Well we missed our NZ family back home, and our English family we have spent some time with this year, but we had a very lovely Christmas day getting to meet some of Barry's Irish family. He has hundreds of family members here but is only just beginning to get a handle on who everyone is and where they all are. John McNally is his father's sister's child and he and Colette invited us to dinner with their son Connor (who totally reminded me of Tom - complete with chef training and two young boys of the exact same age difference as Tom's), and his friend Gerid (? not sure on spelling).
The dinner was excellent, and Barry's Aunty Sheila joined us later, then we went to Barry's Dads.
If this wee sample of people are an indication, I can confirm that Barry's Irish family is just the loveliest and sweetest, and most generous of people. We are going to meet a few more of them today. Barry has sent out and received a bunch of friend requests on facebook and is starting to compile his Irish family tree so we hope to be back to meet everyone else and catch up again with those we have met, in the not too distant future!
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| John, Colette, Gerid, Connor, Barry |
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| Looking the other way |
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| Barry and his Aunty Sheila |
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| So much they didn't know of Barry's life is finally revealed. |
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| The gang. We had such a good time with this bunch of lovely people. |
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| Barry and his Dad |
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