Going back the the beginning of summer...

We moved out of the house for the summer on June 18th. Our first stop was to Fiskebäckskil. There we stayed with Lotta and her family. Lotta and Matthew had met once before about 17 years ago when Lotta was an exchange student staying with Matthew's aunt Colleen. They had a nice little guest cabin (stuga) that we stayed in. Lotta and her husband, Tomas, have 3 children; John, Viktor and Elin. They were so nice to us during our stay and we are grateful that they invited us to come and visit. We had a great time!

While we were there we enjoyed the beautiful weather and long, long days. Fiskebäckskil is a beautiful old fishing village on the northern west coast of Sweden. It is an ideal summer spot with lots of opportunities for boating, fishing and beaching. One of the first days we were there we got to celebrate Midsummer with the family. Other days we went site-seeing in and around Fiskebäckskil, to the beach a couple of times, to an aquarium, to an island with a castle, and of course we did some hiking.

The Ericksons at Midsommar Fest

Sonja hanging out at the boat house

Linnea doing her "Alex the Lion" from Madagascar impersonations at the beach

Swinging at a lovely park on Marstrand

Shopping on Marstrand

The next bunch of pictures are from the castle on Marstrand

A view on our way to church on Sunday morning...

Sonja strutting to church

We did a couple of little hikes during our stay. This first pictures is from an evening hike Matt took with the girls.

A walk in the woods

Pictures from our day trip to Lysekil

Sonja at the Aquarium in Lysekil

And here is the group shot just before we left.

What a great way to start the summer!