Ireland 2014 | Real Adventure

It really was an adventure of a lifetime.Two weeks in Ireland with four kids.  Dingle, Doolin, Ballymahon and Dublin, with lots of little drives and towns and excursions (and family BBQ’s and visits to ancestral homes and even an amazing wedding!) in between.  I knew when I sat down to put this blog post together that I was going to have to narrow down the set of photos I took a LOT.

Well, I tried.  And the fact that this month’s theme for the “Keepin’ it Real” blog circle is “Real Adventure” gave me the deadline I needed to get it done.  Here are a few of my favorites.  Just a few.  (Do be sure to scroll through to the end, because you’ll want to click through to the next stop in the blog circle!)

(This one was in fact a re-enactment of a photo we took on the Aran Islands during our last trip to Ireland in 2005.  You can see the “then and now” collage HERE, if you like).

That’s real adventure, all right.  The next stop in this blog circle adventure is  Amy Schuff Photography – click over to this Sacramento, CA Child & Family Photographer’s site  and check it out!

If you happen to be a Flanagan cousin and are wondering whether I’ve forgotten my promise to share many of these photos, please be assured that I have not!  You’ll be hearing from me soon about that —  the hospitality you all showed during our visit was astounding, and I honestly spent several days after the trip worrying that, although we’ll try, we’ll never be able to repay that hospitality to the extent deserved!  I hope the photos will hold you over in the meantime while you all plan your next trip to NY. 😉

And if you’re new to LYYP, visiting for the first time through the blog circle, I hope you’ll poke around for a while — maybe have a look at my portfolio slideshow, and if you’re in the market for a family lifestyle photographer in NY, Westchester or Southern Connecticut, drop me a line!

And hey, thanks for looking!

~Jaye