Halloween in Stockholm

Well, among all the chaos with my school classes, homework, and studies (hence the tired looking expressions), I decided to take a night out to celebrate my birthday and Halloween with my wife in Stockholm. Here are some pictures from the evening!!

Kensie and I enjoying the train ride into Stockholm.

Amber and Aiden

Skyfall on Opening Day! What a great flick!

We found a dedicated Halloween store in Stockholm...

....and had some fun!

What is this?

Looks like a good place for Dinner!

Trick or Treat!

....and it is just as crazy on the inside!

Oh glorious Halloween!

The ambiance could not have been better!

All this decoration is put up over 2 day and left for roughly 2 weeks...

FYI, The food was so good we forgot to take a picture!!

Turns out they sell "Utah Beach" in Stockholm!
Strange I have never heard of this before...

The Summer!

With the summer being full of visitors, traveling, and time with the kids - blogging took a hiatus. However, now that school is soon starting up I thought it would be time to post some pictures of some of the random summer events.

Waterfall in Norway located in a Valley said to be one of Norway's most beautiful.

Shopping at "Bryggen" in Bergen, Norway

The old town square at Bergen, Norway

Sunset in Norway

Trying Monk Fish - An extremely ugly, yet tasty fish.

In the Fjords of Norway.

A small village church in Norway.

Another Norwegian city... The water was always so still with amazing reflections. 

Boating in Norway.

Homes on an island in the fjords.

More fjords... The weather was stunning!

At the peak of a mountain in Norway!

Bergen, Norway

Aiden driving a kids tractor for his birthday...

and an oil truck...

and a train... For some reason he always picked the green vehicle.

Old school rafting with the kids.

Kensington during Midsummer. 21+ hours of daylight - the kids were in heaven!

Folk dancing in Oslo, Norway.

An old Norwegian storage house.

A Norwegian Stave Church.

Front of the Stave Church

Church Details... All out of wood - incredible.

Vigeland Park - Oslo, Norway

It is hilarious how many people have obviously held the baby's hand.

Coast of Oslo.

A homemade Salmon Burger with fresh Salmon.

Enjoying the sites of Stockholm.

The oldest town square in Stockholm - In 1520, 90 people were hung and
 beheaded here in what became known as the Stockholm Bloodbath.

The Vasa museum - The original Vasa ship from the 1600's.

Enjoying a walk along a harbor just south of Stockholm... 

Another picture from the walk.

A train stop between Oslo and Bergen - Elevation was quite high as seen
 from the snow on the ground (this was in July).

Another train stop at one of highest points of the journey... Cold, Foggy and Wet!

Getting the Balcony Summer Ready!

Close up of 1st flower pot

Close up of 2nd flower pot

The start of my salsa garden - Tomatoes, Jalapenos, Anaheim, Bell Peppers  

Hilarious that she got herself in and then started to laugh!

Our Balcony - 9:15pm and still some light from the sunset

Our new balcony furniture - good summer nights ahead!

Well, between all the homework, I finally had some time to finish cleaning off the balcony, assemble some furniture and plant my 'salsa garden', herbs, and some flowers. I can't wait to spend the summer evenings eating good food and enjoying the sunset outside. In the fall, I have plans for some awesome fresh salsa!