Saturday Nights

The past few Saturdays we have enjoyed lots of young people joining us for a fun evening of just hanging out in our home.

A great way of getting to know them in an informal way. They have brought lots of joy and laughter to our normally quiet home, while chatting over a cup of cofee.


People from Germany, Northern Ireland, Norway, England, United States, the Netherlands and Faroe Islands have tried our 'famous' Canadian game.

I wonder why they all want Ragnar to be their team mate?!?!

Enjoying a game of Uno

or my favorite, Dutch Blitz.

While others are working away at a Jig Saw Puzzle.

Or hanging out in our kitchen.

We really have enjoyed our first few 'Open Home' Saturday nights, and look forward to many more as the school year goes on.

British Relatives

One of our relatives in the Faroe Islands has been working on the Niclasen family tree for quite some time. When we saw him in May, he told us that we had 3 second cousins living in England. So Ragnar went to his home one day and they looked up where they were living. Can you believe that one of them lives within a 10 min. drive of us, another one within an hour's drive, and the 3rd about a 2 hour drive which is on the way to Craig and Claire's? We could hardly believe it and since then have had the opportunity to visit all 3 of them. Pete and Mary have also been to visit us.

Ragnar with Pete and Mary.

Looking at family photos.

Mary's mom was born and brought up in the Faroe Islands, but she has not yet had the opportunity to visit there. She and her son are planning a trip for this coming summer, so she has lots of questions about the weather, culture and language.
Pete showed us around their orchard - plenty of plums.
Lots of apples too.

Beautiful property.

Walking Tour

Walking tour of the staff houses for the new students. They came in groups of 6-8 and only had about 10 minutes in each house.

It was a fun way for us to get to know each other a little bit. We had all given them a clue for them to try and identify us.

Our clues were "I grew up near Anne of Green Gables Home' (I'm the only Canadian here) and 'Our grandkids come in pairs.' Most of them were able to guess us quite easily.

We were sure they really appreciated it when one of the students left and said, "Thank you for your hostility." One of those 'fun' language mistakes that you can laugh over when you know the language better!!