I love the cozy wintertime we have here… even in Florida! It does get cold here… I promise! above we made some bone marrow soup for my father… really good for his blood cells… healing… when we make the Swedish Glogg… it’s officially Christmas time! this year’s twist… made with vanilla bean! so thankful… Thanksgiving … Read more
our sweet friends from Sweden came over!!!An American Halloween had by all! school is so cute… off to the Medieval Fair!!! you have to dress up right!? Isabelle learned to play checkers! and she’s quite good! Cecilia and I play cards…
well hello blogland… I’m not really sure if anyone reads this or not but that’s not really why I write here… I write here when I can… when I feel I have a moment to reflect on this little life.. This blog has really helped me slow down when my mind feels it’s racing with … Read more
can’t remember who’s birthday pie this was… but I’m thinking it was for my father’s birthday! it was yummy! berries! sillies! you wanna make some kids smile… giggle… laugh!!! two words… Rocket Balloons! go now to your toystore! 10 bucks! so worth it! a little aligator lovin… oy… first day of First Grade… do hearts … Read more
these pals of ours are pretty special… Carley and I met in KINDERGARDEN!!! and now we both have families… our kids are friends now too! what a circle! our parents are friends! we all grew up together! and now we get to do it all over again… we stayed at Carley’s family’s beach cottage for … Read more
where do I begin… life sorta happens and you get caught up in it and time surely keeps moving… I have been spending every last bit of time with my family… once our home is quiet and the littles are sleeping curling up on the couch with my husband seems like the thing to do… … Read more
my mother passed down this pottery love to me… I always love it too now! and when you pass by something like this on the country roads you have to stop! and buy lots of pottery! a nice beer break was in order! we were tired and hot and we just spent an hour in … Read more
gosh, exploring in a giant forest was amazing! The girls thud thud thud on the floor of the forest was amazing! We had a blast! Mountains! rivers! hiking! yes, this may look familiar?… no? it was in the movie The Hunger Games! Triple Falls! it’s so pretty! The power and energy in a waterfall is … Read more
This year we were unable to go to Sweden since by the time we were set to purchase tickets they were close to $6000 for all of us… had a hard time stomaching that… uffff! So we decided to have a slow relaxing summer with a little road trip… and my gosh am I ever … Read more
a nice little 4th of July… pure summer! I love when our girls wash dishes… so many suds but it’s ok… it’ll clean up later… nothing says summer like sweating at friend’s homes making tie dye memories!!! and the ice cream sundays to finish… ahhh… perfection! let me just state for the record how much … Read more