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Levi had this dream the other night... He and his cousin M were standing in a very long line of little boys and girls. They had to wait a long time before they got to the front of the line. While they waited, they sang songs and ate candy. And then suddenly, they were at the front of the line and it was their turn. They both were told to look down at the world and choose a mommy. After a

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Guess what was going on in our skies last night? Markus and I were on our way home from dropping a friend off at the ferry, and it was a clear, cold and starry night. (Perfect conditions for northern lights!) My friend and I had been looking at some strange-looking, grayish clouds as we were waiting on the dock for the ferry to come pick her up. They looked so out of place on such a clear,

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Whoa, has it really been almost 3 weeks since I last posted? We were back to full health a day or two after I last posted. Boy did it feel good for "normal life" to begin again after both the Christmas/New Year's holidays and our week of sickness. L is happily back at school, enjoying his classmates and teachers and learning. (Can I just take a moment to say how thankful we are for the little

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For those of you who frequent the land of facebook, you might have noticed how people have begun posting the song that was most popular during the week of their birth. As I was laying on the couch tonight eating cheese doodles and drinking very cold coke (which strictly goes against a new and very important rule of 2012, "No mindless junk food eating after the kids go to bed," but tonight I am

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Hello on the first Thursday of 2012! School started yesterday, but the kids and I are still sick. The vomiting has stopped (thankfully!) but we've still got fevers, chesty coughs, and very sore throats. Markus has come home from work each evening this week to three sickies, and has been taking care of us. (He even brought home two boxes of popsicles for our sore throats yesterday! He's so

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Happy (belated) New Year! And Merry (belated) Christmas! There's been a lot of celebrating and family time happening lately, so the blog has been largely ignored. I've been using a bit of my down time to try and create our annual Top 10 post (here, here, and here if you want to take a trip back in time), but I've not been that productive. :-)   We had a wonderful and low-key Christmas

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Today is Itty-bitty Christmas Eve! Wait...you didn't know that? Well, now you do! Today is Itty-bitty Christmas Eve (pittelille julaften). Tomorrow is Little Christmas Eve (lillejulaften). Saturday is Christmas Eve (julaften). Sunday is the first day of Christmas (første juledag). Monday is the second day of Christmas (andre juledag). Tuesday is the third day of Christmas (tredje juledag)

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Last night as we were laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I suddenly remembered (with great excitement, I must add) that along with the arrival of the new year comes the rare opportunity to say one of my very favorite lines! "I haven't ________ (insert something you usually do) since last year!" Some examples of my favorites include: I haven't eaten anything since last year. I haven't taken a

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Nine years ago today, I married the most wonderful man in the whole entire world. I can't believe that it's already been nine years. Nine sounds like such a big and far-off number. But it's true. And I can prove it. 2011 - 2002 = 9 or... 2002 + 9 = 2011 (Bam!) Our wedding day, December 14th, 2002: First anniversary (England): Second anniversary (Bergen, Norway):  Third

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Have you ever wondered how you ended up where you are right now? Often when I am out driving, I can't help but shake my head at the snow-covered mountains and the sparkling North Sea and the fjords and undersea tunnels and wonder what on earth a girl from ghetto Bokey is doing in this cold, exotic, and very clean land of vikings and trolls. Here is a short video (2 minutes) that shows the

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This afternoon the kids and I spent some time on Skype with my mom and sister and niece in Florida. After we said goodbye, I noticed that Emma was very moody. Then it was dinnertime and her moodiness spilled over into our meal. She didn't want to eat or drink, and didn't want the rest of us to look at her or talk to her. I started to wonder if it was something more than just having a bad

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Oh, what terribly wonderful weather we are having! There's nothing like strong winds, icy rain, and hail to make you want to stay indoors and drink hot chocolate! Emma and I had a fun morning of school. It was clear when we started that neither of us were that motivated to get going, but with big mugs of hot chocolate and starting out by asking the Lord to change our attitudes, we were able to

