Sunday, July 26, 2009

Sweden Recap Part I - Dop

While we were in Sweden, we had Anna baptized in "Svenska Kyrkan" (the Church of Sweden). Patrik's family organized everything for us before hand, including the ceremony at the church in Lit, and a lunch for all of our guests back at their house.


One of the things that really touched me about the day was that Anna got to wear the baptism dress that not only Patrik wore, but also Anna's faster Malin, her farmor, and almost all of Patrik's cousins and aunts on his mom's side. Now Anna's name is sewn into the dress just below her dad's name.


The ceremony was very nice and Anna thought it was great being up front where she could wave and talk to everyone watching. The only part that she didn't like very much, was having the water sprinkled on her forehead.




Both Malin and Solweig wore their Lit's dräkter (the traditional dresses from the town of Lit), and they looked amazing. Anna was also gifted with a little dräkt of her own, which Solweig made for Malin when she was a little girl. It will be worn proudly!


Four generations together...


Anna received so many beautiful gifts that day, but maybe one of the sweetest was this little kiss from Love.


Anna enjoyed chilling out with the girls after lunch.


After the festivities of the day wound down, a few friends stayed for dinner, which was the perfect cap to a great day.

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