The Wold's

2009-12-13T16:03:00.001-07:00

Mom, Lucy, Bear and Marius on their way up into the cave at Papago Park (City Park) in Phoenix.
Dad

2009-12-13T16:03:00.000-07:00

.......and now inside the cave. Dad, Lucy, Bear and Marius. AJ thought that playing video games at home would be a much better choice.
Dad

Marius and Lucy in the family room chair

2009-12-08T20:40:00.000-07:00

Dad

Learning to ride a Shetlandpony

2009-11-07T11:40:00.004-07:00

Marit (Olastun) is teaching Bear how to ride.
Dad

Riding the Trolley in Aare, Sweden

2009-11-07T11:40:00.003-07:00

We were riding this cablerun trolley from the midstation down to downtown Aare. Bear in the picture at the front of the trolley.
Dad

Bear in the woods

2009-11-07T11:40:00.002-07:00

Bear is standing in front of a 4 foot tall anthill.
Dad

Bear Fishing

2009-11-07T11:40:00.001-07:00

Bear is fishing at "Vaalvatnet". No freshwater fish biting today. Grandpa says you have to have rain and wind for the fish to bite.

Dad

Riding shetlandspony's

2009-11-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

Marianna is teaching Bear how to ride a Shetlandspony.
Dad

Bear at Midstation in Aare, Sweden

2009-11-07T09:14:00.008-07:00

Bear is eating icecream after a hike in the mountains of Aare.

Dad

Barnparty

2009-11-07T09:14:00.007-07:00

AJ, the other kids and horses at Olastun.

Dad

Bear at Flakk

2009-11-07T09:14:00.006-07:00

Bear on the south shores of Trondheimsfjorden waiting for the Ferry to go to Grandmas farm.

Dad

Bear playing badminton

2009-11-07T09:14:00.005-07:00

Both Bear and AJ got into Badminton on this trip.

Dad

Marius and Bear

2009-11-07T09:14:00.004-07:00

Trond Erik's Marius and Bear horsing around at Grandmas farm.

Dad

Trampoline at Olastun

2009-11-07T09:14:00.003-07:00

Bear did not understand much Norwegian, however, all kids understand the language of the trampoline. Everybody thought it would be fun to get Bear to bounce high and be out of control.

Dad

Grandmas Farm in Norway

2009-11-07T09:14:00.002-07:00

AJ and Bear in front of Grandmas farmhouse and barn.

Dad

Bear at Vaalvatnet

2009-11-07T09:14:00.001-07:00

Bear is making a hot dog stick with his new knife he got from Grandpa.

Dad

Barn Party in Norway

2009-11-07T09:14:00.000-07:00

BarnParty at "Olastun". Shetlandspony's, pizza, saft, and lots of fun games.
Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.010-07:00

Great picture of AJ on Torkel's boat. Marianne in the background. This is on the North shore of Trondheimsfjorden (Stadsbygd).

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.009-07:00

AJ fishing at "Vaalvatnet"
Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.008-07:00

Marianne, Bear and Trond Erik at Dinner in Aare.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.007-07:00

AJ skipping rocks on Trondheimsfjorden from Langfjeara. Trondheim in top left corner.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.006-07:00

AJ, Torkel, Malene, Tone and Marianne at Dinner in Aare.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.005-07:00

Marianne and Torkel in Aare.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.004-07:00

AJ at midstation in Aare. Torkel and Tram in the background.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.003-07:00

Picture from chairlift in Aare, Sweden.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.002-07:00

AJ is eating hot dog on a stick inside a log cabin near "Vaalvatnet". Trond Erik in the background.

Dad

Norway 2009

2009-11-06T11:19:00.001-07:00

Picture of Aare skihill from Hotelroom.

Dad

Bear's Summer Camp

2009-07-06T13:24:00.001-07:00

We picked up Bear from Summer Camp on July 4th. He proudly showed me the tower he was repelling down from. The tower is 60 feet tall. Great job Bear.

