web.meBack doing some Irish Trips again this year, Bobby and Glenn this time. This summer there was visits to Funtasia, we went on our bikes for cycles to the park, skate park, the village, trips to Phoenix Park (for some Military exercises…🪖), Motocrossing, Mountain Biking, we managed to build some Legos, there was even a birthday party thrown in there…
Head over to the Irish Trips page to see some of our 2023 adventures…
Lot of Mountain Biking happening this summer, it’s taking over the Motorbiking… We’ve been to the GAP a number of times, as well as a trip to Ballinastoe track, it’s been great…!
The kids are loving it (especially when we get the uplift service in the GAP…), not that they don’t like cycling uphill… who doesn’t…🤷♂️.
Summer, Bobby, Skye and Angel, all doing great. I think some of them might need some new/better bikes soon, with the jumps and tricks they are doing… there’s even been some trips over the handlebars once or twice (Summer and Bobby…😉).
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8 already, where do the years go… he’ll be an old man soon…🧓
But let’s enjoy the younger years while we can, and that’s exactly what we did. Off to the Ninja Dome it was this year, aka Bounce and Beyond. Foam pits, gladiator games and some really cool VR games…🎮
Great location to let 20 kids run wild…!
Yamaha Off Road Experience in Wales was a must for this year, and what an Experience is was…!
2 days of Tenere Bliss over the Welsh mountains. Great bikes, great food, and great bunch of lads…
Really enjoyed this trip, will definitely be planning a trip back in the future for the next level up in riding ability.
Spooky… 😈
This year Tori decided to go as a Hobo-Clown, but she had a companion, Bobby. He was a skeleton, but he had “No-Body” to go with…!
Some great costumes this year, plus there were some amount of kids trick-or-treating, seems to be very popular again nowadays.
Some pics:
This is really putting the pressure on me now, I’ll probably have to be next!
Anyway, they managed to tie the knot and it was a great day. Leixlip Manor House and Gardens was the venue and all went off well, except for the weather, but that didn’t stop everyone enjoying themselves.
My job on the day was not only to try and embarrass Nicole, no, I also had the job of Best Man so had to be on top form to perform my duties. I’d like to say that also went off without a glitch, but unfortunately we had some technical issues mid-stream, that’s all I’ll say on that, (Angel…!).
Anyway, I did manage to embarrass Philip quite a bit, and also got a bit in to make Nicole blush too!
We have a great video here that we managed to show on the day – Philip Falls
Another year has gone by and this year Tori got more than her usual birthday presents, she got a new baby brother! Bobby was born just three weeks before Tori’s birthday. But that’s not to say we would forget about our little princess, no, this was as good a birthday as ever.
Tori and 15 of her family and friends all visited JumpZone in Sandyford. A vote took place for the venue, Tori giving all her friends the decision between JumpZone and Awesome Walls, the results were a resounding JumpZone. Great venue though, the kids get to jump up and down for an hour straight, great for wearing them out.
After there it was off to our favorite Pizza restaurant, Pinheads Pizza 🙂 Antoine was on hand with the Notorious 32-inch Pizza along with heaps of chips and chicken dippers all topped off with some Oreo Milkshakes, hmmmm…
She also got some tickets to go and see Dynamo… magic…🧙♂️
It’s hard to believe, but we’re at that age already! Tori and Casey (as well as Evan and Jamie), have made their confirmation this year. The next big thing now is secondary school, scary!
Tori, Casey and Evan were all confirmed on different dates, but all had a great day. No matter how much you say you’re not visiting people all day, it still never works out. We only managed to sit down to our dinner that night after 10pm! Tori wasn’t worried too much though, not with her big wad of cash…💲
Another Christmas is upon us already, the years are just going by faster and faster! I don’t know if it’s just because we’re getting older or if God is speeding things up because he has other plans!
But it’s a great time of the year, especially for the kids. Tori got some really good presents, as did the rest of the kids. This Christmas also brings the 1 year anniversary of when I proposed to Alice (Christmas 2013), thankfully she said YES 🙂
Here are some pictures of Christmas morning:
Another birthday, another year!
11 already, crazy. Seems like only a couple of years ago was her first birthday! I remember it well, all the family and friends up, the bouncy castle and the barbecue out the back garden, now it’s 10 years later…!
She always deserves all her presents though, the best little girl in the world 🙂 So this year, surprise surprise… she got a new bike…! Check it out below. Oh, and a Princess cake… well she is still a girl… 🙂
So we have had some Communions and Confos this year, Teegan made her first Holy Communion and Sophie made her Confirmation.
Both girls looked beautiful on their days. I have added some photos in the Communion & Conformations Gallery.
Next year now we will have Tori, Casey, Jamie and Evan for Confirmation, Jesus…!
We have added a page with a map of places we’ve been,
Have a look at it here – Places Map
Another Christmas passes by and yet another year to look forward to. However this Christmas was a little bit different than others, as well as all the usual exchanging of presents, Tori getting up to see what she got off Santa, Alice surprising Glenn with all his presents and visa-versa, there was an added twist!
Glenn got down on one knee and did the deed, he proposed to Alice…! And she even accepted..
So now I just have to start saving for the next 10 years to pay for the wedding that Alice wants…
Can’t wait until next year to see what surprises might happen…
What a great display this was, the quays were buzzing for the whole time the ships where there! We visited on Sunday and got a chance to get on a couple of the ships. Tori & Casey really enjoyed meeting the sailors, see some pictures below from the day.
To see some more pics go to this page and click on the link for Tall Ships 2012 under April 2013.
Here is Tori while she was very young practicing her singing 🙂
Some very early snow this year! Must be the most snow I have ever seen in Ireland. We have actually gone on Skiing holidays and had less fresh snow 
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Hope we get some fresh snow for the Christmas aswell…!
See our video of some snow fun the other night.
This year proved very lucrative indeed, Tori came back with hoards of goodies! We will be eating them for the next 3 months.
We had witches, devils, clowns, pop-eye, Freddy Krueger and even Bob Marley this year. I remember the good old days of a black bag around you and a bit of coal on your face…!
Well until now its always been the boys that got to do the biking, but not any longer! The girls have been getting time on the bikes and are now into it, full swing…!
With Tori getting here new 50cc and Casey using the 65, they are really enjoying it. We will have to see if any other girls in the family are brave enough to give it a try… 
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