Fathers' Day

Bethany and Zachary woke me up on Saturday morning (after sleeping in until 10:30 - sweet!) to celebrate Fathers' Day. They picked Saturday instead of Sunday because everything is closed on Sunday and they had a couple of destinations in mind. Before all that, though, was a breakfast of donuts, chocolate milk and cofee in bed.

Then, for lunch, we went to my favorite place - Punjab Tandoori. Now, the best part. We went to the hobby store close by and bought me my very own helicopter - freaking awesome!

Dinner was steak and baked potatoes. Basically, I got to eat all day and play with my new manly toy (until I broke it, just slightly and totally fixable). Greatest Fathers' Day ever.

Row Your Boat

We tried out kayaking for the first time ever last weekend. It was tons of fun and only one of us (not me) almost flipped over!

We also went to the annual church picnic last week. Zach played frisbee with his good friend Mauritz, had a water balloon fight, played tug-o-war, and lots of other games. The cutest of all was a relay race where the kids had to crab walk---Zach was surprisingly great at it!

Catching Up

I haven't been so great at posting regularly lately and the pictures are piling up! We've been having lots of fun enjoying the warmer weather and very long summer days. Here are a few of my favorite recent pictures:

learning how dandelions work

buying our "new" very old bike at a flea market

thrilled to see a real-life game of "Kapow" at the Aker Brygge carnival

posing just like Daddy

exploring a nearby island

playing in the sandbox at our apartments

a game of "frees-bee" (as he calls it) with some friends from church

Say "Ah"

We got a card in the mail a few weeks ago notifying us that Zach had a dentist appointment scheduled (things sure do work differently here!), and yesterday was the day.


Kelly and I talked it up to him quite a bit to try and get him excited instead of nervous, and we even practiced saying "ah" and had a pretend exam in the waiting room (see picture above). When his name was called he bravely marched into the exam room, but the second he saw that big chair he lost it (see picture below)!


After a few minutes he finally relaxed and let the dentist do her thing and we were out of there in no time (she basically just counted his teeth and poked at a couple of them). No cavities!