Adventures with Connor

So for several weeks this past summer Haley had a job at Abbott doing administrative work.  She really liked the people, but she was putting in a full work week so we didn't get to see much of her for a few weeks.  (She did learn that she doesn't want an office job!) 

I tried to keep Connor busy.  He was doing an online economics class, studying for the P-Cats, and lifting at the Longford Leisure Center.  He was also mowing the lawn in Steve's "lawn-mowin' shoes"!  Did not get a picture of Zach in his lawn mowing gear, though they did split the duty with Connor mowing the front and Zach mowing the back, and Zach wore the same shoes...

Since Connor and I had time on our hands, we spent a day at the beach in Sligo and then we took a day to go to Carrick on Shannon to walk around and see the sights.  It was a gorgeous day:  warm and sunny and a lovely blue sky with puffy white clouds! 

Here we are sitting on the pier on the River Shannon.

Swans and fuzzy teen swans!

The swan family went right underneath us!

We also stopped at a tiny Chapel.  Connor was reading the info when I took this one.

The information tells us it is the smallest chapel in Ireland and apparently the second smallest chapel in the world!  Edward Costello commissioned the Chapel in memory of his wife, Mary Josephine Costello upon her death at the age of 47 on October 6, 1877.  She was interred in the Chapel on April 22, 1879.  Edward died at the age of 68 on March 7, 1891 and was also interred in the Chapel.

Below is Mary Josephine's coffin.

 The more plain coffin is Edward's.

It was an interesting story and a lovely little Chapel. Below is a photograph of Edward's beloved wife, Mary Josephine.  After that, we walked around a bit more, got some ice cream and then drove back to Longford.  It was a wonderful day!