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The days are creeping by until Markus gets home. Monday night can't come soon enough!  1. Since I last posted, we've caught 4 more mice and our total has now come to 8. I am a little embarrassed to tell people this because in the back of my mind, I wonder if I am doing something to attract them. But then again, if I were a small rodent living on the mountain behind our house in this terrible

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1. We have killed four mice in our kitchen in the last week, and this morning Emma and I saw another one under our kitchen sink. I have no idea what is going on or why they are trying to take over our house. But I do know one thing - any and all mice that enter my kitchen WILL DIE. (That goes especially for you, little fat mouse that we saw this morning! I could tolerate reptiles and rats in my

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I almost fell out of my chair today when I saw the expiration date on the crabstick salad I bought at the store...December 26th! Do you know what that means? That means that my favorite time of year is whizzing by all too quickly! (Is there anyone else that has a strange obsession with calculating time and special dates in the framework of food expiration dates? I've done it for years. The

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After 3 years of contemplating whether or not I should drastically change my hair by getting bangs, I finally did it last night! I called my sister-in-law Anne for moral support just before the stylist made the big chop. ("Just do it!" was Anne's encouraging response. "And if you hate it, it will grow back out.") I almost did it in the Philippines (but then I chickened out big-time and

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Hello on a beautiful Tuesday morning! Temperatures are in the 40's, and the sun is shining. Today is the coldest day we've had so far this fall. The roads were very icy this morning, and the fields were white with frost. Most of the leaves have fallen from the trees, and the days are quickly getting shorter. The time change gave us a bit more daylight in the mornings so it wasn't dark when

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Last Tuesday night I was awakened in the middle of the night by Emma. Waking me up in the middle of the night is not a very easy task, unless it involves vomit. Because as soon as I hear the vomit cries (I don't know about anyone else, but I can totally hear in my kids' crying if they are feeling sick to their stomachs), I am wide awake and shooting across the house to get to them. But otherwise

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Whoa, what a week it has been. What a month it has been. I can't believe that October is soon to be behind us...my favorite time of year is quickly slipping away! We had a crazy and fun week with a houseful of family and friends. Markus' oldest sister and her family of 6 made a last-minute trip up to the island on Wednesday, and it was so much fun to have them here. (Emma and Levi especially

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It has been waaaaay too long since I've gone for an evening walk. So many beautiful fall evenings have already passed by this year, and I feel terrible that we've not been better about enjoying them in the great outdoors. I had about 5 reasons why I shouldn't have gone this evening, but I threw caution to the wind (and ignored the mess from dinner in the kitchen and the living room looking

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Good Saturday morning! What a week it has been! Each day was full in its own way, and each night had commitments for one or both of us. Markus spoke at church meetings two evenings this week and I had agreed to play piano for several nights of meetings at a different church. We, along with almost everyone around us, are also a bit under the weather with colds and coughs. (Last night at the

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...we are making progress!   We won't be done this weekend like we'd hoped, but we are on the final wall.  As you can see, the top part is finished and Markus is now working on the first of 3 coats on the rest of the wall.    Here are two of Markus' must-haves for painting:  (In case you were wondering, that is some very delicious Lithuanian chocolate that I got from one of my piano

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October 15th - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day "In 1988 President Ronald Regan proclaimed October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In September of 2006 the House of Representatives passed House Resolution #222 proclaiming October 15th of every year, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day."  From the website Remembering Our Babies: "Too many families grieve in silence,

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After a week of inhaling paint fumes and tiptoeing around piles of precariously stacked furniture, Emma and I decided to take a little break and have a fall picnic on the hill behind our house. We made a packed lunch, put on our boots, and I grabbed the camera as we headed out the door. Our excitement was very short-lived, however, due to several unfortunate factors:  -My hair was still wet

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I am one of those people who gets very stressed when surrounded by chaos. I cannot work unless my surroundings are orderly. I don't like to go to bed at night unless the house is clean. (In other words, I am a little bit spastic.) So with that in mind, guess how I'm feeling right now, going on week two of our living room looking like this: I was doing pretty good for the first week (it

