Thankful

This year has been a wild ride, but I have lots to be thankful for including putting up the Christmas tree early, yoga, sweatpants, dear friends, Wordle, a year of date nights, ice cream, the most supportive husband, Bravo, fresh fruit, long walks, tea before bed, the best family, cozy lights, crossword puzzles, my health, laughing until it hurts, football, and of course, snuggles :)

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

xoxo,

stephanie marie

Sweden {Part II - IKEA Museum}

One of my favorite things we did in Sweden was something I’ve wanted to do since my first visit - go to the IKEA Museum. Located in the very first IKEA store in Almhult, it’s only about an hour drive from C’s house and we all decided to head down there for the day and see what it was all about.  The museum was great - they had an exhibit featuring its trailblazing women designers throughout the years, along with a decade by decade showcase of the company and a feature on the founder, Ingvar Kamprad {who seemed like a pretty amazing guy}. We spent several hours wandering through the museum learning all about this iconic brand, then after picking up a few things at the gift shop we went to the cafeteria where I had my very first IKEA meal, which seemed even better than the one they serve in the states. Afterwards we checked out a few shops in Almhult then headed to the newer and bigger flagship IKEA store to do a little shopping before heading back to the house {I was most impressed with their huge Christmas selection}. It was a fun day doing something so iconically Swedish and definitely a highlight of the trip. 

xoxo,

stephanie marie

The Weekend {In Pictures}

{uvillage all lit up}

{brekkie}

{wandering thru ballard}

{trying some new to us thai}

{xmas mugs + seahawks win}

{sunday afternoon walk after the rain}

{love this neighborhood}

{tomato soup night}

{halfway done}

xoxo,

stephanie marie

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!  It's been nice having a few sunny days here {even though it's been super cold} and I'm not ready for the rain to come back {and pretty much stay forever}.  But hoping to get some Christmas decorations up early this weekend and spend some time organizing the house before a short week next week.  Sounds like a pretty good weekend to me!

xoxo,

stephanie marie

Sweden {Part I - Sunny Days}

Our first few days in Sweden we were greeted with cold weather but beautiful blue skies.  We wanted to take full advantage, knowing the rain and grey was on it's way, so we took lots of walks in the forest, spent some time in town, and took a little road trip out to Växjö to do some shopping and see a new-to-me town.  I'm so grateful we were able to have a few days of sunshine to spend time outside in the beautiful fall weather!

xoxo,

stephanie marie