Take Five - the Answers!

Well, this must be getting easier!  We receieved 10 guesses (and 2/5ths of a guess from Jeff Risbrudt!), and 9 out of 10 of you were correct!

Here are the results:

Baby A is Luke

Baby B is Britta

 

Baby C is Erik

 

Baby D is Annika

Baby E is Noah

 

Congratulations to:

Berit Ottosson
Verna Rogness
Jodie Jensen
Eva Svedin
Amelia Svedin
Jennifer Strand
Joel & Holly Gregory
Shannon Suderman

Denise Risbrudt

Jeff Risbrudt, you get some credit for correctly guessing just Erik and Noah, and Auntie Jennifer, you were right on Britta, Erik and Noah - just swapping Luke and Annika.

Thanks to everyone for playing along!  Hope to keep posting more family happenings.  It's just that all the family happenings keep me from finding time to post said family happenings!! Ha!

Take 5

Some of you have been asking for our picture comparison, so here it is! This is each of our five babies at 10 days old. Can you guess who is who? Just leave your best guess in the comments and we'll let you know the correct answer in a few days!

Baby A

Baby B

Baby C

Baby D

Baby E

All Smiles

We had a very casual Bjorndahl Family Christmas the night before welcoming all the extended family.  Here's a favorite picture taken just before we opened presents.  (Lukey wouldn't slow down enough to be photographed!)

School Christmas Program

The boys had a sweet Christmas program at school this year.  It is extra special for us right now because the Kindergarten and First Grade classes do their programs, field trips and special projects together, so we always get a "two for one" experience!  Their classes sang a wonderful variety of songs worshipping the King!!

 Noah has 22 kids in his Kindergarten class.

 Erik only has 11 kids in his class!

Here's the whole group - are those choir robes adorable or what!  On the last day of school before vacation their classes were supposed to go to a local nursing home to carol and perform for the residents.  Unfortunately, we had a bad ice storm and school was cancelled.  I hope they can reschedule in January - the program was such a blessing and I would just love for them to share it again!

Halloween

It was such a beautiful Fall!  Henrik and the kids were able to carve pumpkins on the deck without coats! 

 Carving was interrupted by a quick trip to the clinic for some "glue" to patch up Noah's wrist.  Guess we'll be a little more careful next year!

A Vikings football player, a dalmation puppy, Princess Ariel and Mario.  Quite an eclectic crew!

School Days

Let the effort begin! I miss blogging! And I miss terribly, the record keeping that it provides for our children. I'm not a scrapbooker, so blogging is it, and I'm determined not to let any more sweet memories slip away! It may not be ultra creative, or even consistent for that matter, but I'm going to get started and see if I can savor these sweet days a bit more!

To get started, we'll jump back a couple of months and share a few pictures from the beginning of the school year.

Noah is now in Kindergarten, and was all smiles and confidence on his first day of school. He has 22 kids in his class and a wonderful teacher and teaching assistant. Friends are very important to Noah, so recess is an obvious highlight for him everyday. He was very proud of his recent participation in the Thanksgiving Program at school, and loves to sing all the Kindergarten songs.

Erik is now in 1st Grade and is learning to read! It is amazing to see his understanding expand everyday. He seems to be enjoying every subject, but it's becoming evident, that his brain is wired for math. He just thinks about the world in a mathematical sort of way. Right now at school, running laps is his main focus. Every recess is spent running, earning his way to a t-shirt after he accomplishes 500 laps!

Noah's Kindergarten School Picture

Erik's First Grade School Picture

And the Answer is . . .

Baby A is Annika

Baby B is Erik

Baby C is Luke

Baby D is Noah

Seven of you guessed correctly!!!

Mike & Lynae

Joel & Holly

Sam & Lindsay

Richard & Denise

Grandpa & Grandma

Chris & Jennifer

Ben & Jodie

So we threw all the correct answers in a hat and the winner is . . .

Richard & Denise!!!!!

Ironically enough, they were the winners of our last "Who's Who" contest when Annika was born! Congratulations to all of you who guessed correctly, and most of all, thank you for sharing in our joy as we celebrate these precious gifts from the Lord!!!

Who's Who Take Two

It's time once again for the Who's Who picture comparison!! We've taken a picture of each of our babies at 10 days old. See if you can guess who's who!!!

A

B

C

D

Who knows? Maybe if we get our act together, we'll even send out a prize to the winning guess! No worries if you struggle. Even Henrik has a hard time figuring out who is who!!! Good luck!