Happy Midsommar!! 🇸🇪
Family heritage and traditions have always been something extremely important to me. When Mike and I got married, I was so excited to bring traditions from both sides of our families into our own home. But I realized that some of Mike’s nationalities weren’t being properly represented, and I wanted to fix that! Midsommar is a Swedish holiday held yearly in June to celebrate the first day of summer. On this day, families will put up maypoles and eat traditional Swedish foods outside together.
The typical menu includes: inlagd sill (pickled herring) on filmjölkslimpa (seeded buttermilk bread), potatissallad med Kålrabbi och dill (Kohlrabi potato salad), and of course sponge cake with whipped cream and strawberries fresh from the first harvest of the summer! 🍓
It was originally supposed to rain today, but it turned out to be such a beautiful day and we were able to enjoy our Swedish lunch outside as planned! I’m so thankful for our newest family tradition! I can’t wait to one day celebrate these holidays with our children—and for them to fully enjoy all the pieces that make up their heritage. 💙💛
Later in the day, we headed over to meet up with Mike's family for some more celebrating—this time in the form of birthday celebrations. ;)
Since Charlotte leaves for Canada tomorrow, we went out and celebrated her birthday a day early tonight! It was such a lovely evening being together with the family, as always. 💕
I am so thankful for my wonderful sister-in-law! I cherish our friendship and closeness...and, of course, our puns. 😉 I hope you had a good time tonight! Have fun and learn a lot on your trip! Love you bunches!! 💚❤️💚❤️
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