Thank Heaven for grand children!

We have had a busy Christmas 

with two babies and two toddlers.

 The babies eat, sleep and smile,

- most of the time.

The toddlers kept us on our toes.

Two very active little ones,

and they both sure look like little angels!

Our youngest grand-daughter was Christened

in the Norwegian Seaman's Church in Houston, 

December 25 th.
She is "a doll"!

Look who's visiting!

Two of the babies are her for Christmas already.

And look who loves  to sleep

at "mormors" bed,
and who loves to watch television on my bed...

Hopefully the other two will not get stuck

at an European airport

somewhere.

Not the best weather reports,

we are crossing our fingers...

Det lir mot jul

...og temperaturen i Texas kan svinge 

fra frostnetter til 25-30 grader på en og samme dag.

Eini liker seg godt foran peisen.

Hestene på Pinbrook koser seg ute,

helt sikkert mer nå 

enn i sommer månedene.

Yngste datteren rir her hver lørdag,

og vi "gamle" synes det er greit 

å rusle litt rundt mens vi venter.

Hjemme venter vi innrykk av barn og barnebarn.

Det blir godt å være sammen denne høytiden.

Ha  en God Jul alle sammen!

Kine

Kinemor, our dear four legged furry friend,

left us a few weeks ago.

Right in the middle of all sadness,

she picked her time..

It might seem like a lot to handle,

and we are very, very sad for her leaving us.

But Roy's passing have naturally overshadowed Kine's.

Roy was just asking for her,

worried about her deteriorating health and old age,

and Kine always loved it when he came visiting.

I like to think they are together somewhere.

Jeg har funnet frem litt garn

De minste barnebarna trenger sokker

og mormor trenger å holde på med noe produktivt.

Livet går videre, en dag følger en annen,

tankespinnet i hodet leter etter noe å holde fast i.

"Sorg går ikke over. 

Den tar bare en annen form.
En sorg ligner på havet. 

Til å begynne med er bølgene veldig krappe. 

Så kommer dønningene,
men det blir aldri mer havblikk."

The video below...

Wanted to share this video. It was made by Roy's friends and cousins for his memorial. His F.B. wall has been visited often by those who loved him and miss him, and although he didn't use Face Book a lot himself, it has been a place to share love and comfort for a great guy.
He wrote his own music, he loved to play his guitar, his didgeridoo, drums, flutes etc. and it is him performing.
He used the artist name "Roy Raggsokk", a name he got because he always wore woolen knitted socks.

Roy Raggsokk