Addie's Birthday

Addie is 3! We celebrated with a party with a few of her friends on Thursday. It was nice to do the party a day early, so we could just have a fun, relaxing day at home for her actual birthday. Here are a few photos/videos from the day.
On our way to the birthday party...

These 3 are videos... you have to click on them to play :)

Visitors!

We love having visitors because it means we get a chance to travel and see more of the country. Jon's cousins, Kerry & Karl were here last week for almost a week.

The first day trip we did was south of Dublin. We started with a scenic hike along the coast near Bray.

This is at the top of the "mountain" There is a large cross here.

Next we headed to Powerscourt. The rose garden was in full bloom.

On Friday, we drove to Northern Ireland, we left Greta at home at a friends house, so we could fit all five of us in the Polo. Jon, Kerry & Karl crossed the Carrick-a-Rede Rope bridge (if you squint you can maybe see it between the last two land pieces. Addie and I stayed away from cliff edges :)

Just some more beautiful coastal scenery, I love all the little rock islands along the coast.

Addie is always so willing to smile nicely for the camera!

Next, just a quick 5 minute drive away is the Giant's Causeway.

After the Giant's Causeway, we explored Dunluce Castle, definitely one of the most picturesque castle ruins in Ireland.

That evening we drove to the west coast town of Bundoran, in Co. Donegal. I went for a quick sunset walk just after 10 pm.

The next morning, Jon, Kerry & Karl went surfing. Here is Jon...looking good!

Addie and I played on the beach. It was probably only 60, but that didn't stop Addie from jumping in puddles and eventually going right in.

After she soaked her first set of clothes, we went back to the car to change and then had a nice little picnic on the beach.

The surfers...

Addie enjoyed all of the one on one attention, especially from Kerry!

Monday we took a picnic lunch to the Bective Abbey ruins.

Greta practices posing for the camera.

And, last but not least, one of my favorite pictures from the week... Kerry reading with the girls. Greta was ready to get on the airplane with Kerry if I would have let her :)