Year 2012

Januar in Stavanger

Visited Dublin during a sales meeting

Got a bike (that I didn't end up using that much)

Visited Finland for a weekend

Saw some happy faces

Even got snow in Stavanger in February-March

Happy cook...

...probably while making these

Brother and his girlfriend came to visit

We made pizza :) what else

And it snowed some more in Stavanger

So we decided to hit the road and fly to Melbourne

and enjoy the sunny weather

visit Bondi

And then return back home to this..not bad :)

Conquered Pulpit rock

Mom came to visit for mothers day in May :)

The ships started to pass by our window so we bought binoculars

And then there was sun and heat even here!! Lasted like a weekend...

Got flowers...but they died not long after this picture was taken...

Took a trip over to UK in June...

to visit these two :)

And 3 weeks later it was time for Midsummer and VACATION

Road tripping Porvoo-Vaasa-Kajaani-Porvoo

spent some days at our summer cottage

And then my brother took us out to the Pellinki archipelago :)

When we got home it was time to start filling in the Visa-papers...2 months of paper work

In September we celebrated the wedding of Mr&Mrs T <3

Spent a weekend in Stockholm, first time there since 1999

Enjoyed the beautiful autumn weather in SVG...

Celebrated G's little sister

I went Christmas nuts already in November...

So we decided to visit Berlin & Weinachtsmarkets

And the weekend after that we headed to Finland to spend X-mas with my family

Tromsø

 

Chasing Northern lights :)

Happy New Year!!

2 days left

Tills man int behöver vakna ti den där förbannade väckarklockan mera!!! Väntar sååååååå!!Sen är de jullov och tillbaka på jobb...nah, nåh för en halv dag före nyåret. Men de borde gå helt bra :)

Har nu firat 2 "jular" före den egentliga Julafton. Vi fira med mina föräldrar då när vi tog en sväng till Finland och så fira vi med G's pappa+ familj förra fredagen, eftersom de åkte sedan på lördagen till USA för 3 veckor. Vi var och köpte en julgran efter att ha kört familjen till flygfältet då i lördas. Det är min första egna julgran :) Vår första julgran. Den blev jätte jätte fin med allt pynt och nu känns det jätte juligt där hemma..så mysigt att man int vill gå ut alls...så exakt så som det ska vara :)

I helgen kommer G's mamma med man från Australien hit och sedan ska det firas Jul både på finskt vis den 24. och Australienskt den 25. De betyder alltså ganska mycket mat som ska fixas....ska börja skriva lista så småningom.. :)

until I don't need to wake up to that darn alarm clock anymore!! Can't wait!!! Two more days and then it's Christmas holidays and I have 9 days off!! YAY!!

We have now celebrated "x-mas" twice already this year, once with my family when we were in Finland and last Friday with G's dad & family before they left for USA. After taking them to the airport on Saturday morning, we went to pick up our first own Christmas tree!! Feels a bit special! And it's a beauty of a tree :) It's so Christmasy and cozy at home right now that I don't want to leave the house at all...just the way it's supposed to be :) 

This Saturday G's mom and partner arrive from Australia and then we'll be celebrating Christmas both the Finnish way on the 24th and the Australian way on the 25th (minus the BBQ...). Lot's of food to be cooked...need to start on a list soon!

Snow

Spendera helgen i Finland, på ön. Åt julmat med mamma och pappa, traska runt i snödrivorna med G, åkte pulka (vilket G ännu måst lite öva på), åt choklad och låg på soffan och titta på tv. Det var riktigt skönt...

Spent the weekend in Finland, on the island. Ate Christmas foods with mum and dad, walked in the snow covered forests with G, went down our driveway with a sled (G still needs some practice on that part), ate tons of chocolate and spent most part of the day on the couch watching tv. It was really nice..