Dad

Bears's Summer Camp II

2009-06-28T17:54:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of AJ, Marius and Mom at the camp after we dropped off Bear.

Dad

Bear at Summer Camp

2009-06-28T17:42:00.001-07:00

We just dropped off Bear at Summer Camp near Prescott. This is his room mates. Beatiful camp at 7000 foot elevation. This is Bear's first Summer Camp and he will stay until next Saturday (7 days), when we will pick him up. Good luck Bear.

Dad

Bear's Scout Camp

2009-06-20T15:43:00.001-07:00

This is Den #2 showing off their Pirate Ship. Bear spent the last 3 days at day camp on South Mountain in Phoenix where he did: Basketball, Swimming, Archery, Arts and Craft, Soccer, Science experiments, and his favorite Bee Bee gun shooting.

Dad

AJ and Dad on biking trip I

2009-06-06T15:53:00.004-07:00

AJ in front of hole number one at Ocotillo Golf Course. Notice the flowers that says "OCOTILLO" in the background.

Dad

AJ and Dad on biking trip

2009-06-06T14:52:00.001-07:00

Only 90 degrees today. Great day for a bike trip.
Dad

Marius, Bear and AJ buying ATV

2009-05-09T13:40:00.001-07:00

We were looking at ATV's at a local store.

Dad

2009-05-09T13:37:00.001-07:00

Marius and Bear at Disneyland

Dad

2009-05-09T13:33:00.000-07:00

This is pirate Marius and Bear saving Wally the Walrus.

Dad

Big "Cheese" for the camera

2009-05-09T13:32:00.001-07:00

AJ is relaxing at the pool. The sun is really bright today (AJ had to cover his eyes) as we have the hottest day of the year so far at 103 degrees.

Dad

Pirates of the pool

2009-05-09T13:27:00.001-07:00

Marius and Bear in their new inflatable pirate ship.

Dad

Happy B day Marius

2009-04-25T17:40:00.001-07:00

Happy B day to Marius from Bear, Mom and AJ. Dad is taking picture.

Dad

Marius blowing out the lights.

2009-04-25T17:38:00.001-07:00

Dad

Happy 4th birthday Marius

2009-04-25T17:35:00.001-07:00

We celebrated Marius' B day one day in advance because we are travelling to Disneyland this afternoon (5 to 6 hour drive). We will be there tonight to be ready for the big rides tomorrow.

Dad

Easter egg hunt IV

2009-04-12T18:03:00.001-07:00

Marius and Bear are counting up todays winnings.

Dad

Easter egg hunt III

2009-04-12T18:01:00.001-07:00

Marius finds another egg in the palm tree.

Dad

Easter egg hunt II

2009-04-12T17:58:00.001-07:00

Bear and Marius looking for eggs.

Dad

Easter egg hunt

2009-04-12T17:54:00.001-07:00

Marius finds his first easter egg.

Dad

Marius shopping at Target

2009-04-04T14:44:00.001-07:00

Dad

Tempe art Festival

2009-03-28T13:14:00.001-07:00

Marius, say cheeeeeeeese.

Dad

Marius and Bear eating caramelized apple

2009-03-28T12:27:00.001-07:00

We are at the Tempe Art Festival today. Guess what great food they have there?

Dad

2009-03-13T20:25:00.001-07:00

Marius giving Bear a big hug after a meal at a restaurant.

Dad

2009-02-07T18:50:00.001-07:00

Bear and Marius playing guitarhero at the arcade at the movie theater.
Dad

Marius wants to go skiing

2008-12-22T13:08:00.001-07:00

Marius is putting on Mommys ski boots. He wants to go skiing as well.
Dad

AJ is playing quarter back in back yard

2008-11-27T11:22:00.001-07:00

AJ has a wicked arm. Here is an example of AJ
passing the ball to Bear over Bear's friend Max.

