november 12th - kids + wii

I've been a bit behind on posting pictures the last week. It was a very, very, very crazy week for me. My last week at work (right now it's my first free day, and it's six full weeks until I start at the new office, in Ghana). This means massive amounts of work, a lot of hours at the office, combined with a fully booked social life and some extra work I took on (don't ask me why, I don't know)

Anyway. Now I'm in Örebro with pretty much nothing to do during the days, except my lunch dates. I'm therefore gonna post ALOT of pictures from last weekend and a few this past week, then we'll be up to speed.

first out: November 12th. My niece and nephew decided they wanted to stay with us a night before we left. And so they did.

tyra in all her pride and glory

iphone + kids = love

we brought out the big guns after a while

and tyra took her time colouring a page in our wedding guest book. 

at first joar got sucked in with a pc game, some star wars crap. 

but then it was time to move on to the seriously fun stuff - wii snowboarding!

he was fast

and quick!

then it was time for bed. I (27 years) was exhausted and went to sleep the same time (9pm) as tyra (6 years) did. it was AMAZING.

the morning after looked a little like this:

we brought out the computer again. we can't help it, our computers are always out and on. 

tyra played an oddly girly game. I tried to make her drive around cars, but no no no. all she wanted to do was paint nails. at least it was less morbid compared to the knee surgery game she made me play the night before. 

ella hung out on the couch next to us and we petted her a bit. 

then the parents arrived. more cat petting. 

tyra getting some tech support

then my other brother + wife came to pick us up. a few minutes later we were on our way to my aunts house to celebrate christmas. more on that later today, because now I have to get prepared for lunch! 

a royal scottish visit

this weekend we got a long overdue visit from our glorious scots:

suz and fran 

friday. 

we met up on friday afternoon after work

peter had just bought a kindle. he just had to show it off. 

after a beer at the smallest bar in sundbyberg, we went to a tapas place. awesome food, but dark! 

after that we were off to bishops arms for a beer. suz had a small one, mine was somewhat larger. 

peter 

saturday.

peter and fran went and got bread from the local baker's

later in the day we went for a walk. 

to the marabou park. 

where we had a fika at the new restaurant

fran

flowers

then we walked back, made dinner and some absinth milkshakes. 

the cat felt excluded

 

suz

then we were too tired to do anything, watched some family guy and went to bed. 

they left early this morning. now they're back in edinburgh. we've spent the day reading books, petting cats and tried to tidy up the flat. 

paus picture

went to a ghana lecture today. the lady looked like 35 in the picture, but in reality was a 50+ woman, in Swedish often called a "kulturtant". all the pictures, and i mean ALL, were blurred. seriously. although it was quite nice to get more of a picture of the country we're going to live in. 

no pictures taken by me today. instead you'll get an old one of ella:

september 2010

walking from the office

pre party before peter went off to run "midnattsloppet"

sandra and maria dancing!

celebrating our new jobs in ghana (since 10 minutes when this photo was taken) with champagne and cake

peter's god son and i spent an afternoon blowing bubbles

chinese food at my mum and dad's

home made spring rolls. awfully good

fall is here. 

molly's always a bit careful where she puts her paws. 

minor party at home. elin

fredrik

nina

window watching, again

window watching

this might be the best thing ever. at least according to ella.

introducing family member # 4: ella

meet our youngest addition to our family. ella's known for her violent cuddling, her non gracious movement and her love of everything playful. we sometimes call her the fox.