an update

Merry Christmas ! We celebrated on December 22.nd this year because we flew to utah to go skiing on Christmas morning. It was strange to do it so early , but it worked for us and we had a wonderful time together.

God Jul.
vi feirte jul 22 desember. Litt rart aa vaere saa tidlig ute, men det funket faktisk helt fint. Vi floey opp til Utah 1. juledag. En fin dag aa fly paa siden alle andre var hjemme.


Twinkle was more into the gift paper. It made her real happy just to tear it apart.

Twinkle storkoste seg med gavepapiret, Hun er lykkelig naar hun faar rive det i stykker.

Our cookie collection. Mostly store bought, but still yummy. I loved using this wire 3 tier basket, It looked so pretty with the lights between the cookies.

Vaare smaakaker ble lagt det paa dette nye 3 delte fatet. Med lys innimellom saa det flott ut, og smakte godt, selv om mesteparten kom fra butikken og ikke fra vaar ovn.

Nothing like a gift like this from a daughter.

Hvilken gave fra en datter til sin far !

Let the texting begin !

La meldingene komme!

Waiting for the magic to begin.

Melanie is always our sweet Santa.

Melanie har altid jobben som vaar soete nisse.

We had a little gift wrapping contest. Melanie won, wrapping this laptop into this surprice pkg.(polkadot red)

Vi hadde en liten pakke pakking konkuranse. Melanie gikk av med seieren med denne laptoppen pakket med hvitpriukket rodt papir.

Thomas the Grinch !

The Birthday Child

Here are a few pictures from the big first birthday. What a fun day that was ! Lilly had almost too much fun.Meeting santa , getting presents in bed , and later in the day. Going to the Zoo , eating cake(or crying over the cake :) ) Big exhausting day.

Her kommer noen bilder ifra Lilly's store dag. Man fyller ikke 1aar hver dag. Masse morsomme og slitsomme ting skal man gjennom paa dagen. Masse latter og noen taarer.

Thanksgiving

Lot's of food, family , friends and fun, What a great time we had, It just went by too fast.

Braces are off !!!!! Wahoooo !

After2.5 years of braces , they were finally coming off. Melanie was counting the days.

Look at this beautiful girl turn even more beautiful. What a blessing she is in our family.

We love her so much and are so happy for her to see her big new smile.

Etter to og et halvt aar med streng paa tennene, skulle den endelig komme av. Melanie tellte dagene.Se paa denne nydelige jenten. Hun blir bare skjoennere og skjoennere. Vi er saa heldige som har henne i vaar famile. For en velsignelse hun er !

Vi er saa glad i henne og gleder oss over hennes nye flotte smil.

visiting family in Norway

The new prince in town: Markus. A handsome little prince.