My new favorite cereal...

I LOVE carbs. I LOVE cereal and bread. I have been known to eat a whole box of cereal within just 2 days, or a whole loaf of bread at a restaurant while waiting for our food to come out. I know, its bad. As we speak, I am eating cereal for dinner. I am quite particular when it comes to cereal. No sugary cereal (like fruit loops), I NEVER eat my cereal with milk. I just dig straight out of the box with my hand. And it has to be, what I call "the popable kind" of cereal. Meaning, the pieces are big enough to just throw in your mouth one at a time. NOT rice krispies, or even raisin bran. Those are the kinds where you have to eat them by the handful because they are so small. Ugh. Crispix is one of my favorites! But... my new favorite kind is HONEY KIX!!!

The party is officially over.....

Well folks, I have been soooo lucky to have had 2 months FREE for sleeping in, vacations, cleaning house, more sleeping in, shopping, and more! But....my break is over. I start school on Monday!! Im actually not complaining, because I need something to do!! And I need these 2 classes, so I know it is going towards something!! I don't mind going to a math class every morning for 2 hours, but I have no idea how I will sit through a technology class (of which I have absolutely NO interest in!) for 4 HOURS! At least it is only twice a week! I find that when I am out of school, I actually start to miss it.....

I splurged on.......

Boots.........

.....And a purse from Ireland!!

The inside is sooo cute! Green!

Of course I got the "usual" kind of souvenirs as well (jewelry, scarf, key chains, etc....) But when I was in Ireland I bought new boots and a new purse!! Since the Euro is worth more than the dollar, I didnt really do the math on everything when I bought it. I did after though, and about died when I realized how much I paid in DOLLARS for them!!!

Oakland A's Baseball Game

A's stadium in Oakland, Ca

Play Ball!!!! Oakland A's vs. Baltimore Orioles. A's won!!! :)

Jon's parents! Bill never fails in making me laugh!!

Jon watching the game very intensely...

Michelle "watching the game" very intensely......


Jon's sister Katie and the boys watching the game...

We went with our friend's the Conto's also!! We had fun!!

Afterwards there was a Jordin Sparks concert!! It was good! It was hard to see her, but she sounded amazing!!



It was funny how Jon approached me about going to the baseball game. He always assumes I want nothing to do with sports or motorcycle events. Okay, half the time that may be true. So he said "Hey do you want to go to a free Jordin Sparks concert?" And I of course said "Yeah!" He responded with "Okay, then you will have to sit through a baseball game first..."

LOL!! It was fun because his family and our friends came! It really was a good time!!

Medieval Dinner at Bunratty Castle

Me in front of Bunratty Castle, Ireland

Now at the TOP of the castle!

All of us at the top

My mom booked this AWESOME dinner for us in Ireland. We were able to attend a Medieval dinner at this castle. It was so amazing!


Just arriving for the dinner, drinking my juice. (They serve Mead, which is a type of beer, to most people as the tradition, however you can request juice.)

It was so cool to see all the Medieval outfits that the people who put on the show wore!

Mmmmmmm bread! Anyone who knows me well, knows I would live a FINE life on bread alone!



All of us at the dinner table! (A few family members hiding....)

While we ate our dinner, we were able to listen to beautiful music including the harp, the violin, and some singing! It was awesome!



Me drinking my yummy soup!! The dinner was served in courses. And the catch was, you were only given a knife to eat with. That is how they used to do it, so we had a knife and our fingers!!

Before you get scared off, let me explain!! ha ha! One of the courses we had was pork ribs. I DO NOT eat pork!! Ewwww!! But, I thought I would make the best of it, and instead of eating it, I decided to smear the sauce on my face and fingers and pretend I ate it! Hey, it turned out to be a good photo op!!!!! (I thought it was funny...but I am probably just embarrassing myself!)



Mmmmmmm Pork ribs!!! (um....not really "Mmmmm")

And what do you do with the ribs when you are done?? Why throw them in the wooden bowl of course!!!


This was a cute little funny man!! He was very entertaining I must say!!!



Eating potatoes, chicken, and vegetables with my knife :)


And finally for dessert.......Some berry mousse with fruit and whipped cream on top!!! (They gave in and allowed us to use spoons for this one!!)

This was such a fun experience! I think most of my family would say this was one of our favorite things that we did!! Thanks so much mom for planning this out ahead of time!! I am so glad that we had the opportunity to do this!!!

Cute little city in Ireland

We went to the grocery store a few times and I thought this was sooo funny! Some random loaves of bread?? No packaging?? ha ha ha!! (top shelf if you missed it...)

Cute little shops...I sure love shopping!

I went to this store like 4 times..no joke! I could not make up my mind! I ended up getting a really cute purse there!


Adorable Restaurant!!!

You would NEVER believe that is was almost 10:00 at night in this picture!! Crazy!!



We ate at this Pub like 3 times!! It was yummy!!

Good ol' Irish Pubs!!



Pulling our cart at the grocery store!! Cart? Basket? Whatever you want to call it!!

Just some random pics of the cute little city we stayed in! We went shopping there just about everyday! We did so many other activities in different areas also....of which I will be posting!!

Dinner with the Love's

Jon's sister Katie and her CUTE son Cody being silly!!

Eating my bread pudding dessert and......I think Jon wants me to share it!!!!

Jon's mom and Cody's little friend Brayden

Jon's dad, and my friend Cris, who leaves California on Saturday for good. And I am SOOOO sad!

Jon is wearing the cool green Harley Davidson shirt I brought him back from Ireland! Green is my fav color, so I love it!!



The two bestest buds!!!

Jon's family is in town staying with us for a few days. We all went out to dinner on the warf! We got some yummy seafood and clam chowder!! Mmm Mmm!! My friend Cris came also. She is leaving to Virginia saturday, moving on with her career. Im so sad. :( We all had a blast! Thanks Katie for treating all of us to dinner!!