In order to make the blogs less nerdy, I, Katherine, decided to take the wheel this time. Last night, we fell gracefully into a reindeer-induced sleep, but most of us kept waking up since it looked light the WHOLE night....turns out that "The Land of the Midnight Sun" is actually true..who knew?! I figured it was more like an exaggeration, like how SC is full of "Smiling Faces and Beautiful Places"...clearly the author of that sentiment hadn...

Breaking news......five of our seven pieces of luggage have been found and are at the house, to bad for Katherine and Trent......hopefully theirs will be here tomorrow. Today, we took a mini tour of Tromso; we visited the Arctic museum and walked all along the harbor. When we returned from downtown, Trine made yet another delicious meal. Much to Trent's delight we had meat and potatoes, although instead of beef we had.......(drum roll).....reindeer meat, regu...

Well..........we finally made it! After what can only be described as a travel disaster, we finally arrived together at the Fundindsrud's home by 8:30 p.m. their time, with an amazing meal following shortly. Although we have nothing but the clothes on our backs, or maybe in our "carry on's", spirits are high. We have been reassured by several sources, including Siri herself, that we are likely to receive our lost luggage within a day or two.......whi...

The day is finally here! After waking up at 6 o'clock this morning, everyone should be very pleasant on the plane........Hans may think that zombies are invading Norway when we get there. Anyway, wish us luck......no missed flights or lost luggage! PS: Big thanks to Grandma and Martha for getting us to the airport!

Today the madness of packing, sorting, and organizing begins. All of the girls are wondering how many pounds of shoes they can take, and Dad is already imagining disaster scenarios. This trip is going to be intense!