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Oh what a cold and stormy week it has been! Alternating between rain and hail, with a few glimpses of sunshine in between. The wind has been howling, and we have had over a week of cozy evenings inside, remembering how thankful we are for a roof over our heads, warmth in our house, and food in our stomachs. Our fall break has been wonderfully busy...friends and family coming and going each day

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Today is a beautiful, windy fall day. Temperatures are unusually warm today (in the 70's!) which is a wonderful change from the wet and dreary weather we've been having the past few weeks.  This morning we took a trip to town and in one of the stores, I saw kites for sale. Some of my fondest childhood memories are flying kites on windy fall afternoons, and I don't think Levi and Emma have had

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Saturday came and went, and we survived the Angry Birds party! (For any of you who, like me up until recently, have no idea what Angry Birds are or know a bit about them but have no idea why they are so angry, check out this short video. I found it especially for you, Joy!)  I had a big cake disaster on Saturday morning. (Like, when I was flipping it out of the pan, it collapsed and was reduced

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Dear Levi,   Was it really SEVEN years ago that you were first placed in our arms? When I look at you today, this is what I see: But when I look a little closer, I also see this:  And this: And this: And this:  And this: (Oh, those sweet, chubby hands!) And this: (Oh, those beautiful, smiling eyes of yours!) And this: (Oh, I just want to pick you up and squeeeeeeze you!) I sometimes

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Angry Birds A few months ago, Levi began excitedly telling me about this "super cool game" that involved very angry birds flinging themselves off slingshots into houses so that they would collapse and destroy the mean pigs. My response was a blank stare...that was a lot for me to take in at once. Not too long after that, I saw the game with my own eyes and I have to admit, Angry Birds is the

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Is there anyone out there feeling a little blah and unmotivated to stay in shape now that the days are quickly growing shorter and colder?  Are you in need of some inspiration to get off the couch and get moving? If you answered YES to either of the above questions, I hereby present to you our family's very own work-out video (dating back to 2007), complete with some rockin' Ace of Base blaring

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You should have seen our family this weekend. We were a pathetic sight for sore eyes. All 4 of us feverish, aching all over, with raging sore throats and upset stomachs. ('Tis the season for the flu!) On Sunday, none of us got out of our pajamas and we spent the day drinking juice, popping pills, sleeping, and watching the memorial services for September 11th. And I cried and cried and cried.

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Hello on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon! We've still got some lingering sickness in the house. It's Levi's turn to be down. He stayed home from school yesterday with a cold and low-grade fever and was doing pretty well last night so I figured he'd be back at school today. But he was up several times in the night feeling sick (I had our trusty bucket ready but thankfully he never needed it!) and

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Today started out on a dreary note. Emma woke me up at 2 AM with a tummy ache and soon started throwing up. Not too long after that, I started feeling sick and it was a long night for both of us. She and I spent today in bed with each our own bucket and glass of watered-down juice, watching movies on the laptop to try to keep our minds off our yucky stomachs. By this evening we were both

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In the busyness of this summer, we completely overlooked a very important milestone... For the first time in our nearly 9 years of marriage, we have lived for ONE FULL YEAR in the same place! This means that for 365 days straight, we have avoided... -packing an entire house -living out of suitcases  -moving  -misplacing our/the kids' special stuff   -weeding down our belongings to fit into the

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Today was an exciting day. Levi started second grade!  He was both anxious and excited to see his teachers and friends again. He cried himself to sleep last night and tears were the first thing I heard when he woke up this morning, but we kept reminding him how much he loved school last year and that it was ok to feel nervous. He and I prayed together as we walked to the bus stop, and

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We had been talking about taking my parents to this cave while they were here this summer, but the days flew by and before we knew it, they were gone and we hadn't done it. But the kids remembered, and we told them we'd take them before the summer ended.   We headed out around 4 in the afternoon, and drove to Valderøya, the neighboring island. (Remember, we live in a 4-island community. All the

