American in Norway

I was off today...sun was out & I was feeling GOOOD ... so I decided to keep Eva home & play hooky. We packed a picnic lunch/thermos of cocoa & headed to a little chain of islands not far from our home. Today was one of those REALLY GOOD DAYS... Thank you baby girl!

I ♥ Faces -Silhouette... this week is a little different.. we are able to choose one photo to enter... (darn...I had two...) but I think this is my fav.... Eva out at a beach near our home... I love the yellowish clouds & her hair blowing in the wind... She was jumping up & down on the rocks (safety first i n our house...LOL) One of the things I LOVE about Norway are the LONG summer days... this shot was taken about 7 pm... Head on over to I Heart Faces , & see who else is playing! Are you playing yet? if not...WHY NOT? Sooo many neat bloggers who WOW me every week...get on over there...go on ...

Tuesday.... 9 hour work day... pick kids up...feed kids....drive "big" kid to boy-scouts.... G R E A T... not a regular scout meeting... somewhere 1/2 drive time... no idea where I am going... Should we just skip it? I'm tired & really don't feel like spending 2 hours in the car driving drop/pick him up for a 2 hour meeting... Crap... OK... I'll take him... threw kids in the car... along with my camera & started driving... Dane's meeting was at Kjøkøy Fort... (I had no idea what it was when I dropped him off....) The fortress was built by the Germans during the 2. World War. W O W ... it is so easy to forget all of the history around here... My mother in law still tells stories about when the Nazi's came to town...took over houses...the schools...threw her father in jail.... (this is a whole other post I have been brewing in my head....) The fort is located out on a chain of islands.... the sun was shining & reflecting off of the water.... in...