Dad

Driving to work

2008-11-26T07:12:00.001-07:00

A rare rainbow in Arizona this morning.
Dad

Bear on the green

2008-11-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

I am better than Dad at driving and everything in golf (only when my dad does really bad). At any other time he is a whole lot better than me. It was fun, but since Marius was there it made it a little tough at times.

Bear

Marius at the golf course

2008-11-16T21:32:00.000-07:00

There might be a problem with this swing but Marius gets an "A" for effort.

Dad

Bear at the golf course

2008-11-16T21:30:00.001-07:00

Bear got really good at driving the golf cart today.

Two golf proffesionals taking a break

2008-11-16T21:27:00.001-07:00

Marius and Bear were golfing today. This was taking after Marius had an eagle and Bear had a birdie.

Dad

Todays famous quote from Bear:

2008-11-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

Dad: " You have a really good memory don't you Bear
Bear: "I know except for when people tell me something"

Dad

2008-08-31T14:28:00.001-07:00

Marius is doing great as well

Dad

2008-08-31T14:11:00.000-07:00

AJ is making his final steps of using the two wheel bike on his own today.

Dad

2008-07-31T18:34:00.001-07:00

Mommy and Marius together on the couch on Mom's B-Day.
Dad

2008-06-09T16:31:00.001-07:00

Water games are awesome in June.
Dad

2008-06-09T08:51:00.001-07:00

Marius and Dad are having strawberries in the morning on the Porch. Mom is on vacation in Washington DC and Dad is playing Mister Mom all week. It is 9am and 90 degrees. Bear is still in bed. He had a rough night with stomack pains. AJ is playing games on the computer. We are really excited about Marius' progress since his vocabulary now seems to increase. He mostly wants Dad to play in the pool with him.

Dad

2008-06-01T19:00:00.001-07:00

Marius, AJ, Mom and Dad went to the Elementary school next to our house today. This is a pixture of Marius on the playground at the school. We spent most of the day in the pool today. It is getting hot!!

Dad

New addition to the Wold family

2008-05-03T19:51:00.001-07:00

We got a Beagle today. Both Marius and Maddi (The Beagle) got excausted at the end of the day and ended up at the couch together. How cute.

Dad

Pool time again

2008-02-23T13:53:00.001-07:00

We are writing February 23rd and as you can see, Bear and AJ has already been in the pool. It is a full 76 degrees (24 dgrees Celsius) warm today, pool being a lot colder than that.

Dad

Christmas party at the Wold's

2007-12-25T14:39:00.002-07:00

Mom is reading "The night before Christmas" to all the kids.

Dad

Christmas party at the Wold's

2007-12-25T14:39:00.001-07:00

Guess who we invited for our Christmas party. Yap, Santa and Miss Claus came by and had presents for all 19 kids. Not bad for being two weeks before Christmas.

Dad

Marius' favorite chair

2007-11-11T20:37:00.001-07:00

This is Marius' favorite chair. This is where he watches his favorite TV shows such as Sesame Street and Curios George. Today he is having strawberries and watching a movie with Mom and Dad.
Dad

Marius at the photographer

2007-11-09T16:18:00.000-07:00

These pictures were taken on May 22, 2007

Dad

The Blazers 2007

2007-11-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

Here are the Blazers. As of today we are 4-4 (4 losses and 4 wins) after a rough start of 0-3. We have two games left. One tomorrow and one week from tomorrow. Bear is second from left bottom row.

Dad

The Blazers 2007, Goalie/Defender Bear and Coach Dad

2007-11-09T12:20:00.000-07:00

Here is the Wold portion of the Blazers (our soccerteam). As you can see we still support ROSENBORG.

Dad

Halloween

2007-10-31T21:04:00.001-07:00

Here are the kids on Halloween. Marius is the cow, Bear is a ghost and AJ is the Ninja soldier. The kids went from door to door in the neighborhood and collected candy to last until Christmas.

Dad

Alf Wold, P.E.
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2504 West Southern Avenue
Tempe, Az 85282
Office (602) 453-3265
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Pumpkin carving party

2007-10-28T18:25:00.000-07:00

We went to a pumpkin carving party today. This is dads work; A Gargoyle.

