The March Gang

We have had a great week so far.  Friday we picked up Eleisha, Riley’s sister, and Seneatha, our cousin, from the airport.  We were about thirty minutes late and they were getting a little worried.  Since Friday we have been going non-stop.  Saturday we took them to “Wee Barney’s” for some traditional fish and chips.  Then walked all around the village of Portadown.  Sunday we were in church, where we had great services.  I now teach Sunday School so I had the kids to make Mother’s Day card, because it was “Mum’s Day” in Ireland.  Monday we went to Tollymore.  Eleisha slipped and fell on a rock and took Simeon down with her.  He got a bump on the head, and she got a skinned knee and jammed finger.  Peyton slipped and fell in the water, again.  She did the same thing last time we were there.  The kids love going there.  They have become quiet the little explorers.  We then traveled on up the coast for a while.  It rained off and on most of the day.  While driving along the coast we saw a beautiful rainbow.  God has made truly beautiful things and places for our enjoyment.

Today we went to Giant’s Causeway and to Dunluce Castle.  This time the trolley was going at the Causeway’s so we didn’t have to walk as much, which is great.  We have been walking our legs off, definitely burning lots of calories.  This was our first time at the Dunluce Castle and it was great.  It is just ruins, but a lot of fun to explore.  We walked down 113 steps to see where they would pull their ships under the castle for quick get aways from their enemies.  It was really neat, but that meant we had to walk back up those 113 steps.  Riley, Kirsten, Simeon, and I were the only ones who made that little trek.  Simeon rode on Riley’s back all the way back up the steps.  When we got up the steps he said “Man, we walked up all those steps.  I need a drink.”  He also told me yesterday that he was tired and he needed to “Recharge his batteries”, and then went to sleep.

It was rainy all day today.  We have learned that you just go, because if you waited for the sun you would be waiting a long, long time.

We are off to Carrick Fergus Castle tomorrow and who knows where else.  We have to cram a lot into a few short days.  We have really been enjoying having them here.  It is always great to have family with us.  We will be sad to see them leave on Thursday morning.

We gave the kids their birthday presents.  Peyton got a digital camera from all of us, and she loves it.  She has been taking pictures of everything.  She also received a journal from Uncle Lynn and Aunt Becky, and has been writing in it everyday.  Simeon, his birthday is the 27th,  got some transformer toys and shirts from his different Uncles and Aunts.  We got him a toy drum set and he loves them.  He plays on them all the time.  He tells us he is Greg, which is Greg Fowler our drummer at West Point.  He loves Greg and wants to play the drums like him.

To end on a great note!!!   We received reports from West Point.  Over the weekend they had a children’s revival, twenty kids received the Holy Ghost and six were baptized.  We are so excited about this.  God is truly an awesome God.