Uncle Anthony and his girlfriend, April, visited us in VERY snowy and cold Umeå. We spent two days checking out the sights and eating at mom's (and now Ant's and April's) favorite restaurant--both days!
We showed off the great bus system...
Ant and April wanted to experience extreme cold (and possibly see the Northern Lights), so we took a train up to Abisko in Northern Sweden, 150 miles
north of the Arctic Circle!
Since it was so far north we only had about 4 hours of daylight and we never saw the sun. We stayed in a log cabin near the base of the mountain.
The cabin was quite cozy (= small). But we had fun...we cooked and danced (Odin loves to dance) and even ventured outside for some winter activities.
We went for some hikes around the area, it was very cold.
Uncle Anthony and Dad showing off the ice on their eyelashes and beard.
Mom took a break to climb some ice waterfalls. What a mom!
Dad also did some ice climbing. Though Odin also wanted to climb the ice waterfall, he had to be happy running around in the snow. Ant and April (expert rock climbers) put us all to shame and climbed as if they were spiderman and spiderwomen!
Back home...to LOTS of laundry.
Since it was so far north we only had about 4 hours of daylight and we never saw the sun. We stayed in a log cabin near the base of the mountain. 
Uncle Anthony and Dad showing off the ice on their eyelashes and beard.
Dad also did some ice climbing. Though Odin also wanted to climb the ice waterfall, he had to be happy running around in the snow. Ant and April (expert rock climbers) put us all to shame and climbed as if they were spiderman and spiderwomen!
Back home...to LOTS of laundry.