Midsommar party!

We had a great party here with friends and family and lot's of Swedish food! We ate herring, quiche, pasta salad, and most importantly, new potatoes with sour cream and chives. And as tradition calls for, the rain did come! As promised, I am posting some pictures for you. That is my husband with the viking hat and me beside of him. The other picture is one of our VERY excited guests....she thought everything looked "bootiful"! I look forward to next midsommar...maybe we will even build a midsommar pole!

Enjoy!

Happy Midsommar!

Hope you are having a great midsommar! I know most of you have no idea what I am talking about, but as most of you know my husband is from Sweden and midsommar is one of the largest holidays there. Midsommar is a celebration of the longest day of the year. And when you live as far north as Sweden, you truly appreciate a day where you have light from 3 in the morning until midnight. (Especially when you compare with their shortest day, which can be no light at all or as little as 6 hours of light!)
They spend the day outside with friends eating and just having a good time together. They usually make a midsommar pole decorated with tree leaves and flowers. Many children wear a crown of flowers around their head...it is just beautiful. I have included a picture from last year's midsommar. This is our good friends' youngest little one wearing a rather large crown! Too cute! I will hopefully have pictures of tonight's party to post later!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Anonymous Posting

I have changed the settings per my brother's request to enable anonymous posting. Apparently you had to login with a blogger account to be able to comment, so I made it easier for you to make comments! So please, let me know what you think!

Also, 2007 weddings dates are starting to book. If you are interested in booking me for your wedding, you may want to do so soon!

More pictures coming soon!

Big Girls Have Purses

Here is Ms. Addison. She is only 3 but has a boyfriend that is 27! (Her sister has the same boyfriend and he happens to be my brother.) As much as she loves my brother, she is terrified of my husband. None of us know why...maybe it is the "strange" accent; he is from Sweden afterall! For whatever reason she will not have anything to do with him. But actually on this day we went out to eat with her and her family and she actually spoke to my husband! We were all surprised at first, but now we think they are soon to be good buddies.

Has it really been a month?!

I was looking at my blog and realized that it has been a month since I posted last! May has been a very busy month. I have been to D.C. for a wedding and also to visit a good friend. (And of course the required trip to IKEA to stock up on Swedish goods!) There have been many interesting people to photograph this month. I will post one for fun and show more later!