Monthly Archives: July 2009

JAX

He’s here and cuter than ever.  I’ve been waiting for a photo so that I could update my blog… but for those of you who don’t know, my sister had a baby on July 23rd at 9:50 AM (her time, … Continue reading

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Cougar Mountain Zoo

Yesterday (Wednesday) we went to the Cougar Mountain Zoo and saw the baby tigers.  I didn’t get a good picture of them, but I did get a good picture of Mattias and Fredrik in front of lake Sammamish. img_4661.JPG

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Mt. Rainier with Grandpa

On Tuesday Grandpa took the day off work and joined us on a trip to Mount Rainier.  Mattias had a great time riding in the backpack but didn’t enjoy the mosquitoes.  I’ve got to get a video of him saying, … Continue reading

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Woodland Park Zoo

Keeping busy… On Monday we took a trip to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.  The penguins had a really new, cool habitat.  Mattias enjoyed watching them dive into the water. img_4593.JPG He also had fun driving the tractor and … Continue reading

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Museum of Flight

The best thing in the world right now (tied with Thomas the Train of course!) is airplanes… or more specifically (according to Mattias) airplaneports.  On Sunday we took a trip out to the Museum of Flight and toured the many … Continue reading

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Chili cook-off

On our first Saturday in Redmond we went to a chili cook-off and sampled pulled pork, chicken, brisket and corn bread…. is your mouth watering yet?  Here’s Mattias manning our station.  img_4569.JPG

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Skansen

Last week before we left for Seattle we spent some time at Skansen.  Mattias’ favorite was petting the goats… though he was a little bit afraid. img_4558.JPG I’m having technical difficulties… which is why I haven’t updated in a while … Continue reading

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Harmonica

Today is the first official day of our vacation so I bought Mattias a harmonica to celebrate. Here he is playing the blues.

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Videos

 Baby Swedish.. thank-you very much! The weeks just fly by. cafe au… chocolate?

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Boat trip

On this past Thursday we got to go for a ride on Linda and Peter’s boat.  We had a great time.  We took a short ride over to a semi-private beach.  Everyone jumped in the ocean … except for me … Continue reading

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