Nieces!

Hooray for Chloe and Faith!

The beard is dead. Long live the beard.

It started with a moustache trim and ended with a complete shaving.
Aengus agreed to let Aislinn turn him into a topiary for an afternoon. These are her photos of the process.
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Mind you, I uploaded these in order. I don't know why they're all random now. Sorry.

Blast from the past

Thank Jo for these yumbunny pictures.

dispatches from Holland

Photos taken by Trish

Happy Fourth of July

No, Mom and Dad, the kids were nowhere near this barge.

Oconomowoc is also a lake paradise

Oconomowoc is eating heaven

Just ask Chef Andy and his devoted fan Aislinn, eating a hot brat fresh off the grill

Indiana

is really flat and, dare I say, kind of boring to drive across. Except Gary, Indiana, which was exciting in that it scared the crap out of us. We were able to get delicious White Castle cheeseburgers, however!

just a wee bit more

More MacGahan stuff

Couldn't squeeze all the photos into one post ...

MacGahan pilgrimage

Last things first -- we stopped by New Lexington, Ohio, the hometown of my great-great-grandfather. There's a statue of him, purported to be the only statue of a journalist in the country, and gigundous memorial. He's honored as the liberator of Bulgaria. Here are some dazzling snapshots:

Weekend o' pirates

It was pretty hot out, so Aengus & Aodh look kind of wilted, but they had good time at the Blackbeard Festival. Yarrrr!

part part party down!

The cake cutting? Way too many glasses of champagne into the night. So all my pictures are appalling. But I got another cute dad-daughter shot of Kathlyn and Tom.
I guess all the moms were somewhere else. Probably I should have been hanging out with them instead of downing champagne.

part ... ohhhh, I have a headache

Tom looked like a badass. Mike wore Dan's pants. We all had fun.

part 2 of part 2

more pix from Kerry & Joe's wedding.