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We're home from our 4-day-weekend in Oslo. We drove down on Saturday and I spent most of the 10 hour drive shrieking and yelping in excitement because of how beautiful the scenery was. (Seriously, my new favorite part of Norway is Gudbrandsdalen. Google its images and weep. Or better yet, come visit us and we'll take you there!) Now, the following pictures were taken with Markus'

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The house is now empty after over 4 weeks of visitors. In some ways the house feels too quiet and very empty, but in other ways it feels good to just be the 4 of us again.  We had an amazing 3 weeks with my parents. I'm pretty impressed by all that we managed to do while they were here, and we miss them terribly. It just doesn't feel right to have to squeeze two years worth of quality time into

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No, we are still here! But right now our priority is to spend as much time as we can with these two people... The first two weeks of their visit have flown by in a flurry of fun, and we have one more week left to enjoy them. Therefore I am going to keep this post short and sweet! -Sarah-

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When I first met Markus and heard he was from Norway, my mind immediately conjured up images of trolls and Viking ships and a scary race of giant people with blond hair and blue eyes. (I had obviously spent too much time as a child on the Norway boat ride at Epcot at Disney World...) Contrary to what I believed, Norway is actually NOT overrun with blue-eyed giants or those little troll figurines

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Today is June 29th and marks our first week of summer vacation. It is almost lunchtime.    And the kids and I are still in our pajamas.  We ate breakfast a little while ago and everybody was droopy-eyed and half-asleep. In fact, they didn't weren't able to answer a single question from their Bible story that I read to them. (I was not very happy about that.)    I guess it doesn't help that it

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Summer is here! And school is out! We're so proud of our Levi (and all the other boys and girls in his class) who made it through their very first school year. It was a year full of lots of changes for all of them, and they did a great job! I tell ya, we are sooooo thankful for the school here on the island, and for Levi's teachers. It was a bit of an abrupt start for Levi as we moved here

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Just a few funny things the kids have said or done in the last few days... -Levi announced to us that when he grows up, he is going to be a professor. Each day he changes his mind about what kind of a professor he will be, but today he said he is going to be a Bible professor who reads the entire Bible once a day. And he will invent a machine that can do the same. -(Overheard by Emma as the

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Today is June 8th and we saw the sun! And the wonderful sun warmed the air temperature to 57 degrees! (My mom and dad are going to freeeeeeeze when they come next month!) (Speaking of my parents, they arrive in 26 days...not that anyone is counting or anything...) Our visitors took off Monday morning after a busy four days of meetings in two churches that began on Thursday night and ended on

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Markus just left to pick up our visitors from the airport. From tomorrow night to Sunday night, the husband will be speaking at a series of meetings at two different churches in the area. We're looking forward to what he has to share as well as spending time with them this weekend. Yesterday was my language exam and it turned into a pretty stressful all-day affair. But it's over now and my gut

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Today our Emma Elisabeth is 5 years old! How on earth can my baby be 5?!?! Yesterday we had a princess birthday party, and 8 sweet princesses came to celebrate. (One handsome prince joined in the fun as well...)  Markus had a few minutes before the little princesses arrived to take a few snapshots of the peaceful house... A poignant memory came flooding back to me the other night...

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A few random thoughts on this cloudy morning... -I was almost knocked off my feet from a gust of wind the other day as I walked to the bus stop to get Levi after school. It's been pretty stormy lately. But today it's calm and still. -My house is a mess. Like a dusty, clutter-y mess. And you know, in recent months I've come to realize how freeing it is for me to have a messy house every now

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As fun and exciting and wonderful as it is to travel and see new places and meet new people and catch up with old friends, it is such a good feeling to come back home to familiar smells, sounds, and sights.  As our airplane was coming in for landing on our little island in the North Sea, I again had to shake my head as I watched the exotic-looking rocky islands and mountainous coastline with

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Hello! We're home after 2 weeks of travel to western Germany via Bergen. We left home just as William and Kate were leaving Westminster Abbey after their wedding ceremony (take a wild guess what I was watching as I packed all morning...) and drove all afternoon/evening to Bergen where we spent the night with Markus' sister's wonderful family. Then we flew to Germany the next afternoon.  Our

