Winter Solstice 2012

 

The shortest day of the year is proving to be one of the most beautiful.  It's a clear cold December day.  We have candles burning and a warm fire.  Saga has chicken pox and we are waiting for Sixten to break out in them as well.  We plan to spend the weekend inside and then on Christmas Eve hope for healthy children so we can venture over to my in-laws.  We send everyone a warm peaceful solstice and a cozy Christmas with your loved ones.

Cold Outside, Warm in Our Hearts

November has come to an end with a cold wind that bites in many ways.  The weather has been windy, and we just aren't used to the cold yet.  Axel starts work tomorrow after 6 months "off".  We will miss having him around to call in for lunch. 

 

 

 

Sixten our practicing snow shoveling.  This snow melted away rather quickly but it was a good start to the winter.

Beautiful first snow fall.

Axel shot a moose on Sunday.  It was the last day of the hunting season.  Saga is getting some skinning lessons on a pair of moose legs for the dogs to chew on.

Christmas decorations have been brought into the house.  The tree is next.  I have my eye on one behind our house.  Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving.  We ate moose liver and potatoes, but we still went around the table and said what we were thankful for. 

End of October Catch Up

The race is always on.  The kids get so much use out of these two small hand me down cars. 

We ended up having a little impromptu Halloween Party and Saga was an Indian, no surprise there since she is a self proclaimed Indian at heart.  The face painting was done by her, of course. 

Our group picture.  Sixten started out as a pirate which turned into a cowboy and then just a cute little Sixten.  I always download my pictures from my camera at the end of every month.  So a November update with come in a few weeks.  The weather has been warm, in fact it's raining hard as I write.  Axel starts work again in two weeks so we are just enjoying our time together at home.

Löja Fishing 2012 Michelle/Luke

Michelle has a great camera and took many pictures while she was here.  Here is a just a taste of the fun we had.

 

 

Museum

On Friday we took off for town heading to the museum.  It's a great place for the kids to explore and play.  Luke got to dress up like a Sami boy and a little "Emil" (a very popular Astrid Lindgren character).  Fanny and Alina joined us for a while as well.  Love having Michelle and Luke here to share in our daily adventures :)

 

 

 

 

Luke and Michelle

Fishing season is in full swing here in Sundom Sweden.  Michelle and Luke have arrived safely and are now on our schedule.  Sixten and Luke are getting to know each other through hair pulling and toy grabbing-  Michelle is doing a great job of taking care of the kids and helping out with the work. 

 

 

 

 Luke and Sixten during a peaceful moment.  There has been a bit of 2 year old jealousy on Sixten's part but things seem to be looking up.

Been spending a few weekends out in the woods with farmor and the girls enjoying some fika and berry picking.

The kids helping out with the shaking of the nets.

What a treat!  A real tractor on our lawn.  Sixten even got to ride inside.

Luke and Sixten playing with the net buoys

Our lovely house guests who are being such a great help.