Walking around the lakes or next to the fjords is one of my favorite things do here!
October 15, 2014
August 16, 2014
Preikestolen!
Friends and travel are two of the best things about living abroad. Some of our best family friends from Africa, The Fieldings, moved to Bergen, Norway shortly after we moved to Stavanger. We've been lucky enough to catch up with them a few times while living in the same country, and today we snuck in another (amazing!) Norwegian adventure with them! We climbed all the way to the top of Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)! Did I mention amazing?!
December 6, 2013
May 2, 2012
Woah!...Stavanger Traffic Jam!
Got caught in a bit of a traffic jam, right here in Stavanger....
Horses seem to be a normal mode of transportation around here! Not as popular as bikes or cars, and you don't see it often, but definitely a way to get around.
One day while cooking dinner I heard this weird clompy noise outside our apartment window. Sure enough, there were people just riding on down the street on their horses! Out of amazement, I scrambled to find the camera to get a picture, but they were almost out of sight...
April 1, 2012
Hanging our Easter Hats
Happy Easter from Stavanger!
Nolan had an Easter party at school, complete with The Easter Bunny showing up in his class!
Well, we don't actually have Easter hats (1. I think they are called bonnets. 2. I don't think boys wear them. 3. We are in a temporary apartment with minimal things, Easter Hats not being one of them.), but as we sat at an ugly table in a temporary apartment in a new country dying Easter Eggs I kept thinking about the phrase "Home is Where you Hang Your Hat"...especially in the eyes of the kids, if you smash together the whole family, fun, and a holiday tradition, instantly a temporary house becomes a home. So this Easter as we hang up our (winter) hats, it really does feel like a home!
Now, if only I can convince Zach that he should hang this hat up in the apartment before I take him out in public with me... :)
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| Dying Eggs in the Apartment. Colby is dying eggs Norway style...in just his long underwear!! |
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| Egg-cellent technique, Zach! |
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| Colby is in Egg Dying 101 by Dad |
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| After dying 2 dozen eggs... "Do we have more?!"- Nolan |
Well, we don't actually have Easter hats (1. I think they are called bonnets. 2. I don't think boys wear them. 3. We are in a temporary apartment with minimal things, Easter Hats not being one of them.), but as we sat at an ugly table in a temporary apartment in a new country dying Easter Eggs I kept thinking about the phrase "Home is Where you Hang Your Hat"...especially in the eyes of the kids, if you smash together the whole family, fun, and a holiday tradition, instantly a temporary house becomes a home. So this Easter as we hang up our (winter) hats, it really does feel like a home!
February 21, 2012
What an Adventure!
AdventureLand
Just for fun we went on an adventure to find a place that I found on the internet and somehow stumbled upon this awesome indoor play-place instead. The kids had a blast monkeyin' around and, as you can see below, it wasn't such a rough day for me either!
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| The boys climbing and sliding around in AdventureLand |
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| This place has it figured out... Free wi-fi, free massage chairs and free tea/coffee to keep the parents happy while they sit and watch their kids play. Oh, and free blankets to keep you cozy! |
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| 4 hours and 1 finished book later I got out of my seat and went home with 3 tired boys! What a great adventure :) |
February 20, 2012
Waffling Around
Waffles!
The boys are on "February Break" this week and since we just arrived about a month ago we decided to spend the week exploring Stavanger rather than booking a trip somewhere. So, today I decided that 'When in Norway we should do as the Norwegians do' and go buy a waffle maker. So, off to the store we went at 10:00 a.m. By 3:00 p.m., a zillion "Are you going to make waffles now?" later, and some waffling back and forth, I decided to save my sanity and just make the waffles for dinner! So yummy!
February 19, 2012
A Windy Day at the Harbor
Checking Out the Harbor
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| Do they look cold? It was a super windy day down at the harbor! But we had fun just walking around and checking out the sights. |
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| Blue water, birds and big boats...very picturesque! |
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| Cute little area around the harbor...also picturesque! |
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| But for the boys, the best part about the harbor...finding Burger King and 7-Eleven! What better way to warm up from all that wind...a burger from Burger King and Ben and Jerry's from 7-Eleven (okay, so maybe that came after we had warmed up a bit!). |
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| Time to go home! |
February 10, 2012
Goodbye Moon, Hello Sun!
This was the neatest drive to school!
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| Moon setting out of our front window... |
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| Sun rising out of our back window... |
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| And then this beautiful display of colors in the sky by the time we pulled into the parking lot at school! |
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