Happy 4th of July - Swedish Style!

We spent the whole day preparing for our big American 4th of July BBQ. We told people to be here by 6:30pm for food but they could come earlier (or later) if they wanted to. People worked today so we wanted to be mindful of giving them enough time off work to get to us. Others were driving a long way to get here on time. It wasn't much really to prepare ... just mostly printing and cutting out items for decorations. Oh and making the cake too. 

Our living room as we prepare all the printed items for our decorations.

I Miss Costco

It was also very weird waking up this morning without Davin. We didn't have to make his medicine nor spend 30 minutes waking him up in the morning. That part was kind of nice but boy ... it sure is quiet in the house! We had made plans to meet Farmor in Bollnas to pick up Davin since she had spent a long day with Erik yesterday. Plus, we wanted to do some shopping and it is easier to do it there.

We agreed to meet for lunch which we picked up that same "China Tai" that we had at my birthday dinner. I thought I ordered the right food but we found out that she had ordered the Panang Curry without pineapple. Yeah ... it was weird. It also had cashews in it too so that was new to me as well. I didn't mind the nuts but the pineapple? Yeah, weird.

Happy 4th of July blanket!

More Furniture Assembling

Well, the plumber did show up in the afternoon but only to survey the job to see how much work it is. Fredrik showed him what to do and the old bathroom set in the basement. Everything looked fine and won't take long to install but the guy is actually on vacation this week. So, he will come by on Tuesday to install it. Shoot, I was hoping it would be done today. Oh well.

Between assembling items, Fredrik takes a break with the BB gun.

A Day Without Davin

When Farmor was here yesterday, she asked the kids if they wanted to go with her to Erik's house as she was planning on visiting him today. Anna was visiting her mom again so there was plenty of space for them to visit and spend the night.

The view from my computer today!

Happy July 1st!

It is hard to believe we have been here over two weeks already and it is JULY! Time flies by... The good news? It finally feels like summer today! The weather the past few days has been a bit warmer than in the past (it got to 14C or 57F on Saturday) but it has been rain, rain, and more rain. Yesterday was a good day to spend inside as it was 15C or 59F but a LOT of rain. According to the weather report, there was 23mm or 0.9" of rain yesterday. I don't know how accurate that report was but it was pretty yucky outside.

Today was about 20C or 68F and SUNNY which is a nice change from the past two weeks. I was reading on Facebook about how it was in the upper 80's back home. That is a tad on the warm side for me and while it is nice in small amounts ... I will take the 68 degree weather anytime.

Sunshine & 68F! The kids practiced shooting arrows in our front yard.