Apple Store Birthday Fun

Chloe and I took some time out to take a picture on a sweet MacBook Pro at the Apple Store in downtown Salt Lake City this evening.  

Casey was getting his very first iPod Nano....the tilting one for his birthday. He's stoked! 

Casey says, "Thanks Gamma, Dad & Mom!!!!!"

Happy 13th Birthday Casey!!!

Talk About Men in Kilts

Maybe it's just me, but I think kilts are sexy. Extremely sexy!

My husband has been wearing a kilt for over a year now. It has become his choice of clothing when we need to dress up or to just go somewhere that invloves Irish Dance. He also wears his kilt when he is participating in the Scottish Heavy Games.

In February, he took Chloe to her first Daddy/Daughter dance and he proudly wore a kilt.  Our daughter, whom I dream of doing an Irish wedding for someday, was not the least bit embarassed by her dad's attire.  She loved it.  That's her daddy...the one she watches throw heavy things over bars.  For fun.  He's also the one that brings a little more depth to the Irish & Scottish heritage our family will never let die.   

Last Saturday Crawford Irish Dance put on their annual recital and several of the dads were comfortable enough with their manliness forced into putting on a little performance.  When most people see this, they see the humor of it or how cute it is.  I see men who embrace their own heritage with passion and fathers who would do anything to support their very talented children.  Even if it means dancing in a kilt.  

The Kilt Daddies

Rob is wearing the sunglasses and dances with Casey & Chloe.  Caleb did not want to go out there with them, so he's missing from this very cute performance.  

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Cead mile failte -A hundred thousand welcomes

sick

I haven't been blogging lately because it's all I can do to be a mom, work part-time and get the minimal amount of stuff done.  Some grotesque germ invaded my body and has taken over.  It's mean and vile and doesn't seem to respond to any drugs or garlic.  Believe me, I've tried.  Nyquil has been my friend at night.  It's good to have a friend. 

I have a raging sinus infection that will not go away.  I spend most of my nights hacking up a lung, nursing my sore throat and oh yeah...playing a dozen or more rounds of SLINGO on my son's Nintendo DS while I lay in bed trying to forget how I much I hate to be sick.  Now that was a major run-on sentence.

I did, however, manage to make the best pot roast ever on Tuesday.  I found a picnic roast for $1.99 a lb, which was fabulous. Usually I use Lipton's Onion Soup mix, but decided to try those new Slow Cooker mixes I've seen lately.  Oh my, it really gave my slow-cooked pot roast amazing flavor.  The meat came out so tender and yummy!!

 

While I've been sick, I've managed to clean out my kitchen pantry.  As we've been using more stuff in there, and buying less, the space wasn't being utilized in the best way.  Half filled bags of cereal, boxes with only a couple granola bars in them and various other things that were driving me nuts.  I figured it was about time the pantry was cleaned out and reorganized.  I dumped the half bags of the same cereal into larger pourable containers and put the granola bars into a container.  I even managed to fill a large container with instant oatmeal packets.  All the boxes and bags went into the recycling bin and gave me a TON of space for more food.  Gotta love that!!  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture because, well, that would just take way too much energy on my part.  

I've also been spending any extra computer time making sure everything is ready to go for this month's Irish madness.  This includes about 20 or more performances, a parade, siamsa and a recital.  I love doing all of that, so it's not a big deal, but it does take up a huge part of my time. We Irish know that March is hectic and this crazy mama LOVES it!

Gotta go watch some reel's and jig's.  You want my life, I just know it!  ;)