On Christmas Eve Rob & Nicole came over. We all sat down at the table (which i made so pretty) and ate more food than i thought was possible! afterwards we watched the traditional cartoons, played some games, drank about 6 litres of wine, and then opened presents.

My parents went all out this christmas. An iPhone 4, and iPad 2, and some books, a juicy couture sweater, and more! Even got a gift card to Sephora from Nicole. I think i wasn’t the only one who missed Emmelie, but at least i get to see her in March!

Mum got a bit emotional when i gave her and pappa their present, but i think they liked it!

as we started pre-birthday celebrations this weekend i got to open some presents as well. emmelie and robert started by giving me bubbles and a barbie toothbrush and a pair of ‘button’ earrings from marc by marc jacobs! love them.

then simon gave me one of his presents as well, a necklace from Links London.

who said getting older is horrible? i quite like it

when Simon came on Friday evening, we first went RAW for some sushi, which was amazing. then we stopped by bagpipers inn for a drink. when we came back home emmelie and robert decided to open a massive bottle of wine as well.. can easily say none of us felt ‘amazing’ in the morning…

yesterday emmelie, robert, and i went over to my grandmothers to have dinner. we popped open a bottle of sparkling to celebrate my birthday, got a generous gift as well.

then we sat down and emmelie and i destroyed the meatballs and brown sauce.. was delicious! and the pie afterwards didn’t hurt either.. YUMMY!

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went for dinner at saint ann’s in dallas last night with my father, his colleague, and my brother.

had salmon for dinner, was shocked at the portion size, had to ask myself if i was still in texas! perfect portion for me. then for dessert i had redbull and jaeger ice cream, intersting to say the least.. but yummy!

a really nice restaurant, recommended before an event at the american airlines center.

evelina, me, emmelie, and robert on saturday in the boat. aah take me back!

off we go. will be gone until sunday sometime. ADIOS!

tomorrow a group of us, (dad, emmelie, robert, evelina, and i) are going out to claes and pia’s house in bålsta! they’ve got a beautiful house, boat, and of course dogs!

we’re going to take the boat out during the day, and then have a lovely dinner at night (they know how to cook amaaaazing food!!). then in the morning time we’ll probably all head our separate ways again.

every day i realize how lucky i am. lucky to have such an amazing family. an amazing sister.

today after dinner i came back to town in order to stay at my sister’s. she’s been an angel (no surprise there) and let me and simon borrow her apartment for the week!

just packed her things and left, trusting me with everything. as soon as she left i felt lonely, ha!

to be fair, i’m old enough now to take care of things on my own, and be on my own. it’s quite nice, but it feels weird.

i feel like i kicked my sister out! thank you emmelie for being the best, and of course robert for having emmelie this week