Here is our precious little baby Quentin’s new born pictures that we took at our apartment in Ireland. I don’t do black and white pictures very often but I like it for newborn pictures.
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Glendalough 2
Went with our Brazilian and Romanian friends to Glendalough in Wicklow last week. We’ve already been once but we loved it so much that we had to go again (first Glendalough trip post)! We love hiking the Glendalough trails and having a picnic. It was such a nice day to be out at the lake too! I love the sun… I think it was the first time I felt like I should’ve put on some sunscreen.
37 weeks in this picture … moving right along. We hiked to upper lake… pretty good for being full term right? Ok so it was an easy hike but still. 🙂
Murphy’s Farmhouse
We thought it’d be fun to stay on a farm one weekend. Little Micah loved it! Micah would wake up at 6 am and we would hear:
Cow: Moo
Micah: Moo
Duck: Quack Quack
Micah: Quack Quack Quack Quack!!
We loved seeing the cows to go get milked everyday. It was a very peaceful stay away from the big city!
Dingle Peninsula
We drove around the Dingle Peninsula. It was super pretty. I thought Dingle was prettier than the Ring of Kerry although they were both a very nice drive. When we went to Dingle, we went to a tiny branch for church called Tralee. It was the smalled branch I have ever been to! There were hardly enough people there to run the branch. Nevertheless, the rented building was remodeled and I felt like I was at the temple. It was a neat experience for us to go to a small branch and see how the church is growing.
Manchester Pictures
Preston England Temple Pictures
The Dublin Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints went on a temple trip in March. The stake spent a whole day traveling to get the temple by taking the ferry and bus. Then they spent the entire week doing temple work all day long. The temple patrons and their families can stay at the temple accommodations which is like a hotel. The temple only charges 11 pounds per person per night. My husband called it EFY for adults. 🙂
I’ve never had to travel so far to go to the temple since I’m from Salt Lake City. It was so nice to be able to go to the temple again! I haven’t been for three months. Every time I go to the temple I can feel the peace and comfort of the Holy Ghost. I’m so grateful that I can go to the temple to pray to God and ponder about life’s questions.
Can’t help but to add some pictures of little Micah. 🙂
I like to look for rainbows
It’s 50 degrees f (10 c) outside and the sun finally came out! I can definitely understand why Ireland is famous for their rainbows. It’s because it rains so much here! It rains pretty much everyday.
This is the most magnificent and brilliant rainbow we have ever seen! It reminds me of the primary song When I am Baptized.
I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain
And ponder on the beauty of an earth made clean again.
I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain.
I want to be the best I can and live with God again.
I know when I am baptized my wrongs are washed away,
And I can be forgiven and improve myself each day.
I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain.
I want to be the best I can and live with God again.
My husband came home from work busting through the door. He told us to go outside quick! Micah was going to the potty. We ran outside and Micah had no pants on but at least I remember to grab my camera. 🙂
Glendalough
Lough (pronounced lock) in Irish means “lake”. This is such a pretty tourist site. We picked the perfect day to go see this area. It was partly cloudy and around 45 degrees f (~8 degrees c) that day. We toured the cemetery and the old watch tower. I was surprised to see real mountains in Ireland! It reminded me a lot like Utah. The hike is easy half mile to the first lake and then one mile to the second lake. Glen in Irish means the number two so Glendalough means “of the two lakes”.
I’m not much of a landscape photographer but Dallin really likes scenic photography so I decided to give it a try.
Here are pictures of the cemetery:
Happy 18 Months Micah!
I can’t believe Micah is now 18 months. Woot! He is old enough to go to Nursery at church now. How exciting! Now we just need a bunch of nursery aged kids to move into the branch so there can actually be a nursery. 🙂
At 18 months Micah likes:
- Lasagna, Ham Fried Rice, Pesto, Eggs, Sandwiches and Cold Cereal (He could live off of cereal)
- European Chocolate, Ice Cream, and Cheesecake
- Push Cars, Buggies and Trolleys (aka Shopping Cart in the USA)
- Knock on doors on our street like a missionary
- Chasing the seagulls and pigeons
- Go down the slide and be on the swing
- Conduct music in church and FHE
- Ipad (he’s a little obsessed)
- Gigglebellies and Other YouTube videos
- To read books (sometimes we have to read all his books before he goes to bed)
- To pray!
Micah can say:
- In English: Mama, Dad, Ball, Car, Dog, Baby, Whee!, No, Oh oh, Temple, Jesus, Ipad, Moo, Quack Quack, Oink Oink
- In Portuguese: Agua, Orar, Pexies
Micah can sign:
- Milk, Airplane, Teddy, Bus, Pray, Book, Spider, Telephone, Hello/Bye, “Yay!”
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Wheels on the Bus
- Popcorn Popping
- Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam
- Patty Cake
- Hop you Bunnies
- Do you Ears Hang Low
- This Little Piggy
- Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
- When You’re Happy and You Know It
Micah can point out:
- Bellybutton, Ears, Nose, Head, Shoulder, Knee, Fingers (he thinks his fingers bunnies), Toes (he thinks his toes are piggies)
Micah can follow instructions:
- Set the table
- Put groceries in the fridge
- Find his shoes, socks, and jacket
- Put laundry in the washer
- Put something in the trash
- Go wash your hands
- Go to the potty
- Go brush your teeth (He loves brushing his teeth!)
- Clean up
- Blow on the food, it’s hot
- It’s time to say “Bye Bye”
- It’s “Night Night” time
Micah can answer:
- Are you hungry?
- Do you want some juice?
- Are you tired?
- Do you want to take a bath? (In Chinese)
- Do you want some milk? (In Chinese)
Here is are the pictures I took of at 18 months photo shoot. I’m very please by how these pictures turned out!
Bray Ireland Pictures
Here’s some random pictures on our weekend adventures to the city Bray outside the border of Dublin. It was a really really cold day! In fact, it snowed right after we took these pictures. That’s why we all look like eskimos because we wore four layers of clothes that day. We actually starting walking from Dun Laoghaire to Dalkey. Then took the train called the Dart to Bray.
There are a bunch of Catholic churches here so we stopped by when they were having their mass on Saturday.
I thought these washing basins are similar to the ones in King Soloman’s Tabernacle. Way cool!
The architecture of the churches are so neat! I can’t believe how old they are.
Hubbard's Cupboard 