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After weeks of rain and near-freezing temperatures, the sun began shining the day before Easter. (And the temperatures even reached the mid-70's that afternoon! There were very few days last summer that got as warm as it did this past Saturday.) So we decided to take the kids on a hike to Bremneset, the place we got engaged 9 years ago. We brought along a yummy picnic lunch and set off on a muddy

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Oh dear, I am so behind on our blog. I'm sorry. We had a bit of sickness relapse in the house last weekend (well, I guess I was the one who had the relapse) and both Markus and I were down for the count for several days. He's feeling better now, but I'm pretty sure I have a sinus infection and it hurts. We're leaving for Germany on Saturday, and I'd like my head to be all cleared out before the

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Hello everyone! I'm almost done with first part of our little series on Norway and should have that posted in the next couple of days. Not much has gotten accomplished in the past week as first Levi, and then me, and now Markus have been sick. I was thankful to wake up this morning feeling better, but felt bad that Markus woke up feeling miserable. 'Tis the season for colds and the flu! :-)

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It's another stormy night on the island...wind howling, rain and hail pelting against the windows. But have no fear, spring IS on its way! We found some beautiful purple flowers poking their heads through the ground yesterday as well as snow drops in little clusters here and there. I love spring and its reminders of new life.  1. Emma and I had a fun morning at the school in town where I will

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Hello everyone! After two wonderful weeks with my family, I am happy and thankful to be back, safe and sound, with Markus and our babies. There's not much more I can say about these two weeks other than that they were simply wonderful. The time with my family, our church family, and a few dear friends was priceless. And my oh my, it is so good to be back. I missed Markus and the kids

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About 6 months ago, I had a genius idea. I would have a giveaway on our blog, and send some yummy Norwegian chocolate (it seriously is the best in the world!) to two lucky people chosen randomly from all the comments left on the giveaway post. So we announced the giveaway and then picked two names (in a video while we were on the road) from the list. And then I sent the chocolate to the

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I'm going to the USA on Tuesday for two weeks!   No, there's no huge occasion for this...no wedding or funeral (thankfully) and nothing earth-shattering is going on. It's just my wonderful and caring husband who had secretly decided a while back that he wanted to send me "home" sometime this spring. When he first informed me of his plan back in January, he had been thinking that Emma could go

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Last night we went to bed with the wind howling outside, shaking the house. It was alternating between rain, snow, and hail. And there was thunder and lightning. A real winter storm! This morning we woke up to everything outside covered in snow.  And big, fat snowflakes pelting down. Markus groaned. I rolled my eyes and felt a foul mood coming on. Levi started crying and begged us to let him

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Good Sunday evening, everyone. I'd like to start off by congratulating Norway on such a grand performance at the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championship Games in Oslo! Because of those games, the mall was empty yesterday and all the bakeries had their yummy bread on sale! Yay!   I'd also like to congratulate the Liverpool Football Club on their crushing victory against Manchester United this

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Hi everyone! Remember us? The last 3 weeks have flown by in a whirlwind of busyness and fun. So busy and fun, in fact, that I've barely touched the computer since I last posted on the blog. (I almost cried yesterday when I saw the pile of emails waiting to be read and replied to. I also was shocked to read about all that has happened in the last 3 weeks in North Africa.) So here are a pile of

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Oooooh I have so much I want to write about! But I know how much people hate long, wordy blog posts! So I'm going to count to 4 and then I'll quit for the night. (Just so you know, I am fully intending on following through with the series on Norwegian culture. I've started several different posts and am just trying to decide which one to finish.) 1. The baby dedication service on Saturday was

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We're back home, safe and sound. The trip didn't quite turn out as we had planned or expected. Well, the roads and weather were just as bad as expected but the kids and I ended up missing out on the conference as a stomach bug manifested itself on the drive down. 10 hours on twisty, icy mountain roads + heavy snow/rain + lots of vomit = not fun. But thankfully in a car you can stop as often as

