Project Week

This blog post is entitled "Project Week" because we spent our time crab fishing and car shopping.  We actually made our final purchase on a car TODAY, so pictures will be posted on the next blog.  We're excited for that! 

Blake always finds the best hide-and-seek 

spots. 

Purchasing toys for Blake is pointless 

considering he prefers sticks that he finds

around the property.  

Bjørn and Eivind getting things ready for

crab fishing. 

Bjørn pulling up a crab pot. 

Sometimes we catch lobsters during crab fishing.  We 

throw them back because we cannot legally keep 

lobsters until October. 

A few crabs from the days catch.  

Amdahl farm has many fruit trees.

This tree in particular, is a plum tree.  

Here is a closer look of the plum tree.  It's

in season now so when we're hanging out 

on the farm, we wander over to the plum 

trees for a quick snack.  

A nice sunset view at Amdahl farm. 

Kristine's grandfather is working on clearing

a field of large rocks.  The rocks will eventually

be placed in the ocean to create a pier for the

neighbor.  It's also beneficial for clearing the land

for better farming conditions.  

Kristine's little toad friend. 

At one time, there were many workers on 

the farm.  These workers stayed in small

shack like homes.  The remains of these

small homes are still found around the farm.

To my understanding, these homes stood 

in the early 1800's...could be wrong though...

My favorite time of the day is evening.  The

farm looks great this time of day.  This is a 

nice picture of the farm house, barn, and 

Mount Hest.   

We boiled the crabs after catching them.  Kristine, her

grandmother, and sister prepared the crabs to be eaten.

In total, we caught about 30, which is plenty for

a nice family meal. 

This is how the crabs looked just before we ate them.

Crab claws

Crab bodies

A nice picture of Kristine, Eivind, her grand
parents, Bjørn, and Anna. 

I'm really excited about watching the Packers

this season.  Watching them from Norway

will take some getting used considering 

not many people are interested in American

football.  

This is a picture of our kitchen.  And yes, 

that's a cutting boar shaped like America.  

This is another picture of our kitchen from a different

angle.  It's not a large kitchen by any means, but for

Kristine and myself, it works well.  

This is a picture of our living area.  It's a large space

with lots of natural light.  The folks before us left their 

piano.  That could come in handy someday.  

This is our living area from a different angle.  The 

object on the right side is a wood burner.  

We plan on  using this in the winter time.  Our 

landlord kindly offered us free fire wood to use.  

Living room picture.  I think I took this 

photo while the Packer game was on.