Christmas and Mike staying with us

Christmas was again celebrated at home in Rönninge in 2025. Mike came to stay together with his helper, from Tuesday to Sunday with Christmas day falling on the Thursday. We had a great time, cooking, celebrating, playing games and opening presents together. Both Hannah and Emma came with their families for Christmas Day and dinner, so we were a full house that day. One evening we went to see Hannah holding evening mass at her church in Solna. This year we didn't get proper snow until after Mike left, but he wasn't too disappointed about that.

Christmas preparations

 Cooking, Baking and Christmas tree preparations.

Liam and Neela's Birthday in October

Birthday celebrations for Liam and Neela in October, along with Emma's family visiting for a double celebration cake. Ed and Dylan look on, waiting for a piece of cake.

Ed Sheeran in Concert

For our second concert in the same year, Caroline bought tickets for us to go and see Ed Sheeran at the Strawberry Arena in Solna. Caro and I met up at MOS after work and had something to eat before the show. Our seats were at the top of the first section in the corner and we had a pretty good view of the stage which was in the centre of the arena. Ed was great and played many of his greatest hits. He was very chatty too and danced around the huge rotating stage most of the evening. The lighting and big screens were impressive too. We really enjoyed it and managed to get on the first train home after the concert, despite the massive (60,000) crowd who also had the same idea!

Robbie Williams Live in Stockholm

Caroline fixed tickets for the two of us to see Robbie Williams Live in Stockholm at Stadion. We were lucky with the weather and had nice seats roughly in the middle of the side of the stadium. It was a great show and he was a really very good entertainer, talking between the songs and getting the audience to sing along.

Summer Holiday in Portugal

Here are some phots from this summers holiday in Portugal. Neela, Nicholas, Caroline and I spent 2-weeks in Portugal, Liam went Interrailing with his friends Peter and Henry. We spent the first week on a farmstead an hour east of Lisbon. A super nice location, surrounded by cork tree forests and rolling hills. A fantastic pool which was perfect for our first relaxing week. For the second week we moved to a small village on the coat just north of Lisbon. A chance to swim in the sea with its big waves, as well as visiting the beautiful city of Lisbon. The weather was super nice and warm most of the time. 

Nicholas 13th Birthday

 Nicholas 13th Birthday with a trip to see Manchester United vs Leeds in the National Arena.

My 64th Birthday Photo

Here I am at 64! 
Had a super evening out with the family. We met up in town and went to an Indian restaurant together and had a super nice meal. Later in the week we had a warm evening and dinner on the balcony. Then at the weekend, Hannah and Emma came over for dinner.

Dylan’s Birthday

Dylan celebrating his 4th birthday at Emma's house.

Midsummers party at Linus and Bettina's and Florian's visit.

This was the week that Caro's brother Florian, and his son Leo, came to stay with us. They came for a long weekend, their first visit to stay with us in Rönninge. They came with us for Midsummer, which was spent at Linus and Bettina's house with other friends and a great midsummer pole!

Magnus Rehen's 70th Birthday

 Great fun at the 70th Birthday Party of Magnus Rehn, a good friend and one of my previous bosses at TagMaster. Here I am together with Therese Ronnevi, Magnus and Maria Swedin.
Then together with Ignacio Dominguez and his wife along with Ignacio Sanchez and his wife, both visiting from Spain. They are my good friends from my days at TagMaster, were they represented TagMaster as their distributor in Spain. So many good memories from my many visits to Spain together with these guys. Maria is on the left and Olle Axling is on the right, another colleague from our time at TagMaster.

Me and the kids went to see the final Mission Impossible movie

The Final Reckoning!