Great weekend in Madison!

Yesterday we got back from a few days in Madison where we have some land and a trailer. Jackie and Doug were there too and we had a great time with them. I am so happy we had the chance to spend a few days with them there. The nature there is so beautiful but we did get very annoyed with the Love bugs which were everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE!!! Good thing they don't bite or sting but when they are everywhere it gets kind of ugly... Jackie had made a little garden by the trailer, "Tina's garden", with cute flowers and I totally forgot to take a picture of it :-( Next time! I also forgot to take pictures of Jackie and Doug and their two dogs that joined us, Scooter and Tigger. Such cute dogs!!! Marlee and Noah really enjoyed being out in the forest, especially Marlee. I think he misses the forest. One day we went to a spring close to the land. The water was kind of cold but sooo refreshing and clean! 

Marlee sleeping in the trailer

Noah got the master bedroom!

Marlee in the spring

Jackie, me and the children

Me swimming with Marlee

Even Alex dared to get in!!

Noah and Marlee is exploring the land with Scooter

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Gimme that sticker!!

Turtle-freak-out (it is an empty shell)

The whole family gathered!!!

Exotic wildlife

Before we went to Madison we also had some activities worth mentioning...

Good morning!

Back from the beach

Turtle crossing on our street

Marlee playing with some kids when we joined a bbq by the beach

Found this Swedish tile at Goodwill :-D

Kids gone crazy in the car!

Noah has learned to drink from a straw :-)

Cool boy (with baby oil in his hair)

First night in our new house!!

Right now we are all in our new house and the boys are sleeping. Alex is working and I am updating the blog. Dah! We still have to remove minor things that we do not want to use and figure our how we want to solve the bedroom idea but the house is pretty much child adjusted now and we enjoy our new place! :-)

Marlee is sleeping in the corner :-) We will move in his new bed as soon as it is fixed up!

Yesterday we spent part of the day on the beach. Great weather, nice and warm! 

Slowly moving in to our new home

I have had a cold for more than a week but is finally feeling better now. Life still goes on and here comes the latest news :-)

The church that Marlee's preschool is part of and that we have been to here, had the mass on the beach last Sunday. We had a great time, brought picnic and went swimming. They always have great music playing so we enjoyed that, too.

The band playing

Our little picnic

On Tuesdays, Chick-fil-a, which is a fast food restaurant here, with chicken only, have craft night and I took the children there. Marlee got to do "some crafting" :-)

Painting the little fish

The excellent result!

Yesterday we finally got access to our new home!! It needs some adjustments for our living and me and the children have spent two days there preparing. We have mostly brought things over, taken picture of the current "setup" (so that we can "reset" it after our changes) and tried to figure out how we should do things the best way. Right now there are only two bedrooms and we would like to make a third one by using part of the living room or family room.

Checking out the beach next to our house :-)

Future children's room

Probably future guest room

One of the two bathrooms (one has a shower and this one has a bathtub)

My favorite room with the view of the back yard

Noah helps out with child proofing the house. Glass table has to go!

During the afternoon today I went to the beach with the children and it was the perfect conditions! Not too hot, not too windy, no current and the tide was just right! For the first time I could let go of Marlee even when he could not touch the bottom without being worried about the current or the waves. I asked him if I could take the chance to take a picture of him in the water but instead of going in and swim he insisted that he should lay on the shore...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOAH!!!!

Wow, Noah is already 1 year old (and 2 days)!!! It reminds me that it is about time for me to update the "front pictures" on this blog since they still only show Marlee.... Anyways, we celebrated Noah in the morning with presents but the rest of the day was just like normal. Not much happened. We try to go down to the beach ones every day, the whole family so we probably did that after dinner. And of course Noah got a few Happy Birthday calls on Skype!! He told me to say Thank you! :-)

Happy Birthday Prince Noah!!!

Today we had a little birthday party for Noah. Another family came over, that we did not really know... We met them for about five minutes on the beach about two weeks ago and I got their phone number. The dad had to work today but the mum, Emily, and her two children Finn (3) and Grey (1) came over which was very nice!!! The family is from California and has only lives in Ormond for 2 months. Their children had never been to a birthday party (for children) before so they had no idea what to except. They still don't because we kept is very Swedish, with a fish pond and all :-) Unfortunately, I did not have space on my phone for more pictures so I completely missed all the good chances for taking pictures...

It is hard to be a Birthday boy!!

After the party we had another storm, as we seem to have every other day now, and we let Marlee and Noah out to run in the rain. It was so much fun to watch them!!! Noah is really brave and just LOVES water!!! Marlee had fun jumping and splashing :-D

After dinner we all went down to the beach. It was really nice!!!

Noah's birthday is not the only this that has happened here, we have also signed the papers to rent the house I talked about earlier. The smaller one, very close to the beach. We can move in on Wednesday but I think that we will first make it a little more "child friendly" before moving in. I went by today and took two pictures, one of the house and one towards the ocean, right outside the house. The house is about 6 houses from the beach!!!

The house (picture taken from the street)

The way to the beach (picture taken from outside the house)

Some more pictures of the last few days...

The boys helping me unpack the groceries... Thanks guys! :-|

Climbing at the playground!

Ormond wildlife!

Say Hello to our little friend!

A crab spider, looks worse than it is!

Everyone one but me are sleeping, and have been for a while... Time for me to join them!!