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Early tomorrow morning we'll be hitting the road for the drive to Bergen for NTM's winter conference. It usually takes between 8 to 9 hours (4 ferries, countless tunnels, several big bridges, lots and lots of mountains and fjords) but a bad weather system is moving in tonight and they are forecasting very strong winds (one grade below hurricane force) along the whole route. There is also snow and

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Oh happy day! In less than 12 hours it will be February, and officially one month closer to summer! Summer has actually always been my least favorite season of the year, but after a full year of living in the arctic, summer cannot come soon enough! Emma and I braved the winter storm outside to get Levi from the bus stop. There are gale-force winds and pelting rain today. It's actually "warmed up

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This update just came over email. I'm not even going to try to summarize it...I love what Jack wrote and want you to read it too... “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Not by claiming in Jesus Name, not by our faith or disbelief, not by confessing our sins and not by proclaiming Bible verses over Nel’s illness, but

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(Two posts in one day? GASP! What's going on!?!?) I have been doing some reading lately. Norwegian reading, to be exact. I am going to use this spring to grow my vocabulary/word usage as much as possible. (I'll soon be starting night classes to prepare for a standardized language test in May.) In my reading about Norwegian history, I have come across some earth-shattering truths that have

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Hi again, we got an update this morning and it was so encouraging! On Wednesday the 26th (yesterday), Nel opened her eyes and showed recognition when her mom came into the room! They also saw her responding to things with her emotions - both with a smile and some tears. Praise the Lord! The doctor told Jack that he is "carefully optimistic" about how things are developing. Thank you for

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Has it already been a week since I last blogged? I'm sorry for the lack of action around here on our blog...there have been a few "heavy-ish" things on our minds these last few weeks, and I've not really felt like doing much of anything internet-related. (This excuse can also explain my lack of emailing too!)  :-)  But we're doing just fine - staying busy and enjoying the temperatures above

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Good evening from the cold, wet, and windy island. We've had a week of rain and temperatures just above freezing, so most of the snow and ice is gone. I have a few new pictures and funny stories to tell you all, but tonight I was actually wanting to mention something that is weighing heavily on our hearts. I want to ask if you could be praying for our friends and NTM co-workers, Jack and Nel.

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Well, so much for being faithful about updating our blog bi-weekly...that new year's resolution didn't even make it one week! :-) We had a wonderful Christmas and "romjul" (the days between Christmas and New Year's Day, which are basically filled with family dinners, Christmas parties, church gatherings). Unfortunately a bit of a stomach bug was passed around, so most of our "romjul" was spent

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In keeping with tradition, here is our family's Top 10 from the past year! 10. Markus' travels Markus was able to travel to NTM meetings in both England and Spain, as well as to his brother's wedding in Germany. The kids and I were *supposed* to join him for those trips, but we had to back out each time due to my visa not being approved, so that was a bit of a disappointment. But he had

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We have good news! My visa was approved! (I have to sheepishly admit that this is sort of old news...we've known since Wednesday and soon after finding out I shared the good news on facebook, but I've not had a chance to update our blog until now. I got an email yesterday from a sweet lady, who is not on facebook, telling me she is still praying for the visa. And that's when I realized that I

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8 wonderful years. 8 amazing years. 8 crazy years. 8 expensive years. 8 fun-filled years. 8 difficult years. 8 growing years. 8 joyful years. 8 traveling years. 8 suspenseful years. 8 unknowing years. 8 wonderful years. 8 wonderful, wonderful years. When I think back to 8 years ago...Saturday, December 14th, 2002...the day I said "I do" to the most amazing person in this world...the

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Well I didn't get the visa in time. And our back-up plan didn't work out either, so Markus is going without Emma. Emma's pretty flower girl dress and shoes (which were the cause of many hours of stress on both sides of the ocean) will not be needed after all. It's been a pretty tearful and bleak weekend in our house. Made bleaker by a bit of sickness. And bleaker yet by discouraging news

