Have I kept you waiting long enough??

I can't believe it's been over a month since I've updated the blog. It gets a bit overwhelming after so much time has gone by. We have been in Washington for the last five weeks, and I had every intention of updating then but.... So we are back in Sweden now suffering from severe jet lag. Saga just won't sleep on command like I want. I'm finding myself getting VERY frustrated because I just want to sleep. This will pass, I know. Here are some pictures from the last two months. Lots happened from Saga's third birthday to our trip to America

Let the show begin!


Before we left for Washington we had a little sleep over at our house. Fanny and Alina stayed the night. Here were their beds for the night. Saga thinks it's wonderful to have guests!


Saga's pink birthday cupcakes. We celebrated Saga's third birthday on Jan. 12th.

Papa and Saga waiting anxiously for the guest to arrive for the birthday party.

Some of the party guest taking a much needed break. Watching a new Pipi movie.

We arrived in the big USA after a long trip over the ocean. Saga spent lots of time in grandma's bathtub. It's even more fun with friends to bath with.

We planned a little birthday celebrating when we got to America. Here is Saga helping grandma with the cake. Licking the bowl is a family favorite.

Just SOME of the princess attire Saga recieved from family and friends.

Christian and Grace helping with the present opening.

Uncle Jim throwing out the peace sign.

Saga's cute birthday cake.

Beautiful Michelle modeling a nice headband. I was so happy that she made it over to visit for the weekend. I miss her SO much!!

Cousind Celia and Haley hanging out at the party.

Great Grandparents... We spend many of our days hanging out at their house. Loved that we got to spend so much time with them.

Stephanie, Terrace, and Baby Braden drove down for a nice visit. This is the only picture I have of them being in Eatonville. I must say I wasn't very good at documenting our trip. We went to Bellingham for a whole week and I forgot my camera. SUCH A BUMMER!! Terrace and Saga played rather well together, much better then last year.

I also had a birthday while we were there. We had a nice dinner at my grandparents house and some yummy cake.

We went out to Chinese on my real birthday. We were all happily surprised at how good the food was. I asked the owner if he would take a picture of us and he misunderstood me. He thought I wanted to take a picture of him and his wife together. It was so funny.

We also celebrated my grandparents 55 wedding anniversary on Feb. 5th. It was really fun; pizza, games, and cake. FUN FUN FUN! I can't believe I didn't get a picture of the wedding pair together. Like I said, bad documentation.

Saga wearing the cute hat Michelle and Billy bought her for her birthday.

On Superbowl Sunday we went out to NW Trek for a Volksmarch. We choose to walk the 5 Km route. It was really fun and we got to see lots of animals.

We took a break in the middle of the walk for a photo. I think this is a great picture of 4 generations.

Saga and Grace really took to each other. They played so well together. Saga really loved her cousin and misses her. She asks for stories about Saga and Grace.

I got to go with Grace to her school as a parent helper. It was their Valentine's Day Party. Great-Grandma made her this heart to take to school with her.

We out to dinner with two friends at the Melting Pot. The food was great the company even better. Sarah ( the one in the middle) and I are both 17 weeks pregnant. My belly shows a bit more then hers, haha.

We were lucky enough to have Heather, Halla, and Sage come over from Omak to visit. They drove over and we had dinner together. It was great to see them and catch up

The whole gang. Great face Grace!

The next morning we went to Tall Timber for breakfast. My dad used to take us there all the time. YUMMY!

Tried really hard to get some good pictures of Grace and Saga together. I liked this one a lot.

In front of the Eatonville fire truck. I can't believe that I don't have any pictures of the Doll family. Miranda sent my some on facebook of Jackson and Saga but I don't know how to get them to the blog. We got to spend so much time with everyone but it always is so hard to leave my home. We have come back to extremely cold weather -25 F. Am longing for a warm Spring day.

Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas. Thanks to all that sents cards and presents. We've had tons of late nights and wonderful dinners at friends. I forgot our camera on New Years but will update again when Helena shares hers with me.



Saga's stocking I've been working on all Decemeber. It got finished Christmas Eve at 10:30 PM.


Our yummy Christmas food!!



Brothers Nordmark in matching shirts (just like when they were little, so cute :)

Some of the girls in their Christmas dresses.

Sisters Nordmark at their wonderful dance recital.

Funny face!!

Pink Princess

Snow white right after she woke up. Saga has these princess dresses on ALL DAY LONG. Yes she has even fallen asleep in them.

It's all about princesses and pink. She's a real girly girl.

Cute cute

Angels making snow angels

Our Swedish Thanksgiving Dinner

princess princess princess

More face painting, no it's not blood

Two New Videos

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Baking and Dancing

HI! We've been so busy the last few weeks. It seems like I always say that, but it's really true. The weeks fly by! Here is a quick picture update. I have to go check on Saga, who fell asleep while watching a movie tonight. She has pink eye, which she got from her aunt last night. Looks like tomorrow we will be staying home. That sounds kind of nice actually. Good night!


Twice a year we get the opportunity to bake bread in a fire warmed oven with our friend Harrieth. This was the first year Saga got to be a part of the baking. She did so well and even made her own bread shaped like a car and a turtle.

Getting the oven nice and warm.

Getting ready to go to dance class.

Saturday mornings are booked up for dance class. Saga is the youngest and the smallest one there. She does pretty well but needs me to be very close by.

The first snowman of the season.

Wednesday we celebrated Mormor's 81st birthday at our house. Please ignore the look on my face. It was the only birthday picture we had.

Halloween Party

Saga and I hosted a Halloween Party this afternoon. We invited four friends and their mothers. Many activities were planned and fun was had by all. Pumpkin painting and cookie decorating were just a few of the exciting events.




The pirate Magdalena and her little kitten Klara.


Saga enjoying her candy, not so into the cookies.



Ulrika the witch (not really, she is the best) and her little princess Elin.

Minna the bear and her little Tiger Vilgot. Spiderman is little Axel.

My little cat fairy .

The sweet girls

Axel boiling his moose skull. He shot this one a few weekends ago. He boils it to clean off all the dirt and yuck so he can hang it on the wall, o boy.

Saga and Elin at Elin's birthday party.

Klara has baby chickens, and Saga got to hold them and actually get in the cage with them, fun.

Axel took a trip to the tannery to pick up animal skins he had taken there a year ago. Here is Saga playing in a pile of fox furs.

We've been dealing with the normal fall sicknesses here. Tomorrow Axel and I are going to a 30th birthday party, and Saga is staying the night at farmors. Have a great weekend!

September Pictures

September has been BUSY!!! We've been so busy that I haven't even taken that many pictures.



Saga wanted to practice for Halloween, so here she is as a fairy cat.


Last Sunday we helped out some friends of the family pick potatoes. I think it's really fun, and this year it was made much easier due to a new sort of machine which dug up the potatoes. We just had to follow after the tractor and pick them up. Saga had fun as well.



Elin looking for the ones left behind.

We have had some pretty amazing mushrooms this Fall. These are a few of the many red and white mushrooms we've found around our house.

Axel walked down the road to shoot a bird he saw when coming home that day. Saga and I followed and we're happily surprised when he emerged from the woods with this bird in hand.

We spent a few days at Helena's parents' house a few hours south of Luleå. They have this statue in their front room. Of course Saga tried to ride on it but she was quickly taken off.



Papa the prince Saga the princess

Here we are at Klara's Princess Party. She turned 3 at the beginning of Sept. We've been spending lots of time with Klara this month. We go swimming together once a week and try to find other ways to play throughout the week.