July Gone Welcome August

Gone in a flash, July!  Fun filled and loaded with visitors.  Some just popped in and out some stayed a few days, it was fabulous.  We had the pleasure of Mauds company a couple of times, once in tow with Anki.  Aina and Jan-Otto came, Magdalena, Sören and their adorable Malin, then Lotta, David with Malva and Arvid to mention a few.

In between we celebrated Imma, the Chocolate Lab next door. She invited Ralle to her second birthday party and served doggy style, birthday cake made with liver pate', Polar bread (round flat-breads) and carrots.  Yum!!

A really pleasant evening was spent at a grill party at Eva (Lars' sister) and her husband Ken, who grew up in London.  Great fun, nice company and good food galore.  We are thrilled to be included and welcomed  by them in so many of their family gatherings!

We had also been invited to what probably was a true Kansas style BBQ in Jonstorp, but as we ended up with guests that same weekend we sadly had to decline.  I started spying the sky in that direction Friday night, sniffing the air for alder or apple wood, wondering if it was going to be a REAL Low and Slow BBQ, but the winds were not in my favor!  Perhaps the smoker was not started until Saturday, the day of the event, depending on what  kind of meat was being smoked........ guess I will never know!!

Speaking of Jonstorp we discovered a new place to take Ralle, where David also found great photo ops.
Walking along the water from the little harbor towards the swimming area!  We were there on a very windy Sunday morning when we had an empty  house.  A beautiful place, where we met many nice people and many nice dogs.

Ralle went to ViSkalys to be bathed and fluffed in preparation for a dog show. Pernilla worked her magic while we whiled our time away over coffee, chatting with Ingela and Daniel.  That is another awesome group of people.  How lucky are we to have run into them!!

John and his group are back from the Philippines, had a nice visit, but sadly MariVics Dad is failing. Talked to John yesterday, he has chickenpox!!!

Saga can ride her bike without training wheels......
Elliott is learning to swim.......
Linnea attended her culinary class in Florida. We are waiting to hear all about it.....
Kellie is working at Nordstroms an amazing department store.  Started in Seattle by a Swedish man who insisted on having a store with totally impeccable customer service!  There are now several Nordstrom stores on the West Coast!  Kellie is also turning 22 ! ............
Gary is back in San Jose after his vacation with John and a Seattle visit............
Ryan stayed home and took care of Buddy while Maria and Ray went to Florida to pick Linnea up.........
Linnea and Buddy can be seen on You Tube here. , as filmed during an agility event...............