Dad

New Soccer Stud

2007-10-22T19:18:00.001-07:00

Here is my latest soccer recruit for our team. His name is Marius, his got great speed, ball control, vision for the game, aerobic and anaerobic capacity, willingness to run and agility. The only thing Marius is missing is SIZE. Just need a few more years and you will be there Marius

Dad

Tumbleweed Park

2007-10-21T19:41:00.001-07:00

We went to Tumbleweed Park today. The park is located in Chandler only 4 miles away from our house. We had great fun at the park today, it is amazing what a bucket of Chicken from KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) and a soccerball can do for family entertainment.
Dad

A bird's eye view of our House in Chandler

2007-10-20T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here is where we live in Chandler, Arizona

Dad

Marius Bullriding

2007-10-19T19:18:00.001-07:00

We just found a new sport for Marius at WalMart. He was hanging on pretty good on the mechanical bull. Yeeeh Haah.
Dad

Arizona Rhytm Connection

2007-10-13T12:34:00.001-07:00

We went to an art festival in Scottsdale today. They had tons of food, lots of jewelry and most importantly they had drums. Here is Mom and AJ with the Band: The Arizona Rhytm Connection.
Dad

Soccer update

2007-10-13T11:02:00.000-07:00

We might have started out bad (0-3) but we are sure on a roll now. The coaching staff was fired and Bears team is now 2-3. We won 4-1 today with Bear as a defender and goalie. Bear had 5 saves today as a goalie. Great job Bear.
Dad

Fisherman AJ

2007-10-09T20:35:00.001-07:00

What can I say, AJ is a great fisherman. There is some serious work, screaming and panick behing this picture. The story goes like this:

AJ is casting away (AJ had already spent days with Mom up in the Mountains earlier this year learning about the art of casting) and he catches a fish on his 3rd cast. Mom freaks out and tells me that I am now reponsible for getting this fish into my hands so we can take the picture of the fish with AJ in the background. As soon as I have had this responsibilty for about 2.5 seconds the fish unhooks himself and gets away. I was facing an official scolding when faith came true and AJ came true and caught another one, which resulted in this picture. We now officially have proof for the history books. AJ CAUGHT A FISH, GREAT JOB, AJ.

Dad

AJ & Bear

2007-10-09T20:23:00.004-07:00

Another picture from our boating experience. AJ and Bear were being great on the boat. Arizona desert in the background.
Dad

Co-Captain Marius

2007-10-09T20:23:00.003-07:00

Marius was helping Mom as her Co-Captain. Marius was a great help in making sure Mom steared clear of shallow water and cliffs. Marius, you have future as a boater in Arizona. Marius would like to end up with a "Waterfront property in Arizona"......

Dad

Captain Mom

2007-10-09T20:23:00.002-07:00

Here is Captain Mom. She loved driving the boat and being in charge of where we were going. Mom says I am being a terrible back seat boater. I have to fill her in about my true boating experience in Norway when we owned a 12 foot aluminum boat and a 20 horsepower outboard Mariner engine. She has no appreciation of my adventures when I waterskied behind our 12 footer in 30 foot waves coming off the Atlantic ocean. I was actually waterskiing and driving the boat at the same time. She does not believe me....

Dad

Trip to the lake

2007-10-09T20:23:00.001-07:00

We all went to the lake this weekend. We rented a 100 horsepower waterski boat with kneeboard, wakeboard and a fishing pole. Bear went on the knee board and Mom and Dad went on the wakeboard. We had some great moves, however, my cameraphone does really poor action photos. I would have shown you my backflip on the wakeboard but you would not believe me because my face don't show very good when you do a backflip 70 feet away from the boat going 30 miles per hour.

Dad

Marius in the pool again.

2007-09-24T08:52:00.001-07:00

It is late September and we are going into a more pleasant weather period. It is colder at night now so the pool is getting colder also. Marius loves his swim suit which keeps him afloat, and is getting quite the dare devil as he loves to jump into the pool.

