Water gymnastics

Inspired by my soccer weekend I went and bought a gym card, it's really time to start doing something. However, with aching joints and overall feeling like a 60 year old lady I thought that maybe water gymnastics would be the way to go. And what do you know, I felt just at home together with the old ladies and the one old man that was there :) Fun times!

Minigolf

It's been a very long time since I last played minigolf. I think I have a sort of love hate relationship to it...I like playing minigolf, I like doing stuff like that, but I also know it can drive me crazy mad when the ball rolls by the hole missing it with just a millimeter or so.

With the help of "beautiful weather" I was able to get Ayaka out for a round...and I brough a few beers with me just in case :) Anyway, super fun round of golf followed by a meal by the water, watching the half marathon runners swish by as we are downing our desserts...ah, yes, a good saturday!

1 day of soccer = 1 week of pain

My cousin asked me to join a soccer tournament last weekend. Soccer hasn't been on my schedule at all for a very long time, actually, to be honest any kind of training has been absent from my life for a little while now...so I was a bit skeptical towards this to say the least. But a bright sunny day outside, the promise of a great dinner afterwards, and my love for soccer convinced me and I got excited about it...the fact that I was gonna get to see my cousin run for the first time and on top of that try to kick a ball also made it hard to say no :)

As I got on the field I played the only way I know how to...which is to give 110% at all times. My mind seemed to think I was still as quick and in the same shape I used to be...well, let me just say I paid for that for about a week, hardly able to get out of bed because of my aching body...but no regrets, it's impossible for me to get on a field in a competition and just play around! It was all worth it anyway as we made it to the finals which meant we got to play at Råsunda (the swedish national stadium) in the swedish national team's real game outfit! We finished it all off with a big party at bromma airport together with all the teams. So, although sports might not be my cousin's forte, she's always fun and looks fabulous, and knows just the right places to be. Being served a great dinner, having free drinks all night, and some good entertainment made for a 3 am bed time...which in turn made it hard to get up to start work at 7 am. Luckily I only worked until noon and was probably still drunk as I left, which I'm sure was the only reason to why my muscles were still able to move.

Live a little, hurt a little, laugh a little...

The crew

Ready to play

in the coolest outfit ever

at the Råsunda stadium

A super yummy dinner served by flight attendants on airplane trays

and some good entertainment by Patrik Isaksson

Me and my cousin

I finished the night off very full and a little bit drunk :)

Choir time!

Linda and I have joined a choir. A soul-choir with an absolutely wonderful choir leader. Every Monday I get to go and sing my little heart out, and then leave with a smile on my face. The lady that runs it is so energetic, so positive, so quirky, and extremely talented...and most important she makes us feel like superstars. December 14th is the final concert, so you better pencil that into your calendars.

80's here we go!

Our sweet Linni finally had her 30th birthday party and what better way to celebrate than in the spirit of the great 80's. Amazing food, fun competitions and games, great entertainment, beautiful people and 80's music playing all weekend long...just a well needed wonderful weekend among friends. One that can best be described in pictures.

Making lunch and getting ready

10 liter boxes of wine waiting for everyone to show up

And welcome to the 80's!

Kerstin came in style

And I was playing housewife working hard on the cakes for dessert

Mingle...

...and lunch upon arrival

Color and tights were two favourites...looking good Amanda

Sara and Sara...a winning duo in the Linni quiz

And then the team competitions got started...Nisse going full out

Spit the candy frog as far as you can...was one of the competitions :)

Team jump

and team picture

the birthday lady doing some breakdancing at the speed of lightning :)

Jenny before...

...me (with the crazy lady in the background) before...

...and then in our evening outfits ready for dinner.

Dinner time

Linni and Kajsa indulged in the crawfish...and some good drinks :)

Fidde cool guy

80's music quiz

Jumping pictures time...Linni is just amazing at these, she's got her game face on

I get a little help from Nisse

but then go for the FAME...on my own

dancing...

...turned into an improvised limbo

What an amazingly beautiful couple

Fourth look of the night...I found my lamp mic and turned into a rock singer...

...serenading the slow-dancing couples

A few dancers left having a hard time leaving the 80's

Me and the candy bowl that I woke up next to the following morning finally said goodnight.

We all got to wake up to a beautiful sunny morning

and enjoy breakfast on the porch

with the nice view

Thank you Linni for arranging a great weekend and for everyone there making it such a fun time!

A weekend with my boys

It was time for Linda and Micke to go to a wedding and get a fun night out without their two wonderful boys for once. So I took on the challenge and had the boys for the weekend.

I was lucky enough to have Ylva and Johan come visit me as well and we all went out to Ekerö to enjoy time out in the sun...so I did have plenty of help and it turned out to be a great day and evening. With a new dock being built there was a lot of exciting machines and things for Henry to look at. We also took the boat out for a ride to go tubing. It all went great and Henry was laughing out loud as Johan went flying off the ring. The ride did however end with the boat breaking down and Johan and I had to swim it in to the dock...not the easiest thing to do, but Henry thought it was quite the adventure as he and Ylva sat and cheered us on in the boat. An exciting and fun day that we finished off with a bbq.

Little Sam had me up three times during the night, and although I can't complain to much as he was back asleep after 10 min every time, it still made for a pretty tired Sara on the Sunday. As I dropped them off at home around 4pm on the Sunday however, I realized that I was still probably in better shape than some others :) but from what I could understand it was a fun wedding. And I was happy to have had the weekend with the boys...I am such a lucky auntie.

Sam chillin at my place

Wanting to join in on the fun train track building

but Henry wasn't very fond of that idea :)