Family History

A number of years ago I made a mini-scrapbook of my Grandpa Leo (Leo Devine) who passed away in 1979. Grandpa Leo died when I was 12 years but I always had very fond memories of him from my childhood. Unfortunately, I had little, if any, information to journal in the album so I have been scoping out family members for some family history. My cousin (Jeannine) sent me a picture which was a "funeral card" of my Grandpap's uncle (Patrick Wogan)who was killed in action in Italy during WWII. The funeral card listed where my family was from (Cartown, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland). I always new my ancestors were from Ireland - I was just unsure what part of Ireland they were from. So I am making some progress but have a lot more research to do. It's a scrapbook I wanted to pass down to my kids. I wish they could have known their great-grandfather. He had a positive effect on my life when I was a child and there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of him.

St. Patrick's Day Parade with the Kids!

Took the kids to the St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday (March 19th). It was a pretty chilly day, but at least the sun was shining. We watched the marching bands, fire trucks, dancers etc...for about an hour or so and then I took the kids to McDonald's for shamrock shakes. I always thought the shakes were like .99 but now that they put them in this fancy clear cup with whip cream and a cherry on top they are charging around $2.50 for a small - now that's just crazy!

St. Patrick's Day - Downtown Harrisburg

Well I took a half day off of work on St. Patty's Day to hit some of the pubs downtown Harrisburg with some friends. I had an awesome time but come 7:00 p.m. I was down for the count. I cannot hang and drink like I did back in the day. Nevertheless, I had to work the next day so I was hurting pretty bad but managed to make it through the day. You gonna play, you're gonna pay, right? LOL. It was a great time and well worth the mini-hangover!