Karsten's new friend

Newsflash: New family member!

Well, it finally happened... We bought a dog! To be accurate, we agreed to buy a dog (she's a vorsteh, a German shorthaired pointer) - she'll be ready for us around August 10th. She doesn't have a name yet, we'll be deciding on that in the next few days. She is already a real sweetie, when we saw her today she was around 4,5 weeks old:

Mother and daughter

My mam came to stay with us for a week and a half in April :-)

Karsten, Merete and Birgit

Another couple of great pictures of Karsten, Merete and Birgit from Stavanger:

Big family gathering

Karsten's eldest nephew, Jørgen, had his confirmation the last weekend in April. So off we went, all dressed up. The first picture shows Karsten, Jørgen, his mother Birgit and the third Søvik sibling, Merete:

More...

I could feel the stress letting go of my body as the sun warmed me up :-)

Believe it or not - this is a desert!

The hotel had wonderful grounds, despite the fact it's in the middle of sand, sand, mountains and some more sand (next to the Red Sea). All I can say is I think they spend a lot of time and water tending the garden:

Egypt

At Easter we spent a week in Egypt, just taking it easy; reading, swimming, snorkelling and sunbathing. The weather was fantastic, 27-30 degres, 12 hours of sunshine every day and low humidity (we went to Sinai, which is pretty much a desert...). Next time we'll take a longer trip so we're able to see the Pyramids, Valley of the Kings, Cairo and so on (our trip was cut short this time because the company that sold us the first tickets went bankrupt).

Overnight guests

Last weekend two of our nieces stayed with us. We made pizza, had a bubble bath, watched a movie and had lots of fun!


Uncle Karsten and Dina, Karsten with some of the bling Dina thought he should wear :-)

I'm back!...

Hello again. Long time no see :-) I think I'll give up the whole idea of chronology and start with some of the newest pictures. Then at least you'll get something new to look at.. This afternoon we just came back after visiting some friends overnight, including some story book time: