Boat

As we were leaving the "Red Stone" an old boat came a shore. Our kids loved it.

Cousins

Samuel, Isabella, Dylan and Alice

Grafitti Fun

Kids and Water

We wanted to go to a restaurant by the harbor. It was a beautiful day. We got out of the car and our kids ran down to the water, took their shoes off and went in. What is it with water and kids?

Our Daily Bread

Sweden is a great place for bread. I love bread...this is a HUGE piece of bread from my mom. We couldn't even eat half before it went bad.

Our Sweden Trip

We are finally on our way. I have been waiting a long time to g0 and see my family and friends. I just can't believe it. Although I am not looking forward being so far away from Rick...I miss you honey! :) Rick dropped us off at the airport. It was hard to leave him there and see him just standing there. We had to go through customs (I have not done that since before 9/11, so the whole thing of taking your shoes off, no drinks and so on was all new to me. Dylan and Isabella was so excited. We had to take a subway to the plane.



You know you are from a small town when kids get excited about going up the escalator!



Our first plane was from Seattle to Copenhagen Denmark. It was really tight, no extra seats. I really don't like to fly. Kids were really excited and scared at the same time. They played with their Nintendo DS a lot. Thank goodness for those things, although at times I do curse them...I didn't sleep at all. It was way too tight and I was trying to make sure the kids were more comfortable. Dylan slept for a couple of hours, Isabella slept the most about 4 hours.



Our next plane was a much smaller plane from Copenhagen to Gothenburg, Sweden. It was really short, only 45 minutes.

TAKE OFF

Malin's 40th Birthday Party

My whole family picked me up at the airport. I was pretty tired, but so excited to see them. We went to my sisters country cottage to celebrate her 40th birtday. It was so nice, we had a wonderful "sandwich cake", cookies, swedish bullar . The sandwich cake was wonderful. It is a "dinner cake" You use bread inbetween the layers and lots of lax, shrimp, eggs and other yummie stuff. It was so nice to see them all but I was pretty out of it. Happy Birthday MALIN!



My Mamma
My Pappa


Mamma and Imre's mom Michaela and Ida (kids cousins)

My sisters Jennie & Therese Cicci in white (Mattias Fiance)
My sister Malin in brown.

My Pappa & min brother Mattias

CraZy Nose

Isabella had one of her baby teeth pulled today because one of her "big girl teeth" were coming in on top of it. When we first got there they gave her a Valium and then some Nitrous. She was hilarious. I laughed so hard that Isabella wondered if I had "laughing gas" The whole dentist office were cracking up. She went on for a good 20 minutes while our favorite dentist Dr. Tyler was waiting for her to get numb. It's from my cellphone so the clarity isn't the greatest, but you get the point. By the way, she didn't know I was recording!

I do Clean My Kitchen

Here is proof...I do clean! But don't look to close...you never know what you might find. No, my mom wants me to put more pictures up of what our house looks like. Since she has never been here. (like most of my family). :( Here you go mamma!

Maybe this one will be better!

I have to admit it...I am a Twilight book fan! I was a bit disappointed with the last movie and can only hope that this one will out do the other one. It is always hard to watch a movie after you read the book...but how can I resist Edward...

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD