We hit the city this past weekend as Molly's cousin and family were visiting from Texas... a nice excuse to do some touristy stuff in Acajio (How Erin says Chicago). Were we are in front of "the bean", a wonderful metal sculpture in Millenium Park.


Mommy and her little guy... (and a fruit jelly snack!)
Colm, Patty, and Conor joined us downtown... (Buckingham fountain behind)

Erin gets turned into a bunny... well sort of!

This video was taken at the Lake County Fair a feww weeks ago (July 2007). Very funny!



A good time was had by all. Emmett is super-brave about going on rides... no fear! He rode this purple car about 15 times.

New Puppy Pics... oh and one of Emmett!

Yes I know there are now more pictures of the puppy then the kids...

But she is so cute!

They are too, i will try to give equal exposure to all in future; just not yet.

Oh, and note the Irishness of the cars in the background! Not a full yank yet.

Day at the Fair

Lake County Fair 2007...

Saw some farm animals (smelled them too!) ate some junk and took some rides

More cute pics... seems with these 2 (and the dog) they are all cute... but I am biased.

4th of July

Random pictures of the family,erin Emmett, John and Ellie (country bumpkin cousins) and Leia the dog!
My, what big ears you have!
Wwwhheeeeee
Sleeping beauty and the beast... but which is which: you decide!



Nice face Don!
Most of the above pictures were taken around the 4th of July!

New Addition to the Family

We would like to introduce to you the newest Cullinan... not a new baby (that is not in the cards anymore thank God!). We today got a long-haired chihuahua puppy, who Erin named Leia, after Princess Leia... see the resemblance... if you look close you can see the canine Leia has brown ears!


OK... maybe not identical twins but close enough! Her other name choice was Orla!
After dealing with Emmett for an hour Leia was pooped and went straight to sleep.
She is a really cute and playful puppy/rat! Hope you get to see her soon

The Cullinans

My Summer Vacation.

This is like those essays you had to do at school after your summer holidays were over!

This year we had a Cocoa Beach (Florida) vacation with some relatives (Bridget... Molly's sister, and here family).

Here is a spattering of pictures.... They say a picture tells a thousand words; so this should count as a 10,000 page essay!



Tha ain't juice she is drinkin.... but is part-juice!







Thanks Bridget and Jeff for letting us tag along and ruin your peaceful vacation...

Kids Birthday Party

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the party at Chez Arches (McDonalds)... lots of fun and no cleanup! Perfect!


Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest kid of them all?

We need a Thomas intervention.... Emmett has a problem!

Erin's princess addiction also continues!
It is wish time... wow, they all came true! Thanks to all our friends!

Erin's 4yr Pictures

These are Erin's 4 year-old pictures we just got in. The kids had a shared birthday party yesterday (15 April) and it went really well (had it at a McDonalds PlayPlace... lots of slides and happy Meals). Pictures of the party to follow. We will be sending everyone some of the below pictue (with funny smile and big number 4) in the mail as soon as we can.

Some Birthday Kids

Thanks for the presents...

Here is Emmett's first bike (thanks Poppa-Don)

and Erin's new outfit (thanks Nanna)

and just a cute Emmett picture...