Monthly Archives: July 2009

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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 →

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

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

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 →