weekend

I started to paint our bedroom grey yesterday - love it so far... :)

But today it's Sunday and we had sun...

In the woods we went, meeting up with some other families from church...

My two oldest boys and I followed the trail a little further up and enjoyed the view

(and some mommy-time ;)

Some places the trail was pure ice...

Just enjoying the beauty of God's creation.

farm house table

... and the last of christmas flowers.

(What is it with me that I can't throw away flowers before they really have died? ;)

The farmhouse table is our old IKEA Norden table with some planks on top.

I'm happy how it turned out, but not really sure with the color I used for the legs.

I just painted them once and I need to do one more coat... 

(see the plastic sheet is still under ;)

The color is a light grey, though a little darker than the bench, but the slight pink/purple hue is bothering me.

My inspiration pic was some shades darker... shall I get new paint?

scource

I think I have to. Or will mixing it with some black paint do the trick?

New Year and christmas recap

Happy new year!

The older the children get the more I appreciate holidays and school breaks... so good to have everybody home, even Mr Viking was home every day between christmas and new year!

Add the beloved aunt R to the mix (who spent her christmas break from her bible school year in England here with us) and everybody's happy!

Christmas eve we set up a long table in the kitchen/dining room and enjoyed traditional pinnekjøtt for dinner.

The table cloth wasn't ironed - but cloth napkins give the feeling of some luxary ;).

Mismatched wine glasses, my grandmothers silver cuttlery and my husbands grandmothers china.

Some straps of Hadanger lace and some burlap and a little greenery.

And my husband made the best mashed rutabaga (yellow turnip) I ever tasted!

Merry christmas!

fourth of advent

We finally lit the fourth candle (finally for the children - a little too quick for me).

December has been busy. Once more I spent a night at hospital, this time with my little girl who got a hard soccer ball kicked at her head, which resulted in a concussion.

We are thankful that she got over it quickly.

Than my husband lay new flooring in our entry - I'm SO thankful for this. The old stained carpet with it's strange blue color gone!!!  :)

Anyhow it's soon christmas and yesterday I finally got the chance to get some greenery from my in-law's  garden and made several wreaths and I added some greenery around the house...

... and finally the christmas feeling is here!

a day's worth of wood

The temperatures have dropped below the freezing point.

That means keeping the fire alive is high on my priority.

It's strange to have only one child home in the mornings.

But we enjoy these mornings tremendously, he and I.

And the more is going on in the afternoons with homework, music lessons, soccer practice and cooking dinner... 

but in the evenings we lit some candles and gather in the living room while the wood stove still spreads its warmth.

even in the stable there was no room for them...

because babyboy thinks it makes a great garage for his cars ;).

Funny. But it made me think. 

Am I so busy, that even "in the stable" there's no space for Jesus?

Restored.

(at least until babyboy needs another garage)