September Adventures With Bonnie and Allison

Dear Friends and Family,

The lovely Sister Missionaries of the Limerick Zone pose with President Brown's wife. The Sisters add such a heavenly touch to the mission. The tall Sister on the right is our sweet Sister Henkle. She is from Germany and arrived in Waterford the same week we did. She is awesome, one of our favorites. Sister Henkle and her companion have a special calling as Sister Trainers, a relatively new assignment in the missions due to the increased number of young women serving missions. She and her companion travel around Ireland working with Sister companionships and training new Sisters. 

We had a delightful time when our two daughters, Bonnie and Allison, came to visit. We took them to several of the favorite tourist sights, but most of all we just enjoyed hugging and being together. Gary and I were more homesick after they left for home then before they came.

Alli was with us for almost 4 weeks. That was a special treat. 

As we traveled around, we found wild blackberries everywhere along the roadside. We made a few pitstops to snack on these tasty little treats.

A view of the interior of Blarney Castle. This was the main family living area. The remains of a fireplace can be seen below. 

The different rooms and levels were accessed by narrow, steep staircases, like the one on the left. They were scary to climb. Metal handrails been have installed for tourists. I wonder what they used originally? In one castle we visited there were rope handrails. That is probably more likely what they had back then. 


If I were living in a castle, I would have heart failure worrying about my children traversing these dangerous staircases, as these provided the only access to bedrooms, other living areas and the kitchen.

Kissing the Blarney Stone is suppose to bestow eloquence of speech or the gift of gab.
No one really knows where the Blarney Stone originated. It was set into a tower of the castle in 1446.

Allison and Bonnie decided they would go for it. This picture doesn't really show how far you have to lean back and slide down in order to kiss the stone. 

The grounds around the castle were beautiful.

   Top - Bon and Ali at front entrance of the Blarney House. On our stroll around the castle grounds        we found this huge tree just perfect for a picture.

Blarney House on the grounds of Blarney Castle

        There were beautiful hanging baskets and barrels of flowers everywhere.  


















Elder Ilori and Elder Campbell are scrambling to be the first to get to the cookies. We love our Elders, they are the best in the mission!

This is our sweet Elder Ilori, we sure love him. We were lucky enough to have him here for six months. This transfer he was sent to Dublin and we are going to miss him. You get really close to some of these young people. They feel just like your own!


Love you all and hope you've enjoyed this mini tour-----We love our mission, it is one of the best decisions we made.

Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Elder and Sister Weber