Clearwell Caves, Clearwell, Wales

























On day three on our Summer trip we traveled back over the bridge to Southern Wales to Clearwell to


the Clearwell caves and mines. We had fun going down into the earth and seeing how they cleared away earth to make tunnels. We got to see really old toold, and old first aide station, dugg out holes the miners used to take their breaks in, and little undergroung ponds that have formed. We saw old track that they used to transpot the raok and dibrie otu of the caves. Kaleb even got to take a try and an old hancranked cart. The kids and dads had fun hiding in little coves and jumping out to scary everyone...especiall mom and sophia because we screamed the loudest.

Castel Coch

Castel Coch was our next stop on our family Vacation.....no i did not mispell Castel...that is how you spell the name of this castle. Any way this castel was build in to the mountain side. It is know to be a fairytale castel. The same family that owned Cardiff Castle owned Castel Coch. It was a holiday home....it is only a thiry minute drive from Cardiff Castle. I guess that would be a long travle if by foot or even horse.


There where many rooms and you could walk freely around the whole castle and grounds






Before even entering the Castel we had to walk across a long actual drawbridge.
The moat below was dry and full of green gras and flowers but the keepers
said come winter the moat will fill up
a bit.

Cardiff Wales

So for our family summer trip we went to southwest England and Southern Wales. We traveled with another family and stayed at an Army Base. One of our first stops was in Cardiff Wales. We went to see one of the largest well kept castles in Wales. The kids had fun running around the grounds. We packed our lunches and ate on the beautiful green grass.
And of course we took tons of photos.
The one below of our little Liam is of him sitting in an archers
window. It is where the would shoot their bows and arrows
at intruders. Isaac and Kaleb both love Dragons.
The red dragon of Wales is everywhere. We bought an
actual stature of the Wales Red Dragon.

Our Littlest Irish Fella

Have you ever seen a more beautiful boy...well you may think you have but at this moment I haven't. Now don't get me wrong my other two boys are very handsome little men, but this boy...oh my am I in love with this little fella. He brings our family such happiness and joy.




A friend of mine in Las Vegas is trying to build his portfolio so he took phots of Liam for me. They all turned out so great I couldn't decide wich was best. Liam is now 10 months old. He is crawling all over the place trying to keep up with the other kids. He is always smiling...seriously always. He is such fun. For those of you wondering his nose is doing fine. It is not getting bigger or smaller at this point...he is just growing into it. It never phases him. We are so lucky to have Liam in our family!

Happy BIrthday Sophia

So our little Princess turned the big 4 on Wednesday! We had a little family birthday party for her. She got to pick what we had for dinner....I told here I would make whatever she wanted or we coulf go out. She chose Chicken and fries from Burger King. I swear that girl is going to turn into a chicken nugget! So we ate Burger King...(GROSS).. and ate Pink cake of course and opened gifts. She got two new dolls some Barbies, and a big girl bike...purple of course. I just can't believe she is already four! Time truly does fly by......especailly when you are raising angels. Happy Birthday Sweetness!

Okay so I know that it has been a really long time since my last post. I have had phone calls and emails from my dear friends all over the world telling me to UPDATE MY BLOG! (thanks Alisa!)



So here it is....I went back to Las Vegas for my baby brothers wedding in June. Since plane tickets are so expensive and the boys were not yet done with school I just took Sophia and Liam with me. They were great on the plane. I guess that is one of the good thing about being in the military...my kids sure do travel well. It was a long flight of about 10 hours. We were there for 20 great days....amazingly hot but great. We got to spend alot of time with Nana and Papa, had fun playing with cousins, and did our fair share of shopping.

The wedding of Mitchell and Erin took place in Bountiful Utah and it was beautiful. I feel very lucky to have two great sister in laws! After a good time back home it was hard to leave but I was surely gald to get home to my fellas. They boys had a great time hanging out with dad doing guys stuff.

I am so lucky to have such a great family......on both sides of the pond! We are leaving to go on holiday soon to wales....photos and info on that to follow! Hope you are all well we love you !