We will go back but other things seem to conspire to not let us get there...

Irish Sea.   Close to the house but f-l-a-t.  Longer trips to the Atlantic are preferred.

Jelena's family and ours.  Kids played great together.

And Jelena brought fantastic weather with her.  2 weeks of sun!

The preferred Atlantic coast in Strandhill sligo

everyone enjoys the beach

click to enlarge and see the kids up high on this massive dune.

Easter morning

The semi wild dear (in miniature) in Phoenix Park.  There's around 500 of them.  http://phoenixparkbook.com/deer.htm see pic here for how they make them look big. 

 

Ella's 10th.  We did a BBQ and cake.  She wanted and received a pair of shoes, Desk and Chair.  She prefers to do her homework and other things in the privacy of her room. 

2014 Giro TTT in Belfast, yup we were there.  Less than two hours to drive up and see the race.  We were out by the turn around and half way point.

Hanna's first communion.

Swim meet same weekend of the Giro and Communion.  That's Ella on the top podium step, she was there twice for 100 and 200 breast stroke.

Final event of the weekend was the Giro stage 3 finish in Dublin.  15min train ride into town let you out right at the 1k sign to go.  This pic is at 200m to go to the finish.  Too crowded to see easily so we moved back up the street.



No crowds at the Flame Rouge.  We watched them charge through the next corner at 800m to go that necked down to about 10ft wide.