Well, that went fast! John and family arrived just in time for dinner on Saturday and we were going full throttle ever since. We had absolutely perfect weather the entire week as well; Sweden showing off its best side. The lilacs are in full bloom and our yard is looking beautiful thanks to Anders. We played lots of games including Yardtzee (coined by Karin), 0-100, Uno, City-Country-Idiot, and lots of Trivial Pursuit questions. The kids were great, and Lola was the most well-behaved dog ever. We went to Lund’s Pinball Academy, and the Moose tour, and played mini-golf. We had pizza THREE times (at least I did). Karin and Martin joined us for various days and even Theo and Essie tagged along a couple of times. I had a couple of quiet days at home, getting things done, while everyone else went kayaking, and mountain biking. It was great. I hope we can get together again soon. They left just after lunch today and the house was so quiet afterwards. We had laundry going and finishing up all kinds of trip preparations, and I’m ready to hit the hay already though it’s only 9:30. John and family are ensconced in a cozy Swedish cottage on the water about 2 hours north of us until next week, and Anders and I are ready for our roadtrip to Normandy!
Kaya with snow leopard
Jakob playing Yardtzee
Lola the dog
Jakob’s puppy eyes
Pinball wizards
Simone playing pinball
Ready for the moose tour: Anders, Jakob, Karin, Kaya, Martin
Feeding the moose
Moose eating moose candy
The GOAT with a goat
Who’s the king of the mountain?
Mini-golfers: Jakob, Sammy, and John
Martin under a fig tree
Kaya, Simone, and John – waiting for pizza
Flower girl
Theo and Martin on a really big bench
Karin’s still hungry, apparently
Jakob, Sammy, Liz, Anders, Martin, Theo, Karin, Kaya
Martin and Kaya sharing a cousin hug
Jakob, Sammy, and Liz
Anders takes Princess Kaya for a spin in the MG
Mood: happy
Music: Amaarae—Co-Star