Our last day in Italy

Today it´s our last day in Italy...

we are at my sister´s place now.

We had luch with Matteo´s family...my sister made thai food.
Nonno Nino e Nonna Deny were here with us.
They just left. Luna and I are going to spend the night here because the airport it´s very close from here.
And we can spend a little more time with my sister and Laurent.
It has been a nice relaxing week. Luna and I enjoyed being here! But we are ready to go back...we miss pappa Micke e Devin and Luna misses her kindergarten friends.
Today it´s sunny and very warm. I am going to miss it ...I know that the temperature in Arvika is still under 20 degrees :(!

Home sweet home...we are coming!

an afternoon with Gaia and Marta

Yesterday afternoon Gaia and Marta took us to a very big shopping mall called Vulcano.
We looked around the shops and ate at McDonalds and took some nice and funny pictures.
Have some problems to upload pictures so I will do it when I am home in Arvika.

I miss Devin!!!

This morning it was raining a lot but now it´s cloudy with a little bit sun. 

In about an hour my cousin Gaia will come to pick us up to go to a shopping mall. 

Around here it´s full with malls...what to do then...just look around the shops, eat ice-cream and drink coffee. 

Our stay here it´s almost at the end...monday morning we are leaving. 

It´s been nice meeting my family,friends...eat a lot of nice italian food and ice-cream and luckily it has been warm and sunny. 

I has been 5 days and I miss little Devin!! I am a little worried, I didn´t sleep that much yesterday. I was thinking about Devin and Mike...mostly about Devin. I never left Devin alone with Micke for so many days. Probably Micke is doing good with him but I am still worried. I will be happy to go back..now Sweden it´s my home. And I can´t wait to start working! 

 Miss U Devin!!! 

Mommi and Lunis are coming home soon...!!

Luna and Nonni

Luna and nonno Nino have been playing all morning...

Luna like to see Nonno Nino´s stamps collection and paint. 

Now they are watching cartoon while waiting for the food to be ready..

Luna is teaching nonno to count in swedish.

Now the food is ready...oven rice with tuna, cheese and cherry tomatoes. 

Buon Appetito!! 

Aperitivo with Simo

Yesterday afternoon, my best friend Simone took us to have Aperitivo at Roby´s new bar. 

Roberto opened a bar 3 weeks ago ...it´s a very nice bar. 

I took some pictures on the way to the bar...

Luna enjoyed the car ride with Simone! 

He is a very funny and playfull person! 

Shopping Time!

Today it´s friday and my parents always eat fish...so for lunch we had deep fried squid rings,prawns and sallad, OMG it was delicious !!!

After lunch, I went to a shoes store and bought these for Micke: 

I didn´t find anything for me there...so I went to the shopping mall and I saw a clothes shop with 50% sale , there were many nice things there so i bought a black capri pants, a white dress, a bag

and they also had shoes(no sale but still a very good price between 20Euro-50euro ) so I bought these: 

Many Nice clothes and shoes for a very good price!!!

Shopping in Italy it´s fun but it can be `dangerous`for the wallet!!!  

Ivan´s birthday!

Yesterday it was Ivan´s Birthday...he turned 25! 

Happy Birthday again! 

So in the evening I was at his bar and congratulated him...and we got champagne 

He was working as well so after he closed the bar, with 8 other friends we went to have a drink in a place called Primula. It was an outdoor pub just a few km from where I live. 

Very nice and cozy!!

We are in Italy!!!

I could´t blog for a few days because internet didn´t work...

I was so annoyed about it!
Yesterday finally when I had internet...I was blogging for about 45 min (writing and downloading pictures), suddenly internet stopped working. Well the internet time run out :(!! 

