We got a new baby!

We just got a new baby in our home, thats right. He is a cute baby boy, and quite hairy one. His name is KIMI. His is a retreiver, smart and obedient little fellow. Few weeks ago we were in Stavanger and visited our friends, their dog had gotten 7 puppies and of course we had to get one, Marianne had been lobbying for dog and when I saw these little cuties I had no heart to say no.

Vacation in England 17.04-24.04.2008

Our family has a tradition to travelt to England once a year . We simply cannot get enough of this mangnificent country, it attracts us with its fantastic culture, architecture, history and not least shopping :) We spent 4 days in London: this time we visited The British Museum, London Zoo and the Imperial War Museum. I am very impressed of our kids because they are as exited about museums as their parents, they enjoy culture which is not very common with children at their age. We were visiting Londons attractions by buss and subway. We also shopped til we almost dropped, the prices in England are so cheap compared to Norway! After 4 days in London we rented a car and headed to Stonehenge which was fantastic...there is spooky silence in area it felt almost as past generations wanted to tell us their story. From Stonehenge we drove to Cheltenham in central England, Mariannes best friend lives there, she is married to englishman. Lowater family is awesome: friendly and hospitable, Ben (the husband) is a busy man, he works for secret service and is also a stake president of a Cheltenham stake, Ingerbrit is home with kids and also studies to became a writer or a poet. They have 4 kids about the same age than ours, , mother Ingerbrit was baptized about the same time as Marianne in the beginning of 90's. We stayed at their place fo 3 days, it was a great way to learn more about english lifestile and to get to know some of countrys traditions. We had a great trip and will be back in England next year.

Circus is coming to town...

Circus visited Haugesund and the we had an opportunity to attend the event as a family. The program was 1st class and especially kids enjoyed alot, Johannes was eager to see his favourite elefants: they were the stars of the evening and impressed the publicum with an awesome show. This was the first time in circus for Marianne and Ismo. The whole family were enjoying the show in the first row seats and the atmosphere was quite electric only couple of meters from performers. It was a great evening that everybody in Hiltunen family will remember.