weekend

I started to paint our bedroom grey yesterday - love it so far... :)

But today it's Sunday and we had sun...

In the woods we went, meeting up with some other families from church...

My two oldest boys and I followed the trail a little further up and enjoyed the view

(and some mommy-time ;)

Some places the trail was pure ice...

Just enjoying the beauty of God's creation.

farm house table

... and the last of christmas flowers.

(What is it with me that I can't throw away flowers before they really have died? ;)

The farmhouse table is our old IKEA Norden table with some planks on top.

I'm happy how it turned out, but not really sure with the color I used for the legs.

I just painted them once and I need to do one more coat... 

(see the plastic sheet is still under ;)

The color is a light grey, though a little darker than the bench, but the slight pink/purple hue is bothering me.

My inspiration pic was some shades darker... shall I get new paint?

scource

I think I have to. Or will mixing it with some black paint do the trick?

New Year and christmas recap

Happy new year!

The older the children get the more I appreciate holidays and school breaks... so good to have everybody home, even Mr Viking was home every day between christmas and new year!

Add the beloved aunt R to the mix (who spent her christmas break from her bible school year in England here with us) and everybody's happy!

Christmas eve we set up a long table in the kitchen/dining room and enjoyed traditional pinnekjøtt for dinner.

The table cloth wasn't ironed - but cloth napkins give the feeling of some luxary ;).

Mismatched wine glasses, my grandmothers silver cuttlery and my husbands grandmothers china.

Some straps of Hadanger lace and some burlap and a little greenery.

And my husband made the best mashed rutabaga (yellow turnip) I ever tasted!