Got to go, see you later, Dad.

Hot September

2007-09-10T10:31:00.000-07:00

I will do this one in Norwegian for my Mom and Dad:

Det er fremdeles godt og varmt i September, i dag er det 40 grader. Du maa holde deg i skyggen eller i badebassenget i dag. AJ, Bjorn og Marius stortrives i badebassenget. Bjorn hadde sin foerste fotballkamp idag med pappa som trener. Vi hadde fire 12 minutters omganger med mange vannpauser. Vi tapte 1-3, vi maa si opp treneren, det var daarlig taktiske loesninger fra treneren.

...and now in English:

It is still hot in September, it is 105 today. You have to stay in the shade or in the pool today. AJ, Bear and Marius love to play in the pool. Bear had his first soccer game today with Dad as the coach. We had 4 - 12 minute quarters with lots of waterbrakes. We lost 3-1, we need to fire the coach, no great tactical solutions from the coach.

Dad

Trampoline at Grandmas house

2007-08-26T18:11:00.001-07:00

We went to Grandmas house today. Marius and Bear enjoyed the trampoline. It is 6pm and 103 degrees Fahrenheit (close to 35 degrees Celsius) and we are headed home to jump in the pool.
Hasta La Vista, Dad.

2007-08-25T18:52:00.001-07:00

Bear went to his classmates (Grant) birthday party today while Marius, AJ and Dad went to the arcade. Mom had a well deserved brake today, so Dad was on duty. AJ and Marius had a great time. They both enjoyed car racing. It was cheap, Marius had just as much fun without tokens, while AJ needed a few tokens while he was becoming quite the experienced driver. I am glad we still have a few years before AJ becomes eligible for driving.

Dad

2007-08-24T19:40:00.000-07:00

Bear and Marius are enjoying themselves in our pool. The best time to swim in Phoenix is at night. Marius loves to swim, and Bear enjoys his company. I just performed a back flip into the pool and landed violently, I am now sitting at the edge nursing my wounds. I was never good at this when I was twenty, and I am still not good at this at forty. Bear thought my backflip was very funny though.

Dad

2007-08-18T11:27:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of Bear from our last years trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Bear and Dad is excited about next week. Bear is starting on a 8 man soccerteam with Dad as the coach.
Later, Dad.

2007-08-18T11:18:00.001-07:00

This is our "goodlooking" Marius. The last few days, has been a troubling few days. It has now been about 2 months since Marius was diagnosed with Autism. We have been very concerned but have hope in that his talking is improving, and he seems to be doing better. Our occupational therapist said this week that we have some more signs that he is Autistic. He has "sensory issues" that are typical of Autism. He does not like to hold hands together with some other sensory issues. We now have to help Marius with these sensory issues by deep pressure manupulations, pillow fighting (this is going to be fun), playing with play dough, using swings, trampoline etc. We keep hoping his situation will improve.

Dad

2007-08-18T10:48:00.001-07:00

AJ went to a Yu-Gi-Oh card tournament yesterday. He did really well according to his opponent, however, his opponent discovered later that AJ had false Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Dad was very embarassed but claimed ignorance. AJ had no idea that there was false cards in existence. Dad had no idea either, in fact, dad and mom have no idea how to play the game. We will be back next Friday, AJ seemed to really enjoy the game.

Dad

2007-08-18T10:37:00.001-07:00

This is our great Marius who does have the attraction to motorized vehicles. He loves his electrical ATV and he does his best driving in the nude.

Alf

Day one of the Wold's blog

2007-08-18T09:15:00.000-07:00

Wow
I have now setup our blog!! I guess that now the expectation will be that I put pictures up and write stories about what is going on in our personal life. I figure this is a great way to communicate with my Norwegian friends and family also. Since my history is great as far as letters and updates to friends and family in Norway??!! I am now going to email pictures from my phone to my computer so that I can post them here.
Alf