Pappa is here!!!

And I would not have any pictures of him if it was not for Marlee who took my phone today and took some pictures :-)

Alex arrived to Visby last night so me and all the boys picked him up. Marlee and Noah were so exited!! I am very happy to have him here, too.

The same day morfar had to go back to Stockholm because my farfar (his dad) has gotten very sick. He is old and we are not sure if he can fight it..

Fika outside the "weaving factory"

Swedish fika

Gabriel by the herb garden

Me feeding Gabriel (photo by Marlee :-)

Alex thinking (photo by Marlee :-)

My friend Johanna left the island today so we went over to her to say good bye and the boys played some tennis with her and her nephew who is Marlee's age

Lazy day with a beutiful ending

The weather has not been great but and we have not done much. Marlee has been out picking both mushrooms and blueberries with mormor and I have baked cookies. The sun appeared in the evening and Noah and Gabriel walked down to the beach with me and morfar after dinner. It was really beautiful down there and the boys had so much fun in the water! I never planned for Gabriel to get in but I could not stop him, he kept crawling towards the water every time I put him down (like a little turtle) so I finally took his clothes off  and let him get in.

Fascinating weather

Started out as a very windy day and the beach was not an alternative. I felt adventures and took the boys to Digerhuvud where the Raukar are (big lime stone rocks). Our neighbour/Marlee's friend Victor came with us with his parents and we had fun on Digerhuvud. There were big waves and big rocks to climb. Marlee was fearless as usual. I was just like him when I was his age so I can understand him but he still makes me nervous sometimes!

Marlee on the Rauk

Victor and Marlee

My loves

It's been a hard day!

After all the fun we ended up going to a garage sale with my friend Johanna to buy some more toys :-) She also joined us for a "fika" at a small cafe here. One of the most kid friendly ones!

A Swedish "fika"

The boys had fun at the cafe, too!

One of the boys were gone...

... when I came into the bedroom.. Noah was missing from the bed!

I had to look around before I found him and I have non idea how he could end up there without waking up and without me noticing it!?

On the floor, next to the bed, with half his body under the bed!

Gorgeous day on the beach!!!

The sun came and the heat came and we came...to the beach!! A beautiful day at the beach and the boys had so much fun! I have been a little worried that they would have been spoiled with the warm water in Florida and not wanting to go swimming here in Sweden but I could not have been more wrong! Even Gabriel has happily been splashing in the water and I love how kid friendly the beach here on Fårö is.

Cooling down before going to the beach

Waterfall in the pool!

Ekeviken here we come!!

Noah

Gabriel

Driving cars with their friend Victor

Tennis and Soccer

Today I had my very first tennis march ever. It was a lot of fun even if I lost. I surely had the best supporters though! Tomorrow we are all going to watch my friend Johanna play and I am sure the boys will be great supporters for her, too! She is a lot more likely to win her match since she actually plays tennis on a regular basis, unlike me who has played tennis about 5-10 times in my life :-)

My support club!

My support band

The winner and me, and 1/3 of my supporters!

After lunch we walked down to the beach since the sun was shining. It was not very warm but we are not so picky after all the rainy days ;-) I played soccer with Marlee, and some friends and Noah played with his cars. Later my cousin Bjarne and his wife came by since they are on the island for a couple of days. It was great to see them, last time I saw them was in Miami in December, and they stayed for dinner as well. They live less than an hour drive from us in Stockholm (in Uppsala) so it is funny how we end up seeing them so far from Stockholm all the time and not at home!

Marlee (in the robe) playing soccer with some friends

Such an angel face!

Picking Wild Strawberries!!

Great day even if the sun did not burst. Went wild strawberry picking before lunch and cleaned out the car in the afternoon.

Marlee with his friend Victor

<3 <3

Helping me cleaning the car :-)

Ice cream and wild strawberries!!

No more ice cream, only wild strawberries