I thought June went by quickly, but I don't know where July and August went and now we're at the end of September!
It is always the way when you are busy you don't have the time to write, so I'm now taking a Sunday afternoon to catch up before I forget what I have been up to!
July
I spent a week on the island of Gullholmen, with Pernilla, Per, Viggo and Melker. It is a beautiful island and Viggo and I did a lot of exploring together - well he showed me the island because he already knows it so well :)
Unfortunately Melker had the chicken pox while I was there (which he had caught from Viggo who had them before they went away!) so someone had to stay at home with him all the time - we took it shifts.
The main reason I was there was to babysit on Saturday 16th while Pernilla and Per went to Per's 40th birthday party - Pirate theme. In the morning I made pirate cup cakes for the children's party in the afternoon (so they didn't feel left out) Then I took Viggo to the Party. It was so much fun, I wish I had taken my camera! Everyone was dressed up as pirates and they had a proper treasure hunt - with a big map, going over rocks, wading through the sea and digging up a treasure chest on the beach, followed by a picnic, also on the beach! I just thought it was an amazing experience for all the children that participated.
It was then my birthday on the 19th and I had organised a BBQ back in Göteborg. I had a lot of fun and hope all who were there also enjoyed it :)
Amber and Allan had come up the night before from Denmark and Amber helped me get everything ready. We had good food - everything made from scratch of course, and good company:)
Then on the 21st I flew home, where I had a birthday surprise waiting for me. I missed some of it due to my delayed flight, but I got picked up at the train station by Ben and was taken straight to The Print Room in Bournemouth, where Mama, Natalie, Felicity and Josh were waiting for us. They had already had dinner (the part I missed) but I got there just as the first song was being played by a live band which was great. We had a lovely evening of singing and dancing and it was great to be together as a family - shame Papa had meetings and couldn't be there!
I was at FHQ (Furbank Head Quaters) for a week and it was so nice to just be at home and see family and friends.
The second weekend was spent up in Oxtead with Nathan and his family for Fintan's baptism. It was a lovely day with all the family followed by a BBQ at Nathan and Abbies.
It was a lovely day and we had fun and games in the garden. It was so nice later in the evening to see all the cousins dancing together in their pyjamas, before everyone went their separate ways. It reminded me of when I was younger and we did so much and had lots of fun with our cousins :)
I then went to Hammersmith to spend time with Jared, Genevieve and their lovely little family :) I spent 2 days there and had some more fun, going to the parks and enjoying the lovely weather, enjoying hugs with all the Children, including the newest addition, who didn't have a name yet! I couldn't kiss any of them though because I had a huge coldsore.
I then returned to Nathan and Abbies where I thought I would have a whole day with them, but thanks to Papa, who bought to light that my flight was actually a day earlier than I thought, so had to pack and leave!
