What we do in this life echoes through eternity: Birthday, bike rides, and Vacations

So I haven't been up on the bloggin as much as I wanted lately. So hang on we are going to cover a lot of ground as a lot has happened in August.

When Gini left me alone in July I realized just how many dishes our family does. So we bought a dishwasher and got it all hooked up. I LOVE it. So does Gini.

We took a spur of the moment trip to Amsterdam. We left on Thursday afternoon, and landed and Owen was about done by the time we got on the train. It was a really exciting time. it is interesting to see these towns that are just so old. gini and I kept commenting to each other about what it would be like to be there in the early 20th century.

This is Owen falling asleep on the train.

There are over 168 bridges in Amsterdam.

It was hot so Owen decided he wanted to go for a swim in the public park. He wasn't the only kid in a diaper.

Owen loved vacations

There are about 1000 house boats like this that are fixed in the canals. They have every amenity that apartments would.

We went to the Anne Frank House. The house with the black doors and the small group in front was the shop and building that the annex was built off of. We walked through it. It was really cool walking through the annex where they all hid for so long. It was incredible.

They had these all over the town. If you look closely they are just a concrete slab about 3 feet high, and 12 inches wide. They were restrooms for men to use on the street.

Aren't they so cute.

I love this picture because you can see how the building slowly angle out as they go up.

Owen spent all his free time chasing pigeons. They stunk. They all smelled like rotten fish. But he would run into the middle of them and just start laughing when they would fly off.

There literally was a line waiting outside the Abercrombie and Fitch store. It was a joke.

This picture kills me. It was from when we were flying back. Sometimes it blows me away that our family is living in Sweden and traveling Europe.

Lately, I have been riding my bike to work. It takes about 30 minutes and is really nice. I snapped this picture on the way in to work the other morning.

This past week the crown princess of Sweden came to Lulea to kick off a new public space. They retrofitted the South Harbor from a freight space to a park/events center. The crown princess sailed up on this restored ship. It is one of the largest wooden ships still sailing these days.