Monday, July 28, 2008

We were in lovely Decorah, IA this weekend for the Hovden family reunion (my mom's family). Soren had his first kransekake and lefse at Nordic Fest, petted/mauled some chicks (of the baby chicken variety, no worries Millie!), saw lots of corn and the old family farm, and generally charmed the heck out of people. What he didn't do was sleep aside from in the car, so mom and dad saw LOTS of corn fields! On Sunday over 300 Hovdens gathered, all decendents of two brothers who came over from Norway in the late 1800's (Soren's great-great-great-grandfather Guttorm and his brother Knut).

Now we're back home and resting up for the annual Albright Family Brulympics next weekend. Soren is working on memorizing Trivial Pursuit cards so he can contribute! This is our year, I can feel it!

2 comments:

Mary said...

Already trying to win by cheating, huh? Adding an extra team member? Did the commissioner OK a team of 3?? I think if Soren wants to compete, he's gotta find a partner of his own. Maybe Millie's free...

Alex said...

As soon as Millie wakes up from her nap I will start practicing random trivia with her. No worries Soren, it's in the bag.