oh wow, the days leading up to Christmas… some of my favorite things! cloves on oranges, ribbons tied, getting things set so, gingerbread houses, carols, I just really love all of the traditions and I love how my girls now count on them!
Have I said before just how much I LOVE Christmas…? Well I do! I love the stripey jammies, I love the lights! I love the eggnog! I love how our girls get so excited from my excitement and we all just burst into candy canes on the lawn! I think one day I may just … Read more
This winter was surely full of performances… it felt like the ironing board was constantly out! It was so fun though! Lots to remember and lots to be on time for but it’s so cute sitting back and watching your children blossom on stage or in front at church… I still get butterflies … even … Read more
Easter this year was fantastic! It was so simple! I think that’s one of my favorite parts of Easter… the simplicity of it… The beauty of spring… the flowers… everything is new again. I love how the bunny comes and hides the eggs we color… I love the little African baskets he fills to the … Read more
I’m go glad I married a Swede… 🙂such amazing new traditions…One of my favorite is Lucia… It’s such a beautiful celebration of light…Every year our girls participate in the Lucia procession held by our local Swedish Club! who knew, right, a Swedish club! ha!They practice weeks before… singing the songs and meeting up with friends…Then … Read more
Christmas was awesome… it always is! There are so many traditions from my youth and Mattias’ that we pull together and make our story… our family’s story… I love it. I think for me just sitting back and sipping it all in like a big mug of warm tea is my favorite… I love just … Read more
Thanksgiving is the kickoff! Don’tcha think!? I love it! I love the anticipation that Christmas is getting near… I love the baking, the cooking, the candles all lit… Every year since I was little we wake up and watch the Macy’s Day Parade… We turn the volume up loud and pretend we are in the … Read more
this is one happy little girl… Here we go to Georgia… our annual road trip… During the holidays with our business and life it tends to be one busy month… so usually the day after Christmas a nice little get-away is usually a good idea!We keep it really simple… find some cabin in the middle … Read more
I love Christmas for all of its tradition… I love how our girls let us know by now the things and traditions that “happen next…” It’s the little things… decorating a gingerbread house.. poking little cloves into oranges so that the house “smells like Christmas…” the Swedish Tomten comes to our house each year… delivering … Read more
