A Quiet January

It's been a quiet January. As our company ends its fiscal year in January, we both spent extra time at work planning for the next year. Socially it was peaceful, with few trips or activities. Since we're planning a trip to the States in February we're just saving money and making preparations.


But we did have time for fun. We went to a party with Sofia, Erin's best friend in Ireland. Erin and Sofia have lots of fun playing ponies and talking about Dora the Explorer. They read books together and talk about school. Sofia is the daughter of our closest friends in Ireland so we see them often. 

Brian's Love for Innocent Smoothies

Here's a little known fact about Brian. He loves smoothies. And his favorite are a UK brand called Innocent (www.innocent.co.uk). Made without yogurt or sugar, they're nothing but the best fruit, prepared and delivered ASAP. They're yummy and funny at the same time. The labels have little quirky messages, and the underside of the bottles have funny notes too (my favorite: "Split in half for hamster kayak.")

Here you can see a lineup of Innocent smoothies with their winter hats on. It was cold that day, and clearly smoothies, though best chilled, don't like being TOO cold.

 

New Year's Day in Dublin

On New Year's Day we took Allison and Ben into Dublin to show them around. This is Allison and I wandering around St. Stephen's Green. It was a fairly mild day so it was good to be out and about.