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Well, here it is. The long-awaited story of our trick-or-treating mishap. I do have to warn you that it is a little long, but I needed to include some background details so you fully understand why we acted the way that we acted.... Around 11 AM on Sunday, October 31st (commonly known as "Halloween"), we were enjoying a slow brunch on a dark and stormy day. Church wasn't until that evening, so

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...in our warm, cozy house tonight. This morning we went to town to run some errands. And it snowed and it snowed and it snowed! Then we came home and ate dinner, and after a fun (messy), joyous (dramatic), and memorable (stressful) assembly of a gingerbread house, we all curled up on the couch to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Finally, after 9 years of togetherness, Markus knows what I (and

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Hi everyone. I have been keeping pretty quiet on this subject because it evokes a lot of mixed emotions for me and I don't want to say anything wrong, nor did I want to be overly dramatic and sound the alarm, but I figure that it's time to share this with you all so you can be praying. This might be a bit long (that's nothing new for me!) but it takes a while to explain everything. We are

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...because on a whim on a Sunday afternoon he can grab his camera and tripod as we head out the door for a family walk and produce these... (Markus, please don't be upset that I posted these before you had time to edit them! I think they are amazing just the way they are and couldn't wait to share them!) He also got a wonderful new family picture, but that is being saved for later

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Today I have that melancholy let-down feeling that you get after something you've been looking forward to for a very long time is finished. Much of that has to do with the fresh memories of being with my family at this time last year. It was the first time in 6 years that we were in the States during the holiday season, and it was wonderful. And having those wonderful memories fresh in my heart

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Happy Sunday afternoon, everyone! Out of all the days of the week, I feel most homesick on Sundays. Sundays here are much slower and laid-back than what I'm used to. Church services at the bedehus (literally "prayerhouse"...one of these days I will explain a bit more in depth the church situation here in Norway for all you non-Norwegians) are usually in the evenings. Once every month or two

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I'm down with the flu. It's been a long time since I've felt this miserable, but I do feel a bit more alive this evening. Hence my re-entry to cyberspace. :-) Markus came home Sunday afternoon, which was actually 24 hours earlier than we expected him. Thanks to delayed and canceled flights, he had to spend Saturday night in Amsterdam which caused him to miss the Sunday morning church service he

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This afternoon, Emma and I were laying together on the couch, bemoaning our fingernails which we'd both bitten so short that they hurt. (Yep. I've passed on this horrible, life-long habit to my innocent baby girl.) Suddenly Emma told me that she had a great idea. * First we need to find a piece of paper and write in big letters that we are going to stop biting our nails. * And then we need to

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Chicken nuggets/strips are something that we like to make in our house. We reserve Saturday evenings for "Saturday Family Fun Night" (which started back when Emma was a newborn after we stole the idea from some of our bestest friends). "SFFN" includes deciding on and making something fun for dinner together, and then playing games and/or watching a family movie. (Currently watching through BBC's

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...from inside our house for our family who have been asking for quite some time now. (The rest of you are welcome to look too!) I have all sorts of excuses why it's taken me five months to post these pictures. But I will spare you from those excuses and just post the silly pictures before I put it off for another five months. Since we don't know how long we will live here, we got to work

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This morning we said good-bye to Markus for the next week and a half. He's going to Spain for a week of meetings. And as he was pulling out of the driveway, it began snowing. Last month he was also traveling for a couple of weeks and while he was gone, it began snowing and we ended up with over a foot of snow. Up until then, I had never driven on snow before. So imagine my shock and horror to

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Please excuse the weird layout stuff happening on the blog today. Hopefully we'll get it all figured out soon! :-)

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I think I threatened this about a year ago, but then life got busy (something to do with moving across the world...) and the blog changes I'd promised fell way down to the bottom of our to-do list. We are finally able to think about the things on the bottom of that list...a whole year later. And the blog is one of them! So watch out for some changes in the next few days. (Or in a few weeks if

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Happy Tuesday morning! Today the blinds are drawn and the doors are shut...we've got some upset tummies and fevers in the house. Markus sneaked off to work early this morning, and the kids are laying around the living room doing a good job of looking and acting sick. We passed over into November with no problems except the unexpected time change this past weekend. (We didn't realize until

