American in Norway

Just too cute not to share.

As an added bonus to our trip home.. my "baby cousin" JR and his beautiful girlfriend Chi decided to tie the knot. OK the wedding wasn't big nor fat ... and the most German thing is our last name..  (but it sounded like a good title for this post. :-) The wedding however was Vietnamese ...  - well one ceremony was, The happy couple started the morning with a traditional Vietnamese ceremony. Family had gathered from the world... We had a cousin who flew in from Australia.. Weddings are always such a fantastic, blissful time to reunite.. all the cousins.. (& my beautiful sister in law) Nana & her boys. New friends & family Vietnamese Wedding traditions... On the day of the wedding, the procession of the groom's family is led in specific order. The first person would be the representative of the groom's house followed by the groom's father, the groom, then the rest of his family and close friends In the proc...

I am away on business today... about a 4.5 hour drive North... Oppland.. I was so lucky with the weather... it was so nice .. I  pulled over several times just to take a few shots.. LOVE my I phone & all of the cool little apps.... Yes... there is already snow on the ground up here... And the highligh...t SURPRISE of the day... Reinli Stave church.. so beautiful.. I had to take a 10km detour.. but it was worth it... there are only 33 Stave Churches left in Norway

When I found out last spring (before I landed the job) that I would be going to Greece for a week... I was THRILLED... Greece.. is one of my all time favorite places on earth...  OK Santorini to be more exact... is one of my favorite places on earth... But none the less I was headed for sunshine & Greece... sigh.. it was all good.... I worked a lot....during the week... but who can complain too much when your "office" looked like this? The old town was AMAZING... Open ALL night... for eating, drinking & shopping... I was a VERY good girl & did NOT buy any jewelry... remembering all of the items I had bought during my previous trips to Greece.... I did however treat myself to this yummy red briefcase..... I looked all over the US this summer for a RED briefcase... & NADA... so I was thrilled when I found this in the Old Town...  My co workers liked it so much... they each bought red ones too...  no worries.-- they live in different cities. ...

I am really enjoying my week of "Home Officce"....  Getting my babies ready for school... having time in the morning... My mornings here in Norway are different than the mornings we shared in the U.S. Yesterday, I asked Eva to run & get something out of my car.... She came in YELLING...Mamma there are MOOSE standing by your car! MOOSE?... surely she means deer? ...Moose? I looked through the glass door..No moose... ran to the back deck... Sure enough... there were THREE Moose in our back yard... a mama & her babies... Of course of all times NOT to have my camera ready... Thankfully our neighbor saw them too & snapped this...  I have heard rumors of moose roaming the neighborhood... but this is the first time I have seen it!  Pretty.Freaking.Awesome. I walked Eva & a couple of the neighborboys to school today.... Of course they can never take the shortest path... Noooo... it was through the woods... over the hills....  I thought about yelling for...

Just thought I would share some pictures of the kids weekend with their daddy... I was stuck working all weekend..but Bjørn did a fabulous job of keeping the kids busy during their fall break. He threw the camping gear in the back of the van & headed south... First stop Kristiansand ... this is a BIG summer holiday place..  turns out to be pretty nice in the fall as well... They have a zoo.. not sure if this is the only Zoo in Norway...but Bjørn said it was nice.. much nicer than the Kansas City Zoo.. (which I think is the only zoo our children have been to) Added bonus.. there was an indoor water park... have I mentioned both or our children were born with finns? - they are total water babies... Bjørn didn't take any pictures for fear of not having a battery for when they arrived to Prekestolen.. (eye roll..) - so glad he reserved the battery for all 10 pictures he took.. Lets face it... he is more fun.. but I am WAY better at playing photographer. Next day, they m...

We were able to take my parents to Krakow,Poland this past week.... WOW.. what a BEAUTIFUL city.... Promise to show more photos of this amazing city...but first hop on over to Communal Global & see what women around the world have been up to today..

Communal Global has started Tuesdays around the world.... Today is the day! We want to see your Tuesday! Today's theme is "At the park, or on a walk." Share your day with us! Where do you like to walk? Do you have a favorite park, and why do you love it so? We want to know! This is my walk along the River Liffey in Dublin this weekend ... sigh... Have I mentioned I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dublin? So after ya'll give me a little comment love... (come on, I've missed y'all) Head on over to Communal Global & share your Tuesday from YOUR corner of the world...

y'all know... I had an unexpected " face lift ".... I was thinking about changing my layout.. I just hate being FORCED to do anything. (don't you love that I was posting every 10 seconds when I was having problems... but as soon as it is OK... I draw a blank? Not sure what I am going to with the Ol'blog ...but have a feeling it will be a work in progress. I have to give Andy aka Dark UFO a great big shout out & THANKS for saving the day & getting everything fixed.... SO y'all know when weird BLOGGER things happen, they can be fixed IF you know what you are doing.. (I, DO.NOT) In all of this chaos I did lose my BLOGROLL ... I will try to get y'all added back... but if you want to help me (hint, hint) go ahead & leave me a comment or drop me an email... It will save me from trying to find y'all again. I just noticed...did they REALLY take spell check off of the new blogger? gimme a break From: " Lorac " If you use Blogger in Draft, ...

Now that I have the Birthday out of the way the Next BIG thing going on will be my trip to ARGENTINA.. IN. TWO. WEEKS. I can't believe how fast time is flying... woo hoo ... whos excited for me?? I have never been to Argentina...or even South America for that matter... it is going to be an adventure.... So now I need to get my butt in gear & learn a little something about Argentina... & what do I need to pack? I know it will be summer there...but I don't even have an itinerary! Do I need a converter? What do I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BUY while I am there? I am going to have to break down & call the company who is taking me & ask them what I need to exp ect ... - do I need to have dresses for dinner or is this an all out WINE-O trip -better stick with pants? The only thing I do know is that we will be heading to Mendoze ....from Buenos Aires , in a little prop plane...NOT looking forward to THAT bit. ( why is it after you become a parent things like PROP planes...r...

Dane..my baby boy... is a TALKER... Oh. lord .is he a T A L K E R . (must admit, he comes by it honest...) This morning the talking began while I was still asleep & he was sitting on the potty... yelling across the upstairs... " Hey M O M... I have found my apartment.." (didn't know he was looking...) " G R E A T baby... can we discuss this over breakfast/HUGE cup of coffee?) (that child NEVER forgets ANYTHING...) 10 min. I get downstairs... "Soooo mom,... did you get a chance to look at the apartment? it is only1,800,000... huh, huh,huh? I figure when I turn18 I will just get a job that I don't really llike... so I can get a loan... & then I will get a girlfriend & we can buy the apartment together.... whatdoyathink? huh? whatdoyathink? (all of this in one breath) At this point I should have just nodded...said "sure sweetie...sounds like a great idea?" - as I am praying for the coffee to drip a little faster & remembering my ...

OK... I must admit I have been pretty jealous of all of y'all who get together for these blogger meet ups... in New York or Chicago or in Germany.... But guess what? Finally it is OUR time... Oh yeah baby... we are having a REAL "BLOG-FEST" here in little Ol' Norway. SO for all of y'all who are just DYING to meet me... now is your chance! (I know... I need to get O V E R myself) If you are wondering what Norway is really like...Come on over-up... & the good thing is, it is in AUGUST... my happy month! Best month for sunshine, super looooong days & all of the best that is Norwegian... NO EXCUSE for all of y'all living in Scandinavia... heck...the rest of Europe as well..come on up.. it will be a real good time! RennyBA’s Terella Official Program Dancing With the Stars