Infested with Flavor (to Ireland and back again..)

The last two weeks have been amazing. First we celebrated Thanksgiving a week early, between packing shoe boxes for Christmas, and sorting food for the local foodbank.  It was a lot of fun, though now I hardly remember that week. One thing stuck in my mind- a quote from one of the guys. While talking about the Thanksgiving meal, Brad's take on it was that 'The turkey was Infested with Flavor.' Which describes everything from the past couple of weeks perfectly. I don't have any pictures from the week of packing shoe boxes, but I do have lots (over 300....) from this last week in Ireland. So I thought I would share the top 10 to tell you about the week. :)

This is from a walk I took during the week. We had gone to get ice cream but they were closed. (boohoo) And so Luciene and I took pictures instead. 

This bench is on the way back up the street. I was talking a lot about point perspectives (thank you Mrs. H of the 4D art class!!) and messing around. I like how this one turned out, though I wish I was closer to the bench.... (we just won't talk about that.)

It was very dark by the time I took this, so I got to play with the flash some. I hardly ever use it. The crick was so pretty, and Filled. I don't remember if it was this one, but the first time I got the trees I was trying to get the water in the background. We turned around soon after I took this picture. Neither of our cameras could take a decent night shot.

During the week we had a night to get to know each other. Cards are a big part of socializing, it seems. We play Hearts, Uno, Rummy, Slap-the-pile or kings corner- there is almost always a card game to play. That night we were playing the slap-the-pile game (it has many aliases, none of which I remember) and I actually managed to get a slap or two in! This picture might be of kings corner, I don't really remember. And then, to top it all off, I figured out how to take Black and White pictures with my camera!!!! YAY!!

Also, it is impossible to have any type of socializing without warm drinks. As the weather gets colder, this is especially important! Don't you want a hot chocolate just looking at this?  

Creamy, Dreamy, Hot Coco 

Sea Loch- Lake that empties and fills with the tide.

This view was right outside the house. These three pictures count as one, because it's a collage!!! And they were all taken the same day...... Isn't Ireland pretty?

Three Men in a Fog

On Thursday morning my team (alllllll of us) went out for breakfast and team time. This is a picture of three of the guys.

Waiting

This was Friday afternoon right before we left. I had to take one last picture of the lake. The Sea Loch is full of water! Yay! I do love this place, and was sad to leave it.

Leaving

Goodbye Ireland. Goodbye new friends. Farewell, hope to meet again.










Can't leave without a list:

1. Hot Drinks are a must in the cold, wet weather of the UK.
2. Fog can make or break pictures
3. New friends are really exciting, and I am exuberantly glad to have met them!

Prayer Requests:

1. White Christmas
2. Safe travels as we near that time of year.

New This Week:
Happy Birthday Shelby!!!!