Kine, Maja, Areli, and Trine are pursuing various fields of study. Jonas is finishing secondary school and working part-time. Aud Karin and Ragnar took a trip visiting 3 capital cities in 3 countries in 1 day. They are moving to a new home and spent time with family over the summer, including a family reunion at their summer house. Aud Karin and Ragnar wish everyone a Happy New Year.
2. Kine - the
oldest of Aud
Karin - works
part-time at
SignoConrad
Svendsen
Center,
studying at
the University
College of
Oslo and
Akershus to
become
teacher in Art
and Crafts,
elected
member of the
Student
Parlament
and found
herself a
MOAI.
3. Maja, Aud Karin's second oldest, is studying Business Administration /
Management at California Lutheran University
4. Areli, Ragnar's oldest, got her DRIVERS LICENSE, and changed her studies to Sports and
Movement, still at the NTNU. Excercising, biking back and forth and works at a Gym, has
moved to Steinan and begun powerlifting - she knows must carry her father around in a few
years time ....and have learned from him to take upside-down
pictures of beautiful ladies!
5. Trine, Ragnar's youngest, studying Law at UiO, lives with Kaja and Anna in
Uranienborg, working at the full-time care at school there - and went to
NYC in october. Trine also attended the first of 7 weeks of SIGN
LANGUAGE COURSE FOR ADULT RELATIVES TO DEAF at ?L.
6. Jonas, Aud Karin?s youngest - doing last year at Ringstabekk
Secondary School and acting in the the school cabaret, had his
confirmation in september, did cook a CHICKEN in COCA
COLA, and has got his first job: KIWI Kj?rbo!
7. Aud Karin began the year swimming in the sea the 2. of
january at our ¡°SUMMER HOUSE¡±. Still working at
Sk?dalen, learning English at the adult education center at
Skullerud, has received some roses in 2011 as well, hurted her
arm when she fell on ice in March and we have seen a
some weddings!
8. Aud Karin found a NICE Fiat 500, and has started practice driving, hill starting and
everything, did wash BlueTUTh, we had a visit from Aud Karin's sister, Marianne, Frank
and Oda, and we also found a beautiful black car!
9. Aud Karin and Ragnar got VIDEO mobiles, label
iPad - useful and very fun!
10. Ragnar began the year swimming in the sea the 2. of
january at our ¡°SUMMER HOUSE¡±, thrives at his
ambulant work, and goes the 15kms to/from work
1-2 times a week, - AND HE HAS TRIED ROCK
CLIMBING ¨C getting appr 1 meter up before
freezing due to his vertigo... and have had many
pleasant gatherings with Herman whos is working
in Oslo and living in Trondheim
11. Ragnar went on Continuing Education in Trauma Terapy at Ullev?l,
and Continuing Education in Motivational Interviewing at the
University College at Levanger, 6 ganterings, tarvelling up and down,
and also attended his 3d. of 7 weeks og SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE
FOR FAMILY OF ADULT DEAFS at ?L, together with Trine, and
eating KOGEL MOGEL at his Moms on May 17th., one of the 12 times
he was in Trondheim, and celbrated his cousin Unni?s 50.5-years!
12. Ragnar still poduces crossword
puzzles to street magazine
Sorgenfri + H?GSKOLEAVISA,
and partispated in this year's CRAB-HUNTING-AND-EATING-
WEEKEND in Simavik in ?fjorden!
13. The beautiful city of Bratislava - where we
stayed at a riverboat hotel on the Danube!
14. 3 meals in 3 capitals in 3 countries on 1 day: Breakfast in Bratislava!
16. 3 meals in 3 capital cities in 3 countries on 1day: Lunch in
Vienna sausages f?course! Guys whipping around and
many guys in folk costumes! Gunda was travelling with us!
17. .... 3 meals in 3 capitals in 3 countries on 1 day - dinner in Budapest, the
beautiful town where we lived in a design hotel on the Danube.
18. We enjoy the bath Sz¨¦chenyi Gy¨®f¨¹rd? in Budapest with 0 ¡ã in the air!
19. Emptying the house
in Trondheim,
Trondheim-Lysaker
x4 in 5 weeks, up and
down ¨C when you
meet eye-to-eye with
the tumble dryer
AND the washing
maschine in the rear
mirror ¨C we spell
M-O-V-I-N-G!
20. We have bought a new flat, under construction and to be completed in June -
Arneberg GARDEN ¨C moving 900 meters, and have put up Michelets Vei 15a for sale!
21. We went to Kristiansand in May, confirmation of Berit's twins
Marie and Trine, and for Elias' baptism!
3-of-a-kind!
22. The nephews, nieces, grand-nephews and grand-nieces in Chile: Lalo did a show for children in
a Santiago Wanderers event, and been interviewed on TV as eyewitness to a lynching mob,
Christian is CANU, Tamara and Rocio and Bastian and Sofia are all growing fast!
23. When the bomb hit Oslo on the 22d of July, we checked that all the nearest was ok ¨C and
our 5 children were all in in Oslo, and several of the nieces and nephews ¨C but all of them
well - and took off to the summer house with Trine, Jonas, Hanne and three bikes behind,
crab hunting, fishing, boating and family reunion. We repesented all 4 sibling families at
the summer house for a while and Jonas collected crabs to Andrea in his short pockets!
26. Juan married this summer and we had a great bachelor party with rock climbing and
found THE FANTASTIC, UNEXPECTED GUITAR MAN on the tram improvising
for Juan - and got the whole wagon to back him up!
27. This year's Uncle-football-match was RBK-Start 19 Sept: 4-1! A tradition
thruogh many years, Uncle Ragnar invites all his nephews and nieces on
his side, with everyones children and girl/boyfriends
- we have been from 10-15 persons
28. Jonas - Aud Karin's youngest - was confirmed and celebrated 03.09.11
29. The Cultural Year of 2011 included Ragnar and Jan at THE WALL
in Telenor Arena, some football matches; Aud Karin, Astrid
and Ragnar at wine course during the DEAF CULTURAL
DAYS and much more ... and we still do have that nice
Sign-Language-TV-channel
30. Ragnar and Aud Karin has also been the 3 times at
Theatre Manu, the Sign Language Theatre, we saw
MUNCH-ice sculptures during the Ski World Cup, and
Ragnar and Kine have been many times the Astrup
Fearnley Museum, including the Warhol exhibition ...
31. Our dear friend Ala celebrated her 50years in Gdansk with Norwegians, Poles,
Swedes and Germans, friends and family, Hearing and Deaf
32. Out-door: biking and skiing, summer and winter, coffee in Lillehammer and Aud
Karin and Astrid in the mountains, L?rdalselva, the Sign Language-Hiking-group
and Trine biking downhill from the ?l
38. Ragnar's birthday 4. dec visits including Trine, Kine,
Astrid, Jan, Gro, Dina, Linda, and Betu.
39. Christmas visit to Magne&Co in Skien, together with Arvid, Berit and
Elias. Magne fixing Mac, and Elias Ipad-skyping cousin ?Kasper
40. We have prepared and eaten much sushi, and of course we ate delicious BRYNDZOV?
HALUSKY in Slovakia, we have made Ceviche, Latin America uncooked, unfried - but acid-
prepared fish, Ragnar made lutefisk for first time to Juan, Claudio and Jan! Aud Karin eating
NORDFJORD-
KEBAB - lefse with
lutefisk & potatoes...