Daringly Adventurous Chicas

On Wednesday, Mom planned on taking Mikaela to Dad's office. However, Mikaela was too scared to walk "all the way there," so she stayed home with Merinda and me. ...and we had a whole lot of fun. :)

First the girls jumped on the trampoline, and then I made them take pictures with me.

So, Merinda was just thrilled at the opportunity...well, sort of... :/ ...

But, she's still smokin' hot! ;)

After pictures in the yard/garden, we went back inside, ate, played cards, then set off on our daringly adventurous walk!

I absolutely love the crosswalk signs here! The man has a HAT!! <3

Cool, huh? :)

I LOVE MY SISTERS! Oh, gosh. They're so cute.

I told Merinda to go stand under the clock. Then I asked her, "What time is it?" She stared at the clock for a while then said "Four fifty-two." So I had to rephrase the question, or rather, demand, "No, *show* me what time it is."

"Oh." She raised her hands to the 10 o'clock position.

"No! Put your hand up a bit!" ...well, we eventually got it right-ish. :)

We have discovered a reliever for walking up hills! Just have someone stand behind you, and push! :D

This picture was taken in someone's yard, and they looked out the window, so I whispered to the girls, "Hurry up, guys. Someone's watching us..."

This is the "Caution: Children playing" sign...and Merinda chillin'.

Yay!! We made it back to the house!!

And then we went on the balcony...

This is Merinda *not* posing. ;)

And Mikaela was making a "cute" face for the camera.

And I'm just naturally like this--all the time! :)

Norge-first 3 days

The day after arriving (which took one more plane ride than we had planned on), we went on a "walk" (as my parents would like to call it, but to the truly realistic people, it was in face a sight-seeing exploration).

So, we saw the old Bergen, the original settlement of the German merchants. Note that this alleyway is right smack dab in the middle of the city, but you just turn down an alley and whalah! There you go!

Jaa!!

This lovely building is the house where plays and musicals are performed.

And this fellow, well, I just thought he was good lookin'.

Ah, yes. By the end of our excursion, I was too tired to do chase after Merinda, no matter how great the pictures could have turned out. Instead I told her to run down to the "big statue thing", and then proceeded to use the Zoom feature on my camera. Ah, what a delight.

***NOTE: Any "factual" information from this post regarding places is not 100% accurate. I may have been preoccupied during our "walk" to listen to the whole bit of information. Most of the subject matter is purely opinion...well, sort of. ;)