Sweden Part III - Jamtland 'Land'

Hugo, Viggo and Frans were so great with Anna. Hugo was always watching out for her, making sure she all right, helping her when she needed it. Viggo let her play with all of his toys and she spend a good amount of time in his room. And Frans was so great at sharing with her - even his very favourite toys, which apparently just does not happen. And the four of them had so much fun together just chasing and being chased, kicking a ball around, baking with farmor/mormor, and more.

Out for a walk in the city.

Playing doctor, farmor/mormor as patient.

Gathering flowers and playing on the patio.

Climbing on storsjoodjuret.

Malin and Daniel have such a fantastic backyard. Large, sunny, a short walk through the woods to the lake, etc. We spent some lovely times on their back patio.



One of the things I love about being outside of the big city, and summer, is that everywhere you look, there are fields of wild flowers. And Anna loved them too.

Running through a field of wild flowers.

Presenting daddy with a bouquet of wild flowers.

And there are a few fields of cows here and there, which Anna enjoyed.


Anna got to spend some great times with Malin too.

Riding on a balance bike for the first time.

Gathering sticks in the woods to build a fort.


Modeling an old dress of Malin's.

I was completely surprised with an early birthday present one afternoon. Malin and I went into town for a couple of hours for what I thought was going to be a bit of time to ourselves, wandering into a few shops and maybe stopping for a fika. But after a little bit of just that, she let me know that we had an appointment somewhere, and we needed to get going. Hmmm. I had no idea what was coming.

To my delight, we headed into a hand-blown glass boutique, and she let me know that she, Solweig and families were treating me to a glass blowing lesson. This is something that is absolutely up my alley! It's hard to describe how fun it was. I got to make a glass ball to hang from a window and a little bowl, and I left the lesson feeling like this is something that I am going to have to try again. Thank you all for such a fantastic treat!


We left Anna with farmor and farfar one day, and took a drive out to Malin's school, where she was working on next years school curriculum. She has a long drive to get there and home every day, but I can see why it is worth it. Great colleagues, beautiful school.


It is not easy to get a photo that captures everyone, especially when the youngest members of the family do not stay still for too long. But, we did it!


It was hard to say good-bye. Because in that moment of saying good-bye you start to miss each other already. Because you know you will miss so many special moments as the kids grow. Because you simply haven't had enough time.


We already look forward to next time.