Anyway, Luna and I are in Italy from Monday...it was sunny on monday/tue/wed and thursday afternoon but yesterday morning it was raining a lot:(!
Today, it´s cloudy but it´s about 20 degrees :)

Well, here is some pictures from these days:

Monday:

First thing we did when we arrive to my city..eat italian ice-cream

Nonno Nino and Luna

picking some flowers up for Nonna Deny..

in the evening just before bedtime:

eating grapes with nonno

Tuesday:
in the morning we took a walk to the city...well, not much to see there
but we just went to my best friend Simone´s bakery to say hello-

Back at home we had lunch: pasta with cuttlefish and artichokes.
 I love my mom´s food!!!


In the afternoon Luna and I were sunbathing on my balcony

Then we went to the playground

At dinner we ate pizza...mmm yummy!!
In the evening after Luna fell asleep I went to my friend Ivan´s bar and I had some drinks with a few friends.

Wednesday:
In the morning we went to the market.
For lunch we had thai food.
In the afernoon we went to the shopping mall and just looked around some shoes and clothes shops.
Before dinner I went to Ivan´s bar to have Aperitivo...
I love it. They should have in Arvika!!!
In the evening we grilled and my sister Jay, Matteo and little Laurent came to see us and we had dinner together. After dinner my cousin Marta, Gaia and her boyfriend came to meet us too. I was happy :) !

Luna and Laurent playing guitar

Jay bathing Luna and Laurent

It was really nice to meet them! Laurent is so cute and he turns 1 years old next in july.
We will meet them on sunday again. We are going to sleep over their place that is near Bergamo´s Airport so we can spend some time together before leaving on monday morning!

On the way to Italy

Micke drove us to the airport...

really nice of him!

At the airport

goodbye kiss

on the plane 

Almost ready to leave...

We are almost ready to go...

Micke is taking Devin to kindergarten  :(.. I am going to miss him !! I never left him for so many days before...just at Micke´s parents over the week-end.

I am fixing pasta sallad to have on the way to the airport...Micke will drive us there. It´s comfortable to take the train and then the bus ...but now that Luna will come too so it´s more comfortable to take the car.

Well, need to check things and fix the last things before we leave...

bye for now! 

Next time I´ll write I will be in Italy :) ! 

Italy here we come!

Tomorrow, Luna and I will go to Italy! 

It´s going to be nice to meet my family and friends after 6 months!

Devin and Micke will be staying here...they are going to have some ´boys time´and Luna and I will have ´girls time`.

We will be in italy for a week...we will be back next monday. 

I just hope that it´s going to be a good weather there in Milano. 

I´ve just finished packing...now I´m going to take a warm bath and watch a movie in bed with Micke. 

Hope you have had a nice week-end!! 

 Buonanotte! 

Barbecue with family

So here it´s some pictures from this evening dinner with Micke´s family

The Grill Master

grilling chicken wings and legs and cutlet.

Here comes Anette, Sofia, Thomas and the children

Micke got a nice birthday card and a present...a shaver.

Nonno Thomas, Luna and Devin

Waiting for the grill food to be ready

Time to eat! 

It was nice a nice family dinner!! 

Barbecue dinner with Söderberg family

We are waiting for Micke´s family ...they should be here soon to have a barbecue dinner to celebrate Micke´s birthday. 

Yesterday it was with friends...today it´s with the family ! 

What a fun evening!!!

Micke´s BBQ party was a success and we had a very good time. 

I didn´t think that so many friends would be able to come but we were 16 people and 5 children. 

It was a really fun evening...Micke was very happy about it! 

The Happy Birthday ´Boy´

First guests:

the rest of the `Gang`

Bahra, Anders and Devin ´kiss lips´

Micke and Perry

Later in the evening few of us went out to the club and Sofia joined us.

It was moderately good...

I enjoyed more the BBQ party. 

I think the whole evening was a success and we all had a good time together. And the important thing was that  Micke had fun and pleased with the evening. It was his birthday after all! 

Thanks to all who attented the party...

It was really nice! 

Micke´s Birthday!

Today it´s Micke´s Birthday...

Happy Birthday Babe!! 

We are going to have a barbecue party in our courtyard later this afternoon.

We have been cleaning all morning then we went to the supermarket and I just made pasta sallad and 2 chocolat cake.

