Hej från Sverige!

We have been in Östersund, Sweden for over a week now and our vacation couldn't be better. We are having a wonderful time staying with the Shorts, and the best part has been getting to know baby Olivia! I even got to be here for her baby shower! Aidan has been a trooper with the time change and scenery change, especially considering that the snow on the ground is taller than him! There is more snow here now than there has been in the nearly 20 years the Shorts have lived here. We've really been enjoying it though...sledding, skiing, snowmobiling, staying in a cabin in the woods, driving through the countryside to Norway, and going on a husky dog sled over the frozen lake in town. Even playing in the backyard with a shovel and bucket in the snow is a blast. Aidan is getting more used to it now, and instead of saying "all done" right away, he now says "one more minute!" when I tell him its time to go inside. I´ve gotten to see the pediatric wards of the hospital here and James is currently at the police department doing a ride-along with their canine unit and even a fly-along up in their helicopter!!! Needless to say,
we are very lucky to have such good friends (family) here to host us...and we don´t want to go home!!!