The newest addition to our group of friends, little Frida.  Elin is the big sister to the little one.  Saga couldn't wait to hold her, we were in such a rush we forgot to comb her hair, haha.

Sixten was so cute tonight.  He loves to read books and layed down on the couch to read.  Just after I took these pictures he rolled off the pillow and hurt his cheek, a big bruise.

August Recap

What a great month we have had.  It's been full of activities and fun.  We celebrated two birthdays at our house, Sixten and Axel.  We had guests here from America for a week.  They were great fun and actually a lot of help around the house.  Two on my dear friends had babies this month, one boy and one girl.  The summer has come to a quick end here.  So this is my last summer post.  Now onto Fall which includes hunting season, fishing season, dance and gymnastics.  Included in there many play dates and other activities.  I think we have a lot to look forward to.  Good bye summer, we will see you next year.

Winter in August here in Sweden.  Saga trying on Brian's wolf hat he bought in Iceland.  She wants Axel to make one for her this winter.

Brian and Shirley Faloon came to stay with us for a week.  Everyone wanted to pose with their fur accessory.

Tried to have an impromptu photo shoot but it's not as easy as it sounds.  Got a few cute ones though.

This is a perfect log for Saga to dance on and practice her balance beam moves. 

A little boy and his ball.

kick kick throw throw

The birthday boy who turned 33 last week. 

My friend Ulrika who was two weeks overdue with baby number three.  They had a little girl on the 31st.  We can't wait to go over there and meet her :)

No this isn't my harvest but our neighbors down the road brought over some goodies to share.  YUM!

Creatures

Saga isn't afraid to pick up anything, whether it be a craw fish or a lizard. She was chasing the other kids around with the craw fish and hooking it onto her shirt with it's claws (clever). The lizard was found IN our house. It was in the wood box and quickly got scoped up by Saga. I think something was wrong with it because he just let Saga hold it and didn't run away.

Sixten's 1st Birthday

Here's the birthday boy eating his breakfast.

See my cheerio??

Opening presents from Grandma and Grandpa.  Saga was MORE then willing to help him out :)

Sixten was pretty interested in Saga's presents from Great grandma and grandpa.

The table was all set for our guests.  Sixten wanted to try out his seat.

Then he wanted to rip the paper off the table.  I guess it was his birthday so...

The birthday guests arrived and found their seats at the table.  We served hamburgers, potato salad, bow tie salad and corn on the cob for dinner. 

yum

We celebrated Alina and Farfar's birthdays as well because they weren't home for their birthdays. 

Then it was time for cake and coffee. 

He enjoyed his cake!

Some More Summer Pictures

One of the things I that was on my TO DO list for the summer was to take the kids to Western Farm.  Saga is really into Indians, cowboys, horses so I thought it would be perfect fun for us.  It was great!  Lots to see and plenty of horses to look at and ride.  Fun was had by all!

Western girl Saga, I think she would rather be a cowboy actually.

Papa and Sixten at Western Farm.  He is throwing himself at me, I think.

Saga heading off on her horse ride by herself.  What a big girl we have.

LOVE their faces in this picture.

Sixten took a nap in the middle of all the action. There were guns being fired everywhere (blanks of course).

As I've said before, Sixten loves to visit the dogs in their kennel.  He now walks over there himself and tries to let them out.  Saga makes sure that doesn't happen :)

Some fun in the sun with Axel and Elin.  One of our last swimming adventures before the weather turned Fallish (it that a word?)

I asked Saga to model our carrots we've grown in the garden this year.  She thought that was funny and then gave me this pose.  So serious and cute.

Guess Who's 1?

This little baby is now this little boy.  The first year is such a time of change and development. More of a birthday post later, I promise.  Need to go to bed now!

Summer So Far

Saga the Swimmer from Kate Nordmark on Vimeo.