mette too

we had a very busy week leading up to mette's birthday; demo of the back wall, work in general, and the stress of having a large number of people and children coming over and the place needing to be comfortable and safe. Zan, who we hadn't seen in well over a year, and Garth who's been missing for something like 4, both came to town as well and crashed in the basement.

mette in some new clothes.... i think sent by a grandparent.
(or: Mette, all three feet of her)

Garth and Zan were great with them and the girls loved playing with them, staying occupied while I installed safety gates at the deck steps, set up the back yard and helped hege, who was baking a cake, making potato salad, and a ton of food. G & Z also cleaned our entire backyard for us, which was full of all the construction debris from the wall demo. that was a huge help. sorry that we didn't get more and better photos of us all - garth being a rare woodpecker.

new bathing suits

sabine



jack & sabine on the deck

hege made a very common norwegian cake (bløtkake) with strawberries -essentially a cream cake

david, otto, & keary - we grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and had an ice chest of beer and a mini-keg. so i think the parents had as good a time as the kids.

theo, hennie, sophia, and gabriel

rebecca, unidentified male, & lisa

licking the candles

with a present from uncle david

with mama after a perfect day