It seems like the last 5 weeks have gone by so fast and now we are trying to fit in the rest of the things we kept saying we were going to do while we are here. This past Tuesday, we spent a good part of the day driving around on some of the islands and went to the top of a lighthouse on Alnes. We saw a church dating back to the 1100s on Giske, and got to take a lot of pictures of Aalesund from various places. On Wednesday, Alana and I went with Jessica and Anna on a trip on a Viking Ship! That was a lot of fun and Alana really seemed to enjoy being out on the water. We’ve been to the beach a few times and Lanie loves being in the water. I have a lot of new pictures to post and am going to try to get as many as I can up tonight. The pictures from the rest of our trip will have to wait until I get home since this will probably be my last chance to get my computer online.

Enjoy the new pictures which start in the July 2, 2005 folder.

Alana has grown so much on this trip. I just continue to be amazed by her, as I am sure everyone else is! When we left on our trip, I had just started teaching Lanie to show us where her nose is. Now she can show you where her nose, eyes, mouth, ears, hair, belly, feet, and fingers are! She knows that a hairbrush goes in her hair and a toothbrush goes in her mouth. We ask her to get things and she goes and actually gets the right thing! She even understands things we tell her in Norwegian. When I say “Mama faa nussen?” (Mommy get a kiss?), she will open her mouth to give me kiss! (of course, only when she wants to!) Isn’t she amazing!

-Kellie