So we are almost ready to get this party started :)...

Just waiting for friends to come over at 17.00!

Have a nice week-end! 

5th Anniversary

Today it´s a very special day for Micke and I 

It´s our 5th Anniversary! 

We didn´t have time to celebrate yet...

He worked untill 17.00 and then we went to Charlottenberg shopping centre with the children. 

We ate at Mcdonalds and Micke bought me a present: a black Casio Camera. 

I really needed one...!

We were back home around 21.00 and the kids fell asleep half an hour ago. 

So now, Mike and I are going to have a cozy late dinner (noodles) with candles. 

21st May 2005

Evening tour by bike

We just came back home from a bicycle tour. 

Luna was so good...she bikes all the way. 

Devin was sitting confortable in the bicycle cart. 

It was nice to be outside...not cold at all, just cloudy. 

Then we stopped to Micke´s job. He needed to get something there. So Luna, Devin and me played football on the grass while waiting. 

Here is a picture of the children and Micke `playing`with their tongues: 

On the way home, Devin fell asleep ..he was really tired. 

Now the children are asleep. 

Micke and me are going to watch a movie and have snacks. 

Buona Serata! 

Bonjour! -1

Bonjour! 

Today is thursday...after I drop the children to kindergarten, I have a few arrends to do and in the afternoon I have swedish lesson.

I have a few lessons left ...but I will not be able to go to because next week I will be in Italy and then I will start working. 

But I would like to finish the course, I will ask the teacher if it´s ok to skip the lessons and just do the assignments left to pass the course.

If I will have time ! 

I didn´t have that much sleep tonight...many thoughts in my head and one of them is the anniversary...

tomorrow it´s the big day...

can´t believe that time passes so fast! 5 Years married...wow! 

I´m quite excited about it!!! 

Looking for a house...

We have looked around for a house for quite a while...

we would like to move to a bigger place with a garden and in the city or close to the city.

We are just looking for now...we can´t afford to buy a house yet untill I have a steady job. 

But I am getting there. I am going  to work the whole summer and I hope to continue working after summer too. 

Right now, the apartment it´s still good for us. Luna and Devin are sharing a room. It´s a very nice apartment, close to the centre and the playground. It has a courtyard where we can grill and sit outside. 

It´s quite cozy. 

Well, the perfect house for us has to have at least 3 bedrooms, a big kitchen, a big and cozy living room ,a bathroom with a big bath tub, a room for Micke to have a billiard table, a hobby room for me, a play room for the children, a nice garden and a terrace. 

We will just keep looking around...and if one day we can afford to buy one I don´t think is that easy to find the right house. 

It doens´t hurt just to look around, right?! 

  

Presents?!

It´s always difficult to know what to give away for presents...

this time I have to find something for Micke.

On friday it´s our 5th anniversary and on saturday it´s Micke´s birthday. 

We can´t afford to buy anything expensive...I don´t have a job yet :( .

5 years married it´s a special day...but we don´t need to give each other something expensive. The thing that matter is the thought and show that we care about each other. 

Example, I got this from Micke for our first year together 

Talking Karate Tiger

 Micke recorded his voice: I love you, Jag älskar dig. 

He chose the karate dress( he knew I did Karate when I was young) and then they sew the recorded voice into the tiger. 

I really appreciated it...it was such a sweet and special gift! 

I just melted when he gave it to me !

And me, I like to write poem, send flowers, prepare a nice and romantic dinner and of course buy something I know he needs. 

So, it´s just to wait to see what happen on friday...

I´m a little bit excited and very curious!! 

Barbecue with Anders

This evening we had dinner with Anders. 

Barbeque: 

Micke, Grill Master Nr.1 

Anders, Grill Master Nr.2

At the dining table:

grilled pork loins and chicken, sallad, stir fried asparagus. 

We also had rice and fries. 

Anders and Micke showing off their muscles 

Ha ha ha 

I really enjoy grilled food! 

And it´s fun ...when you do it with friends! 

We are watching a movie now...

have a good night!