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First of all, thank you for your prayers for Markus on Tuesday. He really enjoyed speaking to the students, and felt that he was able to clearly communicate what the Lord had laid on his heart. --- Right now we have Christmas music playing (Point of Grace's album "A Christmas Story"...one of our favorites!) and the kids are quietly playing with singing along to the music. Levi is drawing while

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A quick request for prayer for Markus tomorrow morning... He's been asked to share a missions challenge with the student body of a Christian high school tomorrow. As NTM representatives, we want to expose them to the needs of the unreached and challenge them to be a part of reaching the unreached with the message of salvation, but even more important than that is to challenge them to walk with

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I've been on the lookout the past few weeks for a good chance to secretly film Levi while he is reading to Emma. (I don't know if it's just my kids or what, but they are completely incapable of acting normal if a camera is pointed in their direction. Thus, the need for secrecy.) And the perfect opportunity came on Thursday afternoon. The video is pretty long (over 5 minutes) so it might be one

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...for those who have been asking how Levi is doing. After a very rough first month of school, we had a major turnaround last week. No more tears at breakfast. No more tears on the drive to school. No more long, drawn-out, tearful goodbye to Markus at school. No more tears after getting off the bus in the afternoon. No more tears walking home. No more tears at bedtime because of school the next

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It's Saturday morning. (Yay!) It's rainy and cold outside. (Yay!) Markus is away for 6 days. (Boo!) The kids slept in until 7:55 this morning. (Yay!) Then we snuggled in my bed for another hour. (Yay!) Now the kids are happily playing (actually, Levi is wandering around the house with a tape measure, measuring everything, while Emma is dragging the broom and dustpan from room to room,

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"In 1988 President Ronald Regan proclaimed October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In September of 2006 the House of Representatives passed House Resolution #222 proclaiming October 15th of every year, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day." From the website Remembering Our Babies: "Too many families grieve in silence, sometimes never coming to terms with their loss. Our goal

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Remember the trip north that we took last week? Here are a few pictures of the beautiful scenery along the way... This is the lovely little house we stayed in.   The view from behind the house.  Levi and Emma on the front porch.  40 hours sitting in the car in less than 2 weeks = sooo worth it to see the beauty of western Norway (as well as a good excuse to eat lots of chocolate in

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Hi everyone! Some of you will quickly notice something different here, and that is that we've disabled the comment function. That means you won't be able to leave a comment on our postings anymore. There are several reasons for us doing this, but the good thing is that you can still follow along on the adventures of our family. :-) Hope you are all doing well! We are hunkering down today with

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Today is my mom's birthday! A year ago today, we all celebrated together at the end of a busy Sunday filled with Sunday School, church services, and Awana... Chocolate cake, chocolate chip banana bread, surprise cupcakes, and plenty of ice cream plus the BEST part of all - baby Olivia who was passed around from person to person and smothered in hugs and kisses. We wish so badly that we could be

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Hello! We are safely home from our trip north and we had a wonderful time. More about that later, but here are a few entertaining conversations I've had with the kids in the past couple of weeks... ---------- Levi: "Mamma, how old will I be when you are 39?" Me: (Rapidly calculating in my head but giving up and using my fingers behind my back...I was 21 when I had you so...) "When I am 39, you

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Good morning from the cold north! After getting pappa and Levi out the door this morning, this is what things were looking like here at home. What a beautiful fall day we are having! (See if you can spot Emma under the heater, trying to get warm. It was COLD in the house this morning!)  At noon today, Emma and I went to Markus' aunt's house to visit his cousin and her newborn baby girl. She was

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We are home. We are tired after a busy but very good weekend in Bergen. We sat in the car for over 20 hours this weekend. We will be sitting in the car for another 18 hours this coming weekend. I am now the mother of a 6-year-old. We had Levi's birthday party this evening. 11 wild boys invaded the house for 1 and 1/2 hours. There is green jell-o smeared into the fabric of all of our

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