The Stavdals

Our oldest boys watched The Matrix recently, and Mathias was allowed to peep through just a few cool scenes from the film. He was fascinated by the dodging of bullets. Soon after, he appeared in the doorway of our...

Tromsø skiklubb (The Skiclub of Tromsø) arranged the last club competition of the season on Wednesday 26. April. Thomas and his two team mates eagerly took part in this sportive event. Close to a hundred contestants glided strenuously cross the slushy snow to win the great relay.

The largest North Norwegian Gymnastics Competition ever took place the weekend from 13. - 15. April with about 450 contestants. After a grand opening, the artistic gymnastics for the men and women gathered a packed tribune. Andreas seemed to enjoy his participation in the competition, but was unlucky in a couple events and ended up fourth.

Just when winter appeared to be surrendering, it decided to strike back one more time with chilly gusts and another 20 cm of snow. This made skiing in the mountains a high risk we didn't dare take. Spending Easter skiing in the mountains is, by the way, an activity popular with Norwegians during the Easter holiday. It's the last chance of having both relatively warm weather and good skiing conditions.