They've Arrived!!

Mom and Dan made it here safely. We are enjoying our time together, it's great!!! Tomorrow is the mid-summer celebration. It means their trip is half-way over :(


Mom came prepared to do some yardwork. The three snakes we've seen have scared her off a bit though.






Saga helping shovel dirt into the new flowerbed.






Dan waiting for the next direction.

Mom planting the expensive plants we bought for the new flowerbed around the flagpole. It's beautiful!!!

Saga on her way to wake up grandma and grandpa in their stuga. I have to lock the door to keep her away from them in the morning.

knock knock knock, are you awake?

Dressed up in a towel dress.

We bought a brand new riding lawn mower. If I ever wanted to see my husband this summer, a riding mower was an important purchase. Before the rider he was spending every evening mowing the lawn, urg!

Swedish Mother's Day

Three generations

Saga showing off her "summer clothes".

We celebrated Swedish Mother's Day on May 31st with Axel's grandma. It was a beautiful windy day in which we ate saffron fish soup, yum!

The countdown has begun, grandma and grandpa will be here in 36 hours. We can barely contain ourselves!!!!

So Lucky

I just love the way Saga and I spend our days together. No real plans, just doing whatever we feel like doing that day. We've been spending so much time outside lately exploring the forest, picking weeds, watering the tomato plants, having picnics, going on bike rides, checking the fish traps with Papa. I don't think life could get any better then this. Well, actually my parents are coming for a visit in two weeks so we get to share our wonderful days with them. YEAH!!


I took a risk and put my tomato plants outside for the summer. I hope it doesn't freeze :(

Saga's friends Amelia drinking some "tea" together.

Saga helping Papa gut a few fish.

saga in the woods from Kate Nordmark on Vimeo.

Mother's Day

Saga and I celebrated Nemo's second birthday on Sunday. The goodie bags contained this cool straw and mask. Thanks for the great party.

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We had a nice day in the forest last weekend. Saga was taking a nap and I was finishing a good book. Axel was waiting for Texas(our dog that ran off) to come back.


My little forest fairy.

Axel, Jessica (the birthday girl) and Andreas

Axel and I had a night out together a few weeks ago. Jessica turned 30 and had a really nice party. Saga slept over at Farmor and Farfar's house. Her first sleep over and it went perfectly.



It's been so long since I've posted anything. Believe me it's been on my mind but have just had other things to do. I haven't downloaded any pictures from my camera in weeks and promise to do it tomorrow. I just wanted to write a quick mother's day post since I know my mom checks our blog everyday waiting for a new post. Saga fell asleep pretty early tonight (8:30), yes she's a night owl, so I thought I would make myself a cup of tea and read a magazine before going to bed. Maybe I will spend a little time talking to my husband without interuption as well. I love being a mother and everything that comes with it, but there is nothing better then a few hours before bedtime to yourself.
Happy Mother's Day MOM!! I love you and can't wait for you to get here. Happy Mother's Day to all of my friends who have been such a blessing and inspiration to me. I thank you all for all of your advice and support. The world's greatest gift is to be a mother!

Two Weeks of Craziness

The last two weeks have been filled with lots of fun but also with LOTS of sickness. It's been one thing after another and I am so tired of it all. It all started with Saga having a high temp.all day long then she had a little cold then a one day ear infection on Easter morning. This all lead up to her getting the flu and she still isn't completely healed. It's been 6 days and if she isn't totally better by tomorrow I'm going to call the Dr. On top of all this I was also sick with a BAD cold and then got the flu as well. Axel was on the couch all day yesterday with it as well.

Anyway, enough about our sicknesses! We have also had lots of exciting things happen in the last two weeks. Below is the summarization of the last two weeks, minus any sick pictures. Enjoy






Axel has 30 fish traps out on the ice and one beautiful sunny day we all went out to check them. Here is Alina looks cool in her shades.

All of the hunters and their dogs.

Aunt Helena and Uncle Arvid were here over Easter. We just love when they come and visit :)

Axel and one of his big pike he pulled out of a hole in the ice.

Saga collecting her Easter eggs in a picnic basket she got from her great-grandparents.


These pictures are of Easter Dinner. Even though Saga had woken up with a really big earache she managed to do pretty well that day. The food was great as usuall and the company even better.

Catch Up

Here is a fuzzy picture of our Easter Tree, or in Swedish, Påskris. It's actually pretty cool. You bring in some birch branches and put them in water then decorate them with feathers and eggs. After a week or so the leaves start to pop out and it lets off the most amazing smell. SPRING SPRING SPRING, at least inside the house. It's just so nice to see something so green and alive.

You might find it hard to believe but Saga took this picture. Just thought I would showcase her photography skills, hee hee.


I thought these two pictures of Farfar and Saga were so cute. A few weeks ago, I know I'm a bit behind on blogging, we celebrated waffle day here in Sweden. I know it sounds funny but it's a day when almost everyone eats waffles sometime during the day. We went over to Farmor and Farfar's house after dinner to eat some yummy waffles. They both have the same look on their face.

Lately Saga has been into "building fires" on the floor. Fire is such a big part of our life, we only heat our house with wood, so it's of course something she needs to do too.