Not quite Picasso...

...but in our eyes, pretty close!
















Niklas has always liked drawing and painting, but today was special. He drew his first composition, at least the first that we could decipher. And he did it all on his own, with no interference from us. OK, so he left out the body (the straight lines just below the mouth are legs), but that's not so significant. Maybe one day this piece will be worth $$$$ so get your copy now!

First Marriott Hotel for Norway

I am working on a hotel project that will front the runway at Oslo's Gardermoen airport. It will be the first Marriott hotel in Norway, which is exciting! When all is said and done it will be about 23,000 m2 with almost 300 rooms. I will keep you updated as it proceeds, but for now I thought you might like to see some preliminary pictures.

Let me know what you think...

First snowfall

On Sunday, we finally got our first real snowfall this winter! Of course, Niklas and Emma had to go out and enjoy it. While it was Emma's first time actually playing in snow, Niklas acted like it was an old friend. Lots of fun was had by all! (Well, ok, I was shoveling the driveway, as well. Not so much fun!) It was a good thing, too, because the next day the weather warmed up and it started raining. Pictures below!

Our little snow angels

Building a snowman in the back yard

Emma's sporting her brother's old snowsuit

Who is that?

Niklas sure does love his little sister

Never thought a fork could be so much fun

Emma has obviously been taking notes. Yesterday evening we were sitting at the dinner table eating and wouldn't you know it, Emma just started eating with her fork. She would take great care in using the fork to get the food to her mouth. First stabbing the food and then after a few tries getting it to stick, to then have it fall off half way to her mouth. She then proceeded to start the process all over again. What joy it was to see her accomplish this small task that we all take for granted.

Food in question (pancakes on the menu)

trying

trying again

success!