Our last full day in Fevik started off slow. Jason picked up Brooks for Church around 10:30. Greg went for another run, I blogged, kids slept mostly in. The weather is beautiful today with not as much wind as yesterday.

I sat out on the terrace enjoying the weather as Greg did some work.

We made a quick trip to the Joker to get ham for sandwiches for lunch. Decided I might as well get an ice cream sandwich for lunch dessert. Maddie got an ice cream cone that wasn’t the mini size that Jason was so upset about earlier in the week.

We are hosting dinner tonight so Greg and I prepped some stuff while we had some time. The menu is veggies with ranch dressing (the Bayne’s don’t do ranch…gotta bring some American culture to them), spaghetti, salad, broccoli, salted vegetables, and garlic bread.

Around 1:30 we headed to meet the Bayne’s near Pia’s boat dock for some fun. On the agenda was kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, volleyball, frisbee, boating and anything else I’m sure Jason could think of.

While Jason drove over to get his boat Logan and Greg decided to go for a kayak trip across the water to an island.

Jason came over with the boat and when he head Greg and Logan had paddled off he decided to fly his drone over to go check them out.

After they had already started coming back Jason had the bright idea to go meet them and tell them to paddle to Africa (an island that was farther away.) This news wasn’t overly well received by Greg and Logan who had mostly made it back to the dock before they were told to turn around and paddle farther. Logan said he would do it but he wouldn’t paddle back home and also asked if we had water. Jason quickly said “yes we have water!” He then quickly turned to Karen and said “do we have water?”

We arrived in Africa, docked the boats and carried our snacks to a picnic table. Greg and Logan asked if I had brought their shoes. (I didn’t even know they hadn’t worn their shoes.) Jason sent Pia back in her boat to get their shoes so they could more easily explore the island.

It’s a good things Greg got his shoes since he ended up running around chasing sheep for the fun of it.

After exploring the island we decided it was time to head back. It became evident really quickly that Jason had no clue what he was doing with the kayak. He somehow also convinced Brooks to take the other kayak and for them to take the longer route through the river back. The questions he was asking about the kayak did not instill confidence in me that Brooks would come home alive. Pia followed them in her boat and said she would call the rescue helicopter if needed. I asked her to take pics of that happened.

The boat made it back to the dock way faster than the kayakers and Pia/Greg. I took the Baker kids plus Jake and Sarah home with me in the van to start prepping for dinner. Jason brought Greg, Brooks and Pia over once they made it back and Karen and Lisa joined soon after.

Despite not having all the normal things we typically use for dinner we managed to pull off an edible meal. This included me using an appliance I’ve never seen to steam the broccoli. Lisa changed the language on it from Norwegian to English but I’m still not sure what it is. It’s like a built in oven that steams fish or vegetables. Do we have such a thing in the states? I’m not sure if I’m into it or not. I think I’d rather have a microwave (which this house doesn’t have.)

While we finished dinner there was a friendly game of badminton happening on the terrace.

And now for the answer everyone (but really just me) has been waiting for. I have confirmation from Brooks, Logan and Greg that my kransekeke is better than the one I bought at the store. I feel so validated right now.

For dessert we had the choice of strawberry or mango sorbet, vanilla ice cream, or an ice cream float with the flavor of your choosing.

Sarah made a strawberry sorbet and orange Fanta float in a bowl that Jason said was embarrassing that she didn’t use a cup. (He was joking….I think.)

I commented how good the vanilla ice cream tasted. It reminded me of the snow cream my mom used to make which was extra vanilla-y. Karen pointed out that we got the low fat version and asked if we did that on purpose. Nope, we just can’t read Norwegian. It was good but she said the full fat is even creamier. Now I feel like I missed out.

Next up…the event we have all been waiting for…Ultimate Frisbee. The official record is Baker Family 2 Bayne Family 0. I had told Greg before we came that we probably needed to let Jason win this year.

The teams were a bit mixed because not everyone played for various reasons. We were missing Philip and Maddie. Greg said Jake should be on the Bayne team to even things out a bit despite me saying we needed Jake on our team. We took Lisa on our team. We played with 5 players vs their 6 but they had two younger players with Pia and Karen’s nephew.

The Baker Family is undefeated. I repeat…the Baker Family remains undefeated.

Brooks and Logan played so well for our team. I was definitely the weak link but not weak enough to make us lose. As we were walking back up to the house I asked Jason if this was going to be the last time the Bayne’s host us here and he said no definitely not. It’s the last year we win.

It seems as though the Bayne’s are headed into training camp…or so Jason says.

Early start tomorrow with an 8am boat pick up for anyone who wants to go to Grimstad for breakfast. I hear talk of cinnamon rolls so I’m definitely going!