Naomi og Elise leker

Den knyttneven havnet i ansiktet til Naomi flere ganger. Det er artig å se hvor veldig gutt Elias er og Naomi er så jentete. Det er ikke noen tvil..... That fist ended up in Naomis head several times. Its so much fun to see how typical boy Elias is and Naomi is such a girl.
Elias var mest opptatt av lekene mens Naomi studerte han lenge. Elias spent time playing while Naomi was studying him.

Det var artig å se hvor konsentrerte begge to var. Det var absolutt giraffen som var mest interesant.

På skolen

Elise sammen med noen av hennes klasse venner og læreren Mrs Mayer i svart bakerst. Ungene har måttet venne seg til å tiltale alle voksne på skolen med mrs eller mr og så etternavnet. Det er litt uvant med nå går det lettere.
Here is Elise with some of her class mates. The lady in black in the back is her teacher Mrs Mayer. They have had to get used to saying mrs and mr to all adults in school. It was a bit hard for them to remember at first but its going easier now.

Marcus og hans lærer mrs Windberry. Josh`s teacher mrs Windberry.

Jacob STORTRIVES i pre kindergarten og snakker engelsk som bare det. Det tok ikke mange dager før han skjønte at han måtte snakke engelsk for å bli forstått.

Jacob loves pre kindergarten and he is getting better at speaking English. It did not take many days for him to realize that he has to speak english in school.

Jacob legger seg

Det er ikke så vanskelig å forstå hvorfor det er mye mer populært at pappa skal legge Jacob.

Det er litt mer ACTION da enn når mamma gjør det.

It`s so much more fun when pappa are the one putting Jacob to bed. For some reason there is a lot mor ACTION then....

Men han sovner iallefall tilslutt uansett.

But at least he falls asleep in the end....

Noen flere bilder !!!!!!!

Naomi er i nydelig jente med masse smil hele tiden. Vi koser oss alle sammen med dette lille vidunderet vårt.

Miriam var på besøk etter kirka i dag. Her spiser de kveldsmat på kjøkkenet.

Bjartur og vennene hans leker med lego på stuegulvet....... Dette er hvordan bibelskole elevene kommer seg etter en lang intsens skoledag.

Suburban !!!!!!!

Guess what we were given a VAN. A 1996 white Suburban. It looks like its new bouth inside and outside. We are so blessed. The only thing is how fast Hilde will get use to beeing the king of the road. I guess it should not take to long. Its kind of funny how God is faithful to bless us. We gave away our car just as we left Norway and now God had this great surprise waiting for us even 10 years newer car than what our great and wonderful Subaru. We will post a picture of the van as soon as we take one.

I går kom Peter hjem med fantstiske nyheter. En med student av Peter på Bibelskolen kom opp til han og spurte om vi trengte en Van. Og gjett om vi gjorde det da!!!! Vi føler oss så utrolig velsigna. Rett før vi reiste fra Norge ga vi vekk vår gamle men kjempe trofaste Subaru. Og nå får vi en 10 år yngre bil en 1996 Suburban. Det store spørsmålet er hvor raskt Hilde vil venne seg til å være "the king of the road" . Bilen er nemmelig ganske stor... Men det går seg nok til. Vi legger ut bilder så snart vi får tatt et bilde av vidunderet.

Noen glimt fra den siste uka vår

Håvard og Liv Kirsti har basseng i hagen. På søndag var vi sammen etter kirka og ungene koste seg ute i timesvis.

Marcus bader sammen med Naomi, Han er en kjempe flink storebror og en god hjelper med lillesøster. Naomi mangler ikke på villige hender til å vugge og holde.

Jacob er så gla for å ha fått Elise og Marcus tilbake. Det var lenge med 1 mnd fra hverandre. Så nå koser vi oss alle i hverandres selskap.

A little greeting from Redding

Our house from the front. We live in a quiet and nice street. Every one seems friendly in the neighborhood.

Just thought I should give a little life sign. Its been quite time consuming getting settled her so there has not been a lot of time to write. We are all doing good here. Its been hot but now it is cooling down.

The kids are settling in good I am so proud of them. It’s a huge transmission the school here is so academic focused and they are teaching the 5th graders things that my sister was working on last year in 8th grade. We had a long talk with the headmaster the other day. He is a great guy very open for changes and he even said that they see in USA in general that the kids learn a lot very early, even Jacob is suppose to read and write after this year ???? Funny, but what they see is that the level drop when they graduate compared with Europe. So they are wondering if they are learning to much to fast and that its not enough time to learn HOW TO LEARN. Anyway the kids are doing great and they like the school and are getting new friends. Both Elise and Josh are reading without any problems but are struggling more with the spelling (just like me).
I am spending most of my time getting to know the city ( at least what’s in my neighborhood ) finding my way around in the grocery store. Its so different to go shopping here when you are not used to how things look and what’s good and healthy . It’s a lot of fun though and I am enjoying my selves a lot.

The big prayer project right now though is that we get to buy a van a.s.a.p. We need between 25-35 000 NOK to get a van that would be in OK condition for the year. So far we have been SOOOO blessed by people at the church and Håvard has been great picking the kids up for school every day. But this can only continue for so long. Its hard for them to pick us up all the time and hard for us to have to be so dependant on somebody else. We are praying and believing that we would be able to afford a van in the very closest future. Peter has been walking to the school every day and now he has been given a bike ( need to fix the tire but otherwise OK). Its been great for him to walk but its to far for the kids, its about 45 min walk each way and its not to safe. The roads in USA is not really made for people to walk on. Our house is in very close walking distance to a good grocery store and all other shopping so that’s a huge blessing. I can just take Naomi in the stroller and walk to do all the shopping. We have a 4 bedroom house (just like we prayed for) with 2 bathrooms, good size kitchen with TV room or family room attached. Then there is a living room with dining room. It’s just perfect for us. When Peter moved in there was no furniture, something you would not believe now. We have nice furniture in each room that even mach. The church and the ladies in the school office have been working non stop to collect everything we need from kitchen stuff to sheets for our beds. There is no word to describe how much we have been blessed.

Here is Bjartur in our kichen, he is visiting for 3 weeks. We are all enjoying his company.

Peter is starting school today so that will be exiting, he is looking forward to getting started. The schedule looks great and he will be receiving so much good teaching.
Ok this was it for now. Be blessed and great everyone at Borgen from us. We miss you guys but its good and right to be here.
Blessings