Wonderful Week with Grandma

We just had a wonderful week with Grandma Dodok. She lives in Centerville, but spent a week with us in Delaware. We enjoyed her visit with her and she enjoyed herself as well. She was surprised by the size of Chewy, but by the end of the week she and Chewy were good friends.

At long last - Ireland Pictures

Here are all the pictures from Ireland that I have from me and other. View at your own risk - there are more than 2,000 pictures and some picture are duplicate images but from different cameras.

http://picasaweb.google.com/christineduffy

We survived the wind storm!

It was a crazy night, but Jason Grandma and I survived the wind storm. We lost power Sunday around 4pm and then it came back on for an hour on Monday morning (in time for Jason to get ready) but then it went off again later that morning! Mom and Dad's power is still not on as of this morning. Mom is staying with me and Dad is tending to the fridge and freezer.

The only casualty that we had was the chimney top tried to come off. It's halfway off now. Jason is going to try and fix it tomorrow if the ladder is tall enough.

Jenna and Keith - Wedding pictures

There are pictures up from Jenna and Keith's Wedding.

Duffy / Caldwell Wedding August 2008
http://bellapictures.com/photos

No new pics

No new pics, I just wanted to say that we are home safe and sound. It's great to be back home! Dorothy was right - There's no place like home.

pictures of ireland

here is the view from our cottage

here are the ladies on the cliffs of moher

jason and i in front of our cottage

jami jenna and i all have the same hat

fyi - i bought it first :)

Dad Duffy, jenna, keith, jason, and i played 18 holes of pitch and putt with the cliffs in the background

we are having tons of fun. today we went to galway. we cancelled dublin because it would be a 4 hour train ride. we'll do dublin some other holiday vacation. we visited the aran islands and everyone bought a sweater/hat/scarf

i'll try to post one more time before sat when we catch our flight home. love you all!!!!

We're Irish

Hello,

We are here, but I haven't found an internet cafe. We just bought 7 minutes of internet access so I have to make this fast. We are having a blast. it's more windy than i expected but its beautiful. i'll type more and maybe post pictures later. but for now - love to everyone and the feelings of jealously our totally worth it. we have seen ennis and the cliffs of moher. we plan to go to dublin for two days next week and the aran island on friday. tomorrow we are going to golf - in the rain!

ok - bye for real. sorry about the grammar i'm rushing so jason can get his share of our 7 minutes.

Waiting for Our Flight

We're hanging out at CMH waiting to go to Boston - which will hopefully lead to Ireland :P

Stay tuned for more .. . . .

The Wedding!

There are some pictures on the photographer's blog now! http://www.newagefoto.com/newageblog/

I have good news and bad news.
First, the good news: The wedding was beautiful and tons of fun.
The bad news: I didn't take any pictures.

But here are two website that should have pictures up shortly.
The photographer's website is: http://www.newagefoto.com/
The company's website the photographer is from: www.bellapictures.com/photos

Nothing's up yet, but check back because they should be up in the next week. We'll be in Ireland, so don't rely on me to tell you when they are available :)

Rehearsal Dinner

Here are some pictures from the rehearsal and dinner.

Jenna doesn't look nervous at all!

Sorry I got you with your eyes closed Zach!

What a lovely couple.

Jenna is not very good at spelling, which she got from her dad.

Funny stories were shared:

"Can I erupt?"

"See, my dad is bald!"

Group Hug!

Ireland right around the corner

Ireland is right around the corner - I can't believe it. It has really snuck up on us. My Grandma Theus always said to me that Ireland is truly an Emerald in the sea. This picture really captures that and I hope to be able to get a picture just like this. Let's hope for a not so cloudy arrival.

Only a couple more days!

A couple more days till Jenna and Keith's Wedding!

And then we are off to Ireland - Doolin, Ireland

We love you Grandma!

Grandma Theus passed away, but will always be remembered in our hearts.

Grandma loved being in the kitchen.

Grandma with Frankie. Halloween was close by so Frankie had plastic vampire teeth.

Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma on our Alaskan Cruise August 2006

JOAN "CYNTHIA" THEUS (nee Mattock), passed away July 17, 2008. Beloved wife of the late John R.; dear mother of John W. (Bernadine), William (Sandra) and Joan Montini; loving grandmother of six (Natalie, Christine, Michelle, Olivia, Frankie, Elizabeth).

Here we are after Sunday mass.

William, Christine, Joan, John, Frankie, Bernie, Jason

Near to Far: William, John and JoAnn Onasko, Frankie's friend Owen, Frankie, John, Joan

Near to Far: Natalie and her husband Chris, Christine and her husband Jason, Michelle, Joan
Grandma would have enjoyed this meal - the food and drinks were wonderful.

Natalie and I had Austrailian Sea Bass in honor of Grandma Theus.

She made a wonderful Sea Bass meal during a family gathering in the past.

Jason, Bernie, Christine, Jim Dodok, Grandma Dodok, Natalie, Michelle, Chris.

Jason, Chris, Natalie, Michelle, John, Bernie, and Sherry Dodok.

Happy Birthday MacKenna!

Camping with Chewy

So I didn't take any pictures when we went camping with Chewy. He did really well so he will go with us next time we camp. I found some pictures online so that I don't have just text here. Also there is a picture of Chewy with his new toy from Lauren and James. It was perfect for the camping trip because it flashes when it is bumped or chewed on. Great for around the campfire.

Chewy is 1 year old!

For Chewy's b-day we went to the dog park.

Here are Guinness and Duncan

and Kiki on the other side of the fence.

Bailey had fun rolling in the grass.
Cathy and Chris brought Nestle and Hershey to the party.
Justin and Megan brought Zoey and Evie.
We had so much fun!

Then it turned into a beach party...

Nestle and Hershey LOVE the water.

They convinced Chewy to give it a try.

Duncan and Kiki went in too, but they decided it isn't for them.