Northern Ireland

Lucy getting her hair clipped with old fashion sheep sheers...it can't be worse then what she has already accomplished on her own with scissors!! Here is a link to the photo's from this trip: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/HeidiandLuLu/NorthernIreland#

Tyler took this photo of Lucy at Bishops Gate, on the coast of Northern Ireland. This is my favorite picture of Lucy ever!

As of now the BEST place on Earth (excluding OR...of course!)

From the minute our plane touched down in Belfast Tyler and I felt a sense of attachment for Ireland. After living in a concrete jungle on the outskirts of London through the coldest months of the year, Northern Ireland was a breath of fresh air. I got in the car and there was a steering wheel starting at me...Tyler got in on the left, key in hand and we just started laughing so hard! Once Tyler got the hang of driving on the opposite side of the road and we headed out of town the view from our car was breathtaking! We headed from Belfast to Omagh, a town which housed a living interpretive museum which tells the tale of how Irish lived at the turn of the century. It explains how life was and why they had no choice but to flee after the potato famine. Traveling with their families to major port towns to board what was called a "coffin ship" they played the odds. You either stayed in Ireland and your family starved to death or you sailed to a land of an uncertain future! It was a great museum and we learned so much! We kept thinking about the McKay clan and how hard life must have been for Tyler's distant relatives. After the museum we headed to a great B&B. You could see for four counties from the view at the B&B! And every morning we got served a hot breakfast...little did we know when they say they are going to serve you a "traditional Irish breakfast" it means the same thing everywhere, one egg, weird toast like bread, two sausages and TONS of ham/beacon, a half of a baked tomato (which is weird because they don't grow in Ireland) and whole baked mushrooms! We had that EXACT dish every morning at three different B&B's dispersed throughout Northern Ireland. The best part of the trip for all of us was the coast line in the North East corner. Old Castles, great beaches that made us feel at home and AMAZING countryside. The Irish are so friendly and we made more friends in four days then we have in the two months we have been in London! Tyler met a fellow Dad at a park while Lucy played with his daughter. He was a potato farmer and he says even still they have to spray for the fungus that ignited the potato famine every seven days!!! I met a massage therapist was was most interested in my information on traditional cooking methods so I gave her my email and some websites! What friendly folk! So all we need now is a little plot of land, some sheep, an orphaned red head, a brick house painted white, and two visa's!!!

One Cold Cold Day in London

<----- Lucy's new home, Tower Castle Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down... Tyler and our Bratwurst at yet another great Farmers Market down the hill from London Bridge station!

The moon

Snow Snow Snow

Lucy and I built this Snow Cake in our backyard...and yes she is in a party dress and leg warmers. It's hard being a Diva but someone's gotta do it!

It Snowed in London...

Lucy and Tyler in Front of our House in Thornton Heath. This looks Pretty in the Dark, but it was too cold to stand outside and wait for the sun to go down. This is our neighbor boy Casper...he looks fierce but in reality Lucy wraps strings around him and calls him her Kitty Cat... And then he Meows!

Hang on to your daughters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Irc8CHK0c&feature=related Let it be known, this is one reason I fear Merk and vaccines!