Barcelona

While in Belfast, we took a "mini-break" to Barcelona. The travel itch got us and Paul and I spent new year's day searching for cheap tickets to somewhere in Europe. Barcelona won for being the cheapest--so we strapped that babe on our back and took off for two days. Aoife was an amazing traveller!! She took in the sights, charmed the Spaniards and only had one major meltdown! That's our girl!!

Aoife and her cousins

Aoife had a ball playing with her cousins Aaron, Gareth, Adam and wee Alfie!

Christmas in Conyers

After 3 different attempts to leave Portland, we finally made it out on the night of Christmas Eve. The snow stormed tried to stop us, but we were determined!! We flew all night and landed in Atlanta at 5:45am. My aunt and uncle were there to pick us up and we all got to celebrate Christmas together!! We opened presents, ate good food, Aoife got to dance with Uncle Jim and play with Aunt SuSu and we even got to take a nap before heading back to the airport. We flew out Christmas night and again, flew all night to arrive in Dublin the next morning!

Just in case!

Since I went for groceries in the snow, Paul did his share of the chores by building us a snow house (with help from the neighbors) just in case!!

And speaking of snow...

Oh how it snowed! There was so much snow, I had to go out for groceries with the snowshoes! Aoife and her daddy stayed warm and dry in the house!

A Walk Down Peacock Lane

Each year at Christmas time, all the houses on Peacock Lane put up Christmas lights. Each year, we gather friends and walk down the street to get in the Christmas spirit. Last year, it poured rain. Fortunately, this year we got snow!!

Aoife is One!

Where does the time go? Hard to believe my tiny little baby is now a one year old!!! Happy Birthday sweet girl!