I can’t believe another week has passed.  And then I remember September is nearly here and I’m even more amazed.  We’re quickly coming to the first anniversary of our move here and I can hardly believe that!

We took Lars and Maria and the boys to the airport on Wednesday for their flight to Denmark. We loved having company but are worn out now, and looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. It’s great to have people visit us though. I think with Northern Ireland being such a similar [...]

We are so excited to have the whole Kristiansen gang here with us for the week.  That is Lars, Maria, Luca, and Silas for those of you who don’t know them.  They are in the process, albeit a rather long one, of moving to Newcastle to join us in our work here.  And we get [...]

You might recognize some of these places by now, as this is one of our favorite places here – Tollymore Forest Park.  Some of our favorite spots were blocked off when we went because a movie (Your Highness, I’ve been told) was being filmed.  It was raining, so nobody out filming.  I’m looking forward to [...]

My dear parents flew home yesterday after a whirlwind 3-week adventure here with us.  And we were absolute failures at communicating with the world during that time.  Sorry about that.  Right now we’re both in recovery mode, though Mark seems to be ahead of me on that front.  We’ll do some extra blogging in the [...]