God Jul!

Posted on December 26, 2009

God Jul everyone! God Jul means “Merry Christmas” in Swedish. Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful and blessed Christmas! We are celebrating Olivia’s first Christmas in Sweden this year with family and we have been having a blast! Swedes have their big celebration on Christmas Eve. Here are a few pictures…

First the obligatory picture in front of the Christmas Tree. She is still jet-lagged so she was not happy about this at first, but after a short nap on the car ride to her aunt’s she was feeling good again.

And the cousins all together. When we first got here, they came over to play and she had the time of her life! She loves these boys and they love her back. They are so cute!

A few detail shots of around Aunt Malin’s house. This is what Christmas is supposed to look like!

And so you may be wondering what Swedes do to celebrate “Jul”? Well, we eat. Lot’s and lot’s of eating! And yes, those are Swedish meatballs in that bowl. And yes, Swedes love them! The ham is a special Christmas ham….sort of the bread and butter of Christmas food here. It is SO good!

So instead of coming while everyone is sleeping, “tomte” or “Santa” as we call him, comes by the house to pass out the presents. I LOVE this picture of little Emil as he sees “tomte” for the first time. He is so surprised and a little scared. Poor Olivia had to be waken up for this and so she was just so confused as to what in the world was going on! She did have a good time playing with the ribbon though!

And it wouldn’t be a day in Sweden without coffee, or “fika, which sort of means coffee time. There’s always a sweet treat with coffee, like cake or cookies or even both. Yum, Yum!

So far it has been a great trip! We haven’t been out in the snow yet, but we hope to soon.

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2009

Wishing all you a wonderful and blessed Christmas this very special day!

Addison and Paige

Posted on December 23, 2009

I have known Addison for a while now and I am so happy to see him in love! He has found such a fun, warm lady and they just couldn’t be cuter together. Congrats, you two!

Sweet Laney

Posted on December 21, 2009

I love to see families grow! Lauren and Kyle got married about 2 years ago and now they are welcoming their first little one; a sweet, sweet, girl that looks just like her mother! I love to do newborn sessions and if you are interested in doing a newborn session, please call me as soon as you can. I like to do newborn sessions before a week old; otherwise they have a chance of getting baby acne and they stop sleeping so nicely. Laney was such a good sport…she is such a good baby! Congratulations, Lauren and Kyle!

Cute Hat!

Posted on December 18, 2009

Everytime I walk into Bada’s Boutique in downtown Conover, I can’t help but pick up a hat! She has some of the cutest things and if you are still shopping for that perfect something for a child or baby you can’t go wrong here! Here’s a pic of Olivia.

The Auten Boys

Posted on December 1, 2009

Every year about this time of year I get to hang out with these guys although I am pretty sure I enjoy their company more than they enjoy mine! It has been so fun the past several years to watch them grow.

Here’s just a few….