Isabelle and I went shopping yesterday, and she got herself a new winter jacket and some boots. Here are some photos of the beautiful girl showing off her new clothes:
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Cabin trip to Blefjell
Last weekend we went to Blefjell near Kongsberg for a cabin trip with my mother, brother and his girlfriend. It was great getting out of the city and breathe the fresh air of the mountains for a weekend. The weather was great, it was sunny and about 10 degrees - perfect conditions for outside activities.
We arrived Friday evening and enjoyed a taco and red wine meal in front of the fireplace in the cosy cabin. Saturday morning we took our time getting ready after a nice breakfast, and headed out in to the sun for a hike around the nearby lake. Some of Pernille's family (her sister with son and mother in-law) joined us for the hike as they were staying at a cabin nearby. The area was absolutely beautiful, and Isabelle was such a good little hiker - did not complain a single time! At the end of the day we grilled sausages over open fire (which took us about half an hour to get going) before heading back to the cabin for a shower, games, wine and eventually a beautiful steak.
Some photos from the Saturday hike:
Back at the cabin, Oliver (3 months old and Pernille's nephew), got a fair bit of attention:
Sunday morning we managed to get a quick hike in before heading back home. This time we started climbing the mountains behind the cabin a bit, which eventually gave us a great view of the nearby area:
We arrived Friday evening and enjoyed a taco and red wine meal in front of the fireplace in the cosy cabin. Saturday morning we took our time getting ready after a nice breakfast, and headed out in to the sun for a hike around the nearby lake. Some of Pernille's family (her sister with son and mother in-law) joined us for the hike as they were staying at a cabin nearby. The area was absolutely beautiful, and Isabelle was such a good little hiker - did not complain a single time! At the end of the day we grilled sausages over open fire (which took us about half an hour to get going) before heading back to the cabin for a shower, games, wine and eventually a beautiful steak.
Some photos from the Saturday hike:
Back at the cabin, Oliver (3 months old and Pernille's nephew), got a fair bit of attention:
Sunday morning we managed to get a quick hike in before heading back home. This time we started climbing the mountains behind the cabin a bit, which eventually gave us a great view of the nearby area:
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Not much new...
Not so much going on right now after the excitement of the job. I'm in a Norwegian course right now full-time so that's keeping me fairly busy for once.
Just thought I'd up load a few brief photos to tide you all over (and to try and keep in the habit of updating this stuff...)
First two scanned drawings Isabelle did. She named them herself; not too sure what her thought process was....
Your Majesty, Your Highness
Isabelle watching a football game
Isabelle doing some drawing in the park
And proudly taking after her Uncle and Aunty; showing off the ink
Just thought I'd up load a few brief photos to tide you all over (and to try and keep in the habit of updating this stuff...)
First two scanned drawings Isabelle did. She named them herself; not too sure what her thought process was....
Birthday Celebration
Your Majesty, Your Highness
Isabelle watching a football game
Isabelle doing some drawing in the park
And proudly taking after her Uncle and Aunty; showing off the ink
Monday, September 13, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS JAMES!!
As most of you have probably heard already: James got an offer from PwC today! We are so happy, relieved and excited - and I must add very, very proud...
We went out to this lovely tapas place near Lillestrøm Station with Tommy and Pernille (her father Tom Espen was in town so he came along as well) to celebrate, which was really nice. My brother recently got a promotion at work (he works part time for a debt collection company) - so it was a double celebration.
We forgot to bring the camera along, but here are some mobile uploads:
We went out to this lovely tapas place near Lillestrøm Station with Tommy and Pernille (her father Tom Espen was in town so he came along as well) to celebrate, which was really nice. My brother recently got a promotion at work (he works part time for a debt collection company) - so it was a double celebration.
We forgot to bring the camera along, but here are some mobile uploads:
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Our Sunday hike
Thanks for the Skype-call on Tuesday guys - Isabelle really loved seeing and speaking to you all. She's not one to miss a chance to show off, that is for sure!
I just thought I'd upload some photos from the forest hike we did last Sunday. We started out at Tærruddalen, which is about 5 minutes in the car from our house. Isabelle walked for the first 1km or so - which took us about 30 minutes since she was exploring the forest and running around like crazy.
Then for the next hour she was sitting comfortably in our hiking backpack, while mum and (mostly) dad had to struggle with an extra 16 kilos through the forest. We made our destination, a little cabin about 5-6 km into the forest in good time, where the local ski club was selling waffles to tired hikers.
We had our waffles, hot chocolate and a couple of biscuits too, before turning around and starting on the hike back. Isabelle was really good again, and probably walked for another 1 km before it was back up into the backpack. It seemed a lot quicker to walk back, and the hike was done in no time. We stopped at our normal "camp site" on our way back, where we grilled pølse (sausages) and pinnebrød (damper with spices on a stick!). Lovely!
I just thought I'd upload some photos from the forest hike we did last Sunday. We started out at Tærruddalen, which is about 5 minutes in the car from our house. Isabelle walked for the first 1km or so - which took us about 30 minutes since she was exploring the forest and running around like crazy.
Then for the next hour she was sitting comfortably in our hiking backpack, while mum and (mostly) dad had to struggle with an extra 16 kilos through the forest. We made our destination, a little cabin about 5-6 km into the forest in good time, where the local ski club was selling waffles to tired hikers.
