This pictures are from Naomi's Birthday, so they are not new but I thought they were so sweet I just had to post them...

This looks great.....
What is in here.....

What.... Nothing.... Who do they think I am?

Time for cake......
Sugar RUSH.....

Jacob went to the hairdresser and came home with green hair.... This morning he went to school and i got a note from the principal that that is not OK. UPS.... At least he got to show his friends.

Elise får utmerkelse på skolen

Elise received an award for PROMPTNESS , she is doing great at school and we are so proud of her. She is taking the new challenges of being in 6`th. grade so well.
The kids are lining up to share their testimonies. 
Marcus Joshua is sharing how he just got his mac book. He worked hard all summer and saved all his money over the last few years. Now he is the happy owner of a mac book AND a i-pod touch... He is just TOOOOO lucky. 

Plutselig gikk det et "lys" opp for Naomi. Nå er det bare øving på å gå. Det er tydelig at hun er veldig bestemt på at dette skal hun lære fort.... for dette var gøy.

Så dro vi på stranda igjen. Det var ikke mange amerikanere der. Det var jo bare 26 varmegrader så da var det litt i kaldeste laget for de.

Vår kjære tante Hanne og Naomi Esther koser seg i vannet. Så heldige vi er som får ha tante Hanne her sammen med oss.

Jacob skrapa seg og sørga selv for litt førstehjelp fra livvakta. Jacob har en løning på det meste og PRATER med ALLE OM ALT.

Catching up

I am not even going to try to catch up with everything since i last posted on our blog. But I am definitely going to try for a fresh start. 

We are back in Redding and are super happy with that. Its so good to be here. 

The summer in Norway was busy but good. Peter traveled quite a bit at the same time as we were catching up with work around the house, spending time withe friend........ 

We have been back 3 weeks, now with Hanne ( Hildes sister) as an addition to the family. We are all adjusting well to being back. It needed some adjusting coming from a summer with average of 10 degree celsius to around 40 degree celsius. THAT IS HOT.

Andrew Freeman: great to hear from you my friend and Blessings with the new arrival coming. I would love to contact you but there are 200 Andrew Freemans on Facebook so you need to be more specific so we can contact you. Peter

Sommer i Mars

Marcus og Jacob koste seg i vann sprederen i hagen på mandag i 25 varmegrader. Kan ikke klage på det nei.

Mount Shasta

Vi hadde bryllupsdag den 9 Mars og klarte faktisk å reise vekk en natt uten noen barn.
Det var super deilig og en fantatastisk velsignelse. Vi reiste opp til Mount Shasta som er ca 50 min unna. Vi er så taknemlige for en flott helg.

Elise og Hilde Døper seg

Jeg har egentlig tenkt lenge på at jeg skulle døpe meg men det har liksom ikke vært en anledning til det ( det har det sikkert vært men jeg har ikke kommet så langt...) Når Elise nå kom hjem og hadde bestemt seg for å døpes så hadde jeg ikke noen unskyldning lenger......

Mini bursdag for Peter

We do have a lot of kids........... between the 3 families.

Siden Clarke familen ikke kan være med å feire bursdagen til Peter i April feiret vi med brask og bram på lørdagen sammen med Pedersen og Clarkene.

Peter ble bortført av Håvard og Geoff og det hele endte med feiring hjemme hos Liv-Kirsti og Håvard. Peter fikk nytt kamera og er nå den stolte eier av Canon S51s ( som tar nydelige bilder)

Visit from Canada

Jacob and Ruth are having a blast. HERE THEY ARE IN THE BATH TUB. The floor had almost more wather than the tub when they were done but they did get clean.
Two good friends that miss each other alot.

Thomas and Elise

Ruth and Jacob was collecting snails in the back yard all after noon today. Fasinating......

Geoff and Milja is visiting from Canada with Jesse, Niko, Ruth and Thomas. We are all enjoing their visit SO much.

Jacob is bleeding......

This was so funny I just had to put it on the blog., The kids were dancing and having a great time and Jacob all of a sudden screams I AM BLEEDING MOM,,,, It was indeed a crises moment. And guess if he was bleeding. It was blod everywere because he had been dancing for a while nor knowing that he was bleeding. I was cleaning for about 1 hour......

Peter og Baba

På tur Burney falls

Cooking classes with BABA

And then came BABA

Baba came from Canada to visit just 3 days after the Norwegian gang left. Its been a fun visit and she has worked hard to fill up our freezer with Ukrainian food. Jippi. I dont need to cook for the rest of the year. Will just eat perehe and cabbage rolls....

Tur til Sanfransico / Pier 39

De fleste har vel hørt om Alcatraz fangeøy? Vi hadde god utsikt dit fra kaia på Pier 39.

Her fikk vi vært skikkelig turister og mamma fikk endelig kjøpt litt souvernier.

Nob Hill

Er det noen som kjenner igjen denne gata fra film??????