Hes getting married

This Christmas I was lucky enough to spend some time with my brother and his girlfriend, after a few days they headed down to Siobhan's mum in Kerry, and on 23rd of December I got a call to say that he had asked Siobhan to marry him and ....

 

 

I was so happy I burst into tears, it was the best news! Here are the happy couple...

 

The beautiful view on the beach in Co. Kerry where Stephen proposed...

 

 

I wish my baby brother and future sister - in - law all the luck and love in the world! 

90th birthday bash

Tonight we celebrated Derek's grandmother's 90th birthday! 90 imagine it! She thoroughly enjoyed herself and we all enjoyed making her feel special. Derek has quite a big family which contrasts to mine, he has so many cousins! Looking around the beautiful function room, seeing all of these people and knowing that they are all here just because of her! I have my husband and children all because of her... what a gift!

We had a beautiful meal and she happily danced with all of her sons and treated us to a lovely song or two! All in all I think she had a fantastic night, we did too, we loved catching up with our family and had a really lovely night!

 

With her sons and daughters

 

 

My dear hubby and me...

 

 

with my sister-in-law Pearl

 

 

All the family girls... with my sister-in-laws Pearl, Elaine and Orla

 

 

Derek's older brother, his sister, and his sister-in-law

 

 

Derek with his Grandmother, he was delighted to spend this time with her...

 

 

How lucky she is to have all of her dear family around her celebrating her 90 years, I pray I can be this blessed one day... 

 

Happy 90th birthday to Nannie

New Years Eve... It's 2014!

This new year we really took things easy, Dylan had a sleepover with his friend on New Years Eve, so we made cupcakes before he left and they loved playing with all the sprinkles! I am literally still sweeping sprinkles off my floor! Derek and I spent the night relaxing watching movies and enjoying a nice bottle of wine  it was a lovely night, definitely a long way away from how we used to spend New years!

 

New Year's Day was even more laid back just chilling out, we went for a family dinner to our favourite place with the kids. We all had some time off and we all enjoyed our time together, I really appreciated all the special time we spent together hanging around and sleeping late. I was so happy to have the week off work and I enjoyed every minute with my little family! I got to visit my family in Waterford and the whole break was just what we all needed!

 

Here are my guys making their cupcakes on New Years Eve... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it's a new year and we are all looking forward to all the wonderful things that are lined up this year! Mostly I am so grateful to have a wonderful family and a job I love, with lots of great things on the horizon...

 

Welcome 2014!