The Stavdals

Dozens of single socks have vanished without leaving a trace! It's a mystery! Look at all the singles in the picture. None of them have a matching sock. Where have all the socks gone? That's the question we're pondering at present. You might have encountered the same puzzling mishap.

Blissfully turning six, Mathias got out of bed early to open those magic presents. Enthusiastically he unwrapped the presents, and although Lego was at the top on his list of wants, he was surprisingly equally happy about the soft presents.

Already a thing of the past, the Christmas of 2005 was undoubtedly one to remember. Having my parents over the week before X'mas and my brother in law with his family the following week, definitely contributed to a fine holiday season. And since all the boys unwrapped indoor bandy sticks on the 24th, this was probably one of the healthiest Christmases we've ever had playing bandy in Ekrehagen school gym almost every day.

We're expecting! Yep, we're getting ready for our baby, our fourth. Isn't that just increadible! And being in week 16 of the pregnancy, it's now showing. Anu has had awful nausea the first 14 weeks, but fortunately that seems to...

The operation was being conducted in secrecy. For months our too-good-to-be-true trip to Sharm El Sheik was kept a secret, because my mom wanted to surprise my dad on his 60th anniversary. While dad was aware that he would be travelling with mom and my sister, he hadn't got the faintest idea that the five of us would be joining them! Since my brother and his girlfriend live in Egypt, not only would this trip be an unbelievably swell birthday present, but a family get-together.