"O Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are callin'"

A-Man, Ma Joad and Buck enjoy breakfast.

A-Man and Buck playing at The Joad's house before G-ma's party.

KK (Buck's newest cousin) is SO FREEKIN' CUTE.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Of course, the official "celebration" day was changed as their aren't ever supposed to be celebrations during Holy Week - so it was St. Patrick's Day for Ireland on Saturday (also St. Joseph's day for the Italians). I just received an email from a friend that said that the last time that St. Pat's fell in Holy Week was 1940 and that it won't happen again until 2160 (so most of us will never see this again). Interesting trivia...at least to me.

So many cool things to post today - but I will try to refrain as I've taken too many days off last week. Computer and photo issues. I'll post a few more times this week. It's a normal week, really. Buck's classes are all on break for Easter/spring break for two weeks and we are off to California a week from today!! yeah! Just planning the trip and some good time in the sun.

More later (or tomorrow, let's be honest)

From Saint Patrick's Breastplate:
Christ be with me
Christ before me
Christ behind me
Christ in me
Christ beneath me
Christ above me
Christ on my right
Christ on my left
Christ where I lie
Christ where I sit
Christ where I arise
Christ in the heart of every man
who thinks of me
Christ in the mouth of every man
who speaks of me
Christ in every eye that sees me
Christ in every ear that hears me
Salvation is of the Lord.