Thanks to everyone for all the nice birthday greetings.  I think
I’ve nearly passed everyone in age, if my memory serves me.  It’s been a
good run though and I hope I can keep on for a while yet.  We took a
trip to Norway in June and spent time seeing some of our extended
families.  I got to where my Grandfather Hans Johnson was born and where
he had lived for the first nine years of his life before coming to
America.  We found one of my third cousins who invited us to come over
so he could show us around and introduce us to many of my relatives.  We
were also invited to my wife’s cousin’s place on the far west side of
Norway so she could do the same.  It was an interesting trip and we have
hundreds of pictures to remember it all.  My relatives are near Hamar
and Brumunddal which is north of Oslo.  Brenda’s family lives North of
Bergen at Voss and Aarhus. I would like to send a few pictures now and
then and some interesting stories about the people and the history of
both Norway and our family.  The fellow in the picture with me is Terje
Ottesen.  His mother is my dad’s second cousin.  He showed us many many
interesting things and spent four days driving us all over the area.
The other picture is of Brenda and her second cousin Tove Reime who did
the same for us on the other side of the country.  I hope not too many
of the readers find this uninteresting.  Thanks Gary!

Dick