Ingela

In Sweden, nobody wants to be the pig who takes the last slice of cake, so therefore when the platter went around again with just one slice left, everybody took a tiny bit of it! This is a phenomena that we Americans living here never get tired of laughing about. Here's Ingela taking her obligatory bit of it. Ingrid forced Thomas to eat the very last crumb, he doesn't care as much about these things as the grownups do.

Alison

Alison fell asleep waiting for the cake. Don't worry though, I woke her up in time to get a slice.

Ingrid and Ingela

I had to include everyone, this is Fredrik's mother Ingrid and his sister Ingela, industriously eating cake! Notice the rainclouds in the background, typical Swedish summer we are having.

The cake

The cake! It was Diam (Heath bar for the Americans). I'm going to get that recipe and post it in here soon, it was really good.

Birthday boy Inge

Fredrik's father Inge Börjesson, he turned 63 on Thursday and goes for his early retirement in 3 weeks!

Fredrik and Anders

Fredrik and his brother-in-law Anders, I most likely interrupted an important soccer discussion to make them smile for the camera...

Ida and Thomas working a crossword

This is Fredrik's grandmother Ida, asking Thomas for help with a crossword puzzle

Birthday card

This is the birthday card I made for Fredrik's father Inge for his birthday