We had our waffles, hot chocolate and a couple of biscuits too, before turning around and starting on the hike back. Isabelle was really good again, and probably walked for another 1 km before it was back up into the backpack. It seemed a lot quicker to walk back, and the hike was done in no time. We stopped at our normal "camp site" on our way back, where we grilled pølse (sausages) and pinnebrød (damper with spices on a stick!). Lovely!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Return of the blog...
It has been a long time coming, but here is finally another update from Norway! The whole blog thing slipped away from us a bit with all the changes over the last year - but we promise to be a bit better with updating this page from now on.
Isabelle had her first session at dancing school today! We did not get to see much of it (parents are only allowed in class in the last session of the semester), but we are sure she did amazingly well - proud parents as we are. A couple of photos of our tiny ballerina:
Isabelle had her first session at dancing school today! We did not get to see much of it (parents are only allowed in class in the last session of the semester), but we are sure she did amazingly well - proud parents as we are. A couple of photos of our tiny ballerina:
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Denmark
A few days ago we returned from an impromptu Danish holiday, and here are the juicy details...
We took the ferry from Larvik to Hirtshals in Northern Jylland (called Jutland in English; the part of Denmark attached to mainland Europe), and let our newly acquired GPS guide us for the 30 minute drive to Tversted. My uncle's firm owns a holiday appartment at a place called Tannishus and he and his family were well into their annual stay when we decided to join them for their last few days of Danish fun. Anne Marit's (who is married to my uncle and hence technically my auntie, but I am not allowed to call her that because she's way too young to be the aunt of someone my age...) sister we family was there as well, and together we made up one big, happy beach party.
After a few days on the beautiful, sandy beaches of Tversted we went to Fårup Sommerland (a theme park) which was absolutely fantastic. Isabelle turned out to be absolutely fearless, and loved all the rides - the scarier the better. The poor thing was fairly unhappy when told she could not go on the big roller coasters (because of height restrictions). We told her that we'd go back when she is 6, because then she will be old enough.. Seems Isabelle was too smart for us, however, because when the three of us two days later set our eyes on Legoland, the first thing she did when arriving in the park was to look at me seriously and explain: 'mamma, jeg er seks' (Mum, I am six!).
While the rest of the family headed home to Norway after Fårup, the Quinns experienced Legoland before heading to Ebeltoft on the Eastern coast of Jylland. Our hotel room had the most beatiful sea-view, and at night we experienced some lovely sunsets. It did not even matter that the weather turned a bit greyer on us, we still had Djurs Sommerland (yes, another theme park) to see, and beyond that we were happy just relaxing in our room and the hotel pool, not to mention walking around the pittoresque streets of Ebeltoft. After eight days of Danish delight we returned to Larvik late Wednesday evening, and as the following photos shows, we had the most amazing holiday...
We took the ferry from Larvik to Hirtshals in Northern Jylland (called Jutland in English; the part of Denmark attached to mainland Europe), and let our newly acquired GPS guide us for the 30 minute drive to Tversted. My uncle's firm owns a holiday appartment at a place called Tannishus and he and his family were well into their annual stay when we decided to join them for their last few days of Danish fun. Anne Marit's (who is married to my uncle and hence technically my auntie, but I am not allowed to call her that because she's way too young to be the aunt of someone my age...) sister we family was there as well, and together we made up one big, happy beach party.
After a few days on the beautiful, sandy beaches of Tversted we went to Fårup Sommerland (a theme park) which was absolutely fantastic. Isabelle turned out to be absolutely fearless, and loved all the rides - the scarier the better. The poor thing was fairly unhappy when told she could not go on the big roller coasters (because of height restrictions). We told her that we'd go back when she is 6, because then she will be old enough.. Seems Isabelle was too smart for us, however, because when the three of us two days later set our eyes on Legoland, the first thing she did when arriving in the park was to look at me seriously and explain: 'mamma, jeg er seks' (Mum, I am six!).
While the rest of the family headed home to Norway after Fårup, the Quinns experienced Legoland before heading to Ebeltoft on the Eastern coast of Jylland. Our hotel room had the most beatiful sea-view, and at night we experienced some lovely sunsets. It did not even matter that the weather turned a bit greyer on us, we still had Djurs Sommerland (yes, another theme park) to see, and beyond that we were happy just relaxing in our room and the hotel pool, not to mention walking around the pittoresque streets of Ebeltoft. After eight days of Danish delight we returned to Larvik late Wednesday evening, and as the following photos shows, we had the most amazing holiday...
Isabelle on the ferry heading for Denmark
Milk moustache
Our beautiful daughter
need I comment?
Isabelle and Nora enjoying the beach
Digging a pool
Burying Thomas
Dusting off
Relaxing after a full day of digging
Smiling hard for the camera
James, Isabelle, Nora and Erik Arthuro
Building a sandslott
Isabelle and Nora in Fårup, the trampoline was pretty popular among our girls
Nora and Isabelle on one of the rides. Thomas, Simen, Anne Marit and Vidar in the background.
My first horseback ride... proud! (Fårup)
My favourite toy in Legoland...
Isabelle and mamma queuing for the Legondol
Pretty happy about my new face-job...
Legoland is exciting for the big kids too!
Some wonderful rides for the kiddies...
Yep, she is tough!
The paint is wearing off and the princess is pretty tired...
...waving good-bye to the train...
the sunset in Ebeltoft
Loving Djurs Sommerland
James is pretty happy as well...
That's one big fish!
Exploring Ebeltoft
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