I promised

Yes I did!
I promised to show you a couple of pictures!

Here we are eating our breakfast outside a grocery store in the southern part of Norway. We are getting ready for the wedding later.


The children are ready, dressed in their national costumes.

This is the hat I just made.

And here is the jacket.

I admit

It has been a very long time.
I promised myself not to forget my blog when I came back to Norway. And in fact, I haven't. I've been thinking a lot about the blog, but there are so many things I want to do besides my full time job.

The calendar says September today! That's kind of crazy. It means fall is here. The mornings are not just chilly, but really cold! 5 degrees C or 41 F. It's raining.
But the good thing is that we still have long days. The nights still have daylight until about 9 PM, and the mornings are bright too.

I snuggle on the couch with my knitting these days - when I'm not working late. It is pretty cozy.
By the way - I want to show you some of my knitting projects. I just made a baby jacket and a hat. The scarf, mittens, socks and pants are about to be made too. And I started a one piece baby suit too. Very different from what I usually make, but I hope it's going to be very good.

When it comes to pictures, the cameras have had a vacation... I haven't been shooting much lately except from the last weekend when we were in a wedding and a baptism. Well, I'll try to show you some of my stuff.

Uploading pics has to be some other time anyway, so wait and see!

Waiting

We have been waiting and waiting and waiting for the five big boxes we sent by mail.
Now we finally have four of them. Everything look good so far. But we are still waiting for the last box - the one with the albums I made... I'm so worried about that box! They had to repack it on its way here - what does that mean? What if something got lost or damaged?
But on the other hand - I worried a lot about the guitars too - they are in very good conditions!
Maby tomorrow?

Just in case

We are back home! Everything went well, the kids did great and there were not to much waiting and no delays.
Friends and family waited for us as the airport and gave us a great start. Thank you!

We already miss our friends and good neighbours back in Irvine, but it's good to be with good friends here too.

One very last time

We went one very last time to the beach today. Huntington beach was beautiful and lots of dolphins showed up just to say good bye!
Wow - these animals are amazing, and they were all so close to the shore!

The kids had tremendous fun in the waves - OK - I was in too.
I'm so going to miss the warm sand between my toes and the sound of the waves hitting the sand, the sight of the dolphins and the warm wind.

But what I'm going to miss more are our very good, loving and caring friends who made this year unforgettable and good for us! You guys are wonderful! We love spending time with you! Thank you so much!

Besides packing?

Yes I know you are tired of hearing about us packing - but that's the reality - we are packing.
But ok, we are doing somtething else too!

We have met lots of our friends the last days and said good bye to many of them. Lots of tears and stuff. Not good.
But having good friends is a blessing and we will meet again!

Swimming in the pool has been an almost daily activity. There isn't much to do at home with everything packed, so swimming is a good reacreation for all of us.
All three of the kids are very confident in the water.

Waiting for news from us?

Well here are some.

Or maybe not new all of it, but at least some new pics.

We spent our vacations in the wild west, and our kids fit in very well:
Oooops - ended up in jail...
But they behaved well and took care of the Indians, so they were set free :)

As I've already told you, we went to San Diego Sunday. We went to see the USS Midway - an aircraft carrier for the US Navy that ended up as a museum. Definitely the boys' cup of tea!
They asked the volunteering old marines about everything!
Here they are on the deck of this huge vessel.


Here in Irvine we try to have a life besides packing. We are in the pool, seeing friends and so forth. Today we went to the beach once hubby came home.