Playing in the snow in our yard January 2002.

Matilda with the snowman.

Playing in the snow in our yard January 2002.

Johan and his new Snow racer, a christmas present.

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

Johan's first day at ski school. His teacher gave him a helping hand. Johan looked like the archetype of a kid on skies. (You almost only see a helmet on top of a pair of skies)

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

After two days at the ski school Matilda could handle the ski lifts by herself.

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

At the end of the week both Matilda and Johan had made great progress with the downhill skiing.....

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

....but found cross-country skiing a bit more difficult! The terrible dad took the oppurtunity to shoot a photo as documentation of the crying kids.

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

Anne is working on her sun tan.

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

Matilda and Per enjoys the sun.

Winter Holiday in Sälen, Sweden.

Johan found the sun too bright.

Springtime in Trollhättan.

Our plumtree in magnificent bloom.

Springtime in Trollhättan.

It does get really warm and nice on our south facing patio. OK, I admit that's our only patio.

Summer holiday in Denmark.

Don't they seem to love the warm and nice water?

We rented a cottage at the west-coast of Denmark together with the Mäkinen family.

Summer holiday in Denmark.

The family gathered together at the beach. It was a quiet beach 400 meters from the cottage. The beach was perfect for kites and kids.

Summer holiday in Denmark.

Matilda and Johan (and their parents) enjoyed the amusement park at Legoland.

Summer holiday in Denmark.

Per and Ann-Christine Mäkinen in a screaming pose as they fly down the track of "Xtreme Racers" at Legoland.

Summer holiday in Denmark.

Johan, he's the guy behind the popcorn cone, did work hard to eat all these popcorns. Per had to help him.

Summer holiday in Denmark.

Matilda experiments and exercise her balance at Legoland.