Changing more than pants?

Mr. Editor: I believe you mean "Norris and Stevie," not "Tom and Stevie."

The Swedish Birthday Song

By popular demand here again is a link to the...
Swedish Birthday Song lyrics and tune!
From Paul:
It is generally referred to as Ja, Må Han Leva! (Yes, May He Live!) Although the subject may also be she or they.

A couple of pronunciation tips. Pronounce 'r' in the front of your mouth. (Not the guttural American way.)

Uti (oot-ee) is one word and so is hundrade (hune drah-dee).

Ungame

Tom and Stevie after switching pants.. why? because they had to - the Ungame said so..:)

EDIT: oops.. it was brought to my attention that this picture was NORRIS and Stevie. That's what I get for blogging so late at night. sorry Norris..

Happy Easter! Han är uppstånden!!

Church of Corpus Christi, Easter Vigil 2005
Hope everyone has a happy and blessed Easter!!

Hi from D.C.

Greetings from our nation's capital. I'm attending the National Immunization Conference and my mommy and daddy are running around town getting into trouble. They greatly enjoyed visiting the Basilica (largest Catholic church in the U.S.) and the just-opened "Faces of the Fallen" at Arlington Cemetery--a rendering of all the faces of men and women who have died in Iraq (by different artists).

Tomorrow our boss is giving a plenary talk (to the big group of about 1,500) and I'm giving a workshop presentation (to about 50-100 people). Then, off to the airport to race home for the Holy Thursday service!

I'll see most of you on Easter. John and Lynda, I'll see you in Decatur in a week... I think I saw some monkey grass today.

March 21st Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday, Maria!
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
Love, Nancy

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Happy Birthday, Maria!

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Happy Birthday Maria!

Happy 24th Birthday Maria! I love you.. and a happy first day of spring to everyone else!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday!

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oops! a late invitation

Oops! We are so slow inviting you all to the youth dinner at our church that Joel’s bus driver had to do it!! Don G. drives a university bus and Joel often rides on his bus. We’ve just learned that Don mentioned it before you heard it from us.
Stevie’s youth group (Tom and Beckie are both youth leaders) is having a Mystery
Dinner on Saturday night at 6:00. It is a fundraiser for the summer youth mission trip to New York City. The mystery takes place in the 1930's so you can dress in that fashion for the fun of it, but it’s not required.
The price is $8. per ticket. Call Tom or Nancy to make a reservation by Friday.
We hope y'all can come!

Pod People! On Beyond Blogging!!

The *newest* thing - is Podcasting, kind of like radio blogging! Little sound files that come from amateurs and professional radio sources. They can be music, personal journals, or technical articles. People download them to iPod's or mp3 players and listen to them wherever they choose.

I've been enjoying a number of them - technical interviews, music and such. One I like is by a Dutch priest, Father Roderick Vonhögen, and is called "Catholic Insider." Anyway, I sent him a note last week, and here's what he had to say.

hi ya'll

I played in a tennis tournament at flagship athletic club in eden prairie this weekend. I didnt do very well in singles, but danny wilson(my teammate from school and the 2nd best player in the state) and I won the doubles tournament. we got trophies it was cool. here is a reenactment of the awards ceremony. my trophy is actually bigger than that in real life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40274000/jpg/_40274115_sampo98.jpg

I HEART NYC (and huckabees)

Hey family! So, I'm home from NYC. Here are some pictures. They are, respectively, of: the entire group dressed up before our performance, our choir in front of Manhattan at the Statue of Liberty, and my friends Ashley, Mary and myself. Here you go:

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Trip report

Finally, a few pictures from our trip. Here is the Hellerup park outside our hotel before and after a blizzard. It started snowing when we were in Sweden on Saturday, and continued through the night. Usually, I'm the cheap one regarding taxis, but Joel insisted we drag our suitcases through the half mile of snow from the hotel to the train station.



Here we are in Lund, Sweden. Lisa (right) and Carl (left) are Joel, Paul, John, Matt and Mark's third cousins. Marita is their mother. Lisa's boyfriend Erik is taking the picture. They were most gracious and welcoming. We ate two huge meals in one afternoon.

Anderson Family Blog

Happy Birthday John!

Tillykke med fodselsdagen! Grattis på födelsedagen

Happy Birthday John! (that's Happy Birthday in Danish and Swedish, but you knew that!)

Oops! Missed it by *that* much! But, hey, we just flew in from Copenhagen - and are our arms *TIRED*!

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We had a great time visiting the relatives in Lund!
They were wonderful! Let's hope we can convince them to
come visit us all!

Happy Birthday, JOHN!!

Happy Birthday, John!
And Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow to one and all!
Is this a great family, or what!

Cold Copenhagen

Sitting at the train station, using up our minutes, even though we discovered a free computer in the "business center" of our hotel (a lobby a few feet from our room, with artwork and one PC). We had a few minutes of sun today, but it's still quite blustery walking. We took the train up north a bit to "Louisiana," the modern art museum that Gustaf took Norris to six years ago. Tomorrow we will hop on the train going south and venture into Sweden to meet the relatives.

"Know it? Why, I was a boy here!"

Not quite - but a day rambling around Copenhagen made me feel like Scrooge when he said that, since I was here working for 6 weeks 20 years ago. Teresa and I spent yesterday walking around Copenhagen streets. It was weirdly familiar - I couldn't tell you how to find things here, but.... walking around I'd think "there should be a bookstore here..." and there would be! (Or a Burger King, or a church.... whatever - my memory of twenty years was remarkably accurate).''

Today Teresa is at her WHO meeting (we walked around Hellerup last night, locating her meeting place and then eating at a Pizza joint). Lots of bicycle traffic in town and in our more suburban location, even today when it was a bit rainy.

I'm in Copenhagen today, with plans to wander around some more to see the sites - not just sit in the train station on the internet.