Summer was here

So summer was with us for a good while before we got to get some days off work, late for Norway, most people had already been on hols for a couple of weeks, ahh the restrictions of work :-(

Still can't really complain has been a magnificent summer, a good honest long hot summer.

Firstt up was a visit from G'ma and Auntie Sarah. 

Photo is, amazingly, taken on our balcony at home about 9 ish in the evening. Spoilt, us, maybe a bit. 

Silje fights the wine box.

Henny's official b'day party, a joint celebration with Henrik (9) and Selma (2). Much cake to be had.

Just a boy pushing his baby in a wheelbarrow.

Auntie Sarah entertains the troops herself while waiting for food.

A badly taken self timer shot, what i needed here was a tripod more skill. Still a nice end to a lovely day.

A trip to the theme park is always a winner, especially when

•  the weather is better than forecast
• there aren't that many people there (always a bonus for the Conibears)
• everybody gets to go on lots of rides
• the day is ended with an ice cream

Our own intrepid crash test dummy


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Henny admires her ice cream from afar.

Another trip (for me) on the excellent Flekkefjordbanen, pretty tough going on the way out again, but much free wheeling on the way back.

Henny's new dress, thanks G'ma.

so good we need to see it twice.

More kite flying, mostly because I like it. I could stand flying a kite for hours, the kids, meh, 5 minutes.

more swimming, it looks colder than it was, not that I swam on this particular occasion mind you.

post swim debrief.

Catching some early evening rays at a friend summer house on Ågerøya (zoom in and out to see how
 a m a z i n g   this place is. Spent a wonderful few days here, perfect.

Maud, Ingeborg, Henny

Doesn't get much better than this.

Unless there is ice cream involved

Pretty much wherever you end up on the south coast of Norway there will be a view waiting for you.

Holidays are all to much for some. Probably too much bouncing.

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The last of the days sun

Brand discovered fishing was an excellent pastime. Not all the little fishes agreed.

About all that he usually manages to eat at meal times anyway.

Sleeping off his enormous dinner, probably.

Nothing doing for me though, of course i did have one that got away.

Fish for tea, sadly none that we caught ourselves.

So that was the summer that was, 2014 will go down as maybe not the longest we have spent together for our holidays and we didn't travel more than about 100 km from home, but it didn't make it any less enjoyable.