a visit from the Stars!

This was our last round of company for the year… Meet the Star Family! Visiting from Sweden! Every couple of Octobers here and there we get a really LOVELY visit from this sweet adorable family! Our children are about the same age so it’s just perfect! Mattias and Jakob grew up together and still are … Read more

Stone Mountain!

This fall we spent a long weekend up in North Georgia at Stone Mountain! a fun little camping trip! My parents brought their glamper and we tented it up! It was amazing! We went to the Country Living Fair which was SO great! Lots of fun artists and crafter and amazing antiques! We found so … Read more

I love the water!

gosh I really do love the water… maybe it’s because where we live we are surrounded by water… It’s an every day thing to be close to the sea and I totally do not take it for granted! never have, never will. It’s a part of me. Hanging with our family just kicking back enjoying … Read more

a fun visit!

gosh I just love that last little hour of light… a bit before dinner… that time when the kids start to get tired but just don’t want to say good-bye to the day…For us maybe one is inside cooking while the other is throwing a ball or shooting some hoops… get all that last bit … Read more

Sophie!

yep… so this summer happened… a lot of things happened! We became pet-owners! and wow, I surprised myself with how much I love being one! This is out sweet little Sophie Mittens Carlsson! She’s a doll really! She is so funny and so sweet and feels like the glue that held our family together when … Read more

Summer 2015 Road Trip!!! (part seven)

Charleston was such a nice surprise… We had no idea about a sweet little town called Charleston and I can’t stop recommending it to people. Charleston is amazing and quaint and beautiful! Every place you turn feels different and you get a feeling of nostalgia every corner you turn. It’s old and of course reminded … Read more

Summer 2015 Road Trip!!! (part six)

Asheville is amazing to us! It is beautiful, quirky, real, and natural! It’s hard to put in words how I feel while visiting Asheville… I feel like I can be myself there… I can talk to a shop keeper about life and children growing up and know that she too is genuine when our waitress … Read more

Summer 2015 Road Trip!!! (part four)

sometimes I wish I could blink and just be on vacation in North Carolina… hiking in its magical forest with my magical girls holding my sweet fella’s hand! Yes, I am still catching up … blogging about this past summer and all of it’s sweetness… life is busy sometimes.. and slowing down and blogging helps … Read more

Summer 2015 Road Trip!!! (part three)

right as we turned into the winding roads of North Carolina and got a bit closer to Highlands… We felt it… That mountain air came breezing through our opened windows… it was crisper… we opened the sun roof and reached up to let the breeze fly on our finger tips… then the sweet scents of … Read more