Weekend in Monterey

We went down to the Aquarium.  There is lots for the kids to play on, but the exhibits (particularly the
sharks!) are much better at the Baltimore Aquarium.

Downtown Monterey has a great park, Dennis the Menace Park. It is really big and has lots of slides and climbing things, a huge rope bridge and a big steam engine.  We stayed for a couple of hours even though it was a little chilly.

Laguna Seca Racetrack was also having a big Ferrari weekend. The team was staying at the hotel with us. Ryker got to sit in 3 cars - one was hot off the track (#4)! - and all the big guys were really jealous.  The cars went super-fast!

Vroom! Vroom!

Lisa's boyfriend, Josh, has a motorcycle and even though Ryker thinks the name "Josh" is very funny, he really likes his bike.  Josh even let him get on and go vroom! vroom!

Chocolate Monster!

April 2011 School Photo

Ryker is wearing an Avo original; it matches his eyes perfectly!

Easter in Ireland

Granda Rush had a major stroke last November and we had to move him to a nursing home.  Andrew's siblings, Anthony and Siobhan, came and Keelin turned 7.  We went to the beach at Mullaghmore to check on the house (it was destroyed by a broken water pipe).  We spent 2 days in Dublin, but I sprained my ankle.  We went to MANY parks, the Marble Arch Caves, stayed at the Belle Isle (on an island at the top of Loch Erne), met cousins and got to bed WAY too late every night.  It was a busy week!