Scandinavian Heritage Village Visit

Gol Stave Church (Norway)

Glen & Cindi spent a week on vacation, visiting South Dakota, North Dakota, and taking Amtrak from Minot, ND to Seattle, WA. These photos are from Minot's Scandinavian Heritage Park, featuring buildings and statues and fountains that are tributes to various Scandinavian countries. It was in the 90's that day, so we rushed through in honor of the Peterson Swedish heritage, and the fact that there wasn't much else to do in Minot.

Dala Horse (Sweden)

Dala Horse (Sweden)

Hans Christian Anderson & Windmill (Norway)

http://www.scandinavianheritage.org/tour.htm

Petersons at the wedding

Uncle Brad Peters sent Steffi and me his DVDs of pictures from the wedding.  Before we get them all processed on our side of things, here's a picture of all the Petersons who were present.

Thanks for coming!
 :)

The Newlyweds

Congratulations, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Wilson

Invocation

A student took this photo of me at Whittier College Commencement ceremonies where I was invited to pray the invocation including the Quaker moment of silence last week. It was a great day to see some of the students who became friends and meet their parents. President Herzberger said some very nice things about me. Cindi and I got to eat dinner at Wardman House, Whittier College President's residence the evening before.

Välkommen

Welcome to the blog, Steffi! We were getting a little bland and needed you to spice up the blog. Since you'll be changing your name, we won't need to change the title of the blog to include Hydanus (unless everyone wants to see the whole family's incorporation to the blog).

 "Välkommen" is Swedish for "welcome."

Popcorn is good for you! But we all knew that already.

Summer wedding

You are all invited to the June 23 wedding of Daniel Wilson and Stephanie Hydanus, at Foothill Bible Church in Upland, CA, 2pm sharp. But even if you don't make it for the ceremony, you might make it for the cake & punch reception afterward.

You'll probably see your invitations in your hands in the next few weeks. But you can email danielandsteffi@yahoo.com to let us know if you're coming or not. I would love to see all human members of the blog there! The church's address is 1330 W. 15th Street, Upland CA 91786.

And they lived ever increasingly like their Lord ever after.

Hey everyone. I love you all!

O.K. So my best story involves going to dinner in a restaurant that thinks that I care whether or not the napkin they provide for me coordinates with my pants/skirt (black for black or dark colors, white for light colors...the nightmare of lint...). This issue pales when confronted with the Facebook page, "You Know You Grew Up in Whittier if..." My new obsession...Henshaws, Rubis, Mrs. Butterfield at East Whittier, Beach Blvd., I can't get enough. I admit it here and right now. Do not judge me too harshly since my sister has posted on the above mentioned Facebook page, too...and she is SO much better than I will ever be.

New Weather Sticker for Cedar Grove

Rob told me that he was at Hole in the Wall at Cedar Grove, CA where highway 180 ends. So, I found a new weather Sticker from Weather Underground for that geography. It took a bit to make it work as they do not have our old format for stickers any more.

Let me know if you want any other weather updates here.


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Rob's Front Porch

Here is a photo of one of the places Rob camped this summer while working in King's Canyon National Park. I think it is near Rae Lakes? Anyway, the the blog post of May 15, 2011, there are photos of near this same area. So here is an actual shot from "Rob's room."