Ski "Hopping" World Cup in Trondheim

Had a great time on Saturday seeing our first ski jumping competition (photos courtesy of Kelly and Linn). We were freezing but cheering on the Norwegian and International competitors with gusto (check out the video below!) What a fun experience- and guess what? We made it on TV! So we are of course now famous to all those who tuned in all around Europe ;)


painting our faces of course- go Norge!

Kiira cheered on her homeland of Finland while Linn was die-hard for Norway, and Kelly split her cheering between Norway and her other heritage from Poland

Our friends Gijs from Netherlands and Magnus from Norway

THANKSGIVING AND MORE WINTER FUN

For those of you who have been wondering, we had a great Thanksgiving celebrating here in Norway with good friends. Of course we missed our families in the U.S. but we did our best to recreate traditional dishes and demonstrated the spirit of Thanksgiving to our international friends. We had more than enough food! Brett and I were able to celebrate Saturday with his basketball coach (who is an American married to a Norwegian) and his family and neighbors, and Sunday we threw a big party at Kelly's apartment. At one point we counted 30 people all cozily squeezed in the one room!
Lately we've been enjoying having a little more time as things have slowed down a bit during the exam period. We even went ice skating last night in the center of the city downtown- it was so much fun! We are also really looking forward to when we will board the plane next Saturday to spend Christmas with family and friends in MN. We hope that we will get to see as many of you as we can if you are in the Twin Cities area!

Kelly made her first turkey! Success!

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The brave and graceful skating group

Team U.S.A. ;)