Our week in Iowa

We had the most amazing week back in Iowa, like always! I just love being there seeing my brothers, sis, mom (parents this time as my dad and his family came from Yellowstone as well) nieces, nephew and friends! It's so much fun seeing J and T play with their cousins. They might live far away, but they still have such a great bond and I can't wait to watch them grow together! 

Here's a few (dozen) pictures of our time in Iowa!

^Tindra with her cousin Owen^

^Uncle Wayne (my brother) with T and cousins^

^My mamacita and oldest brother^

^Owen looks a liiiiittle afraid^

^We did Christmas with my family while in Iowa since we aren't going back this year^

^My step sister, half brother and J. He has an uncle that's younger than him. Talk about confusion!^

 ^Cousin love!^

 ^Drew and I got to sneak out for a few hours in the middle of the day (unheard of!)for some^

Christmas shopping and coffee! Pure bliss!

 ^Sisters^

 ^My dad and two (older) brothers^

 ^Family! My siblings and mamma^

 ^We got to meet up with some friends for the Christmas parade!Always good to see them^

^Loved seeing these girls! Ooooold friends! Las time we had a reunion (besides Al's wedding!)was^ when we were all Sweden in 2011!

Best of Sweden: Moheda

Guys, I'm really excited about this week. This week I will be sharing a few of my favorite companies from Sweden. If you have been around this blog for a while you know by now my obsession with Sweden. The fashion, the people, the weather, the food, basically everything that has to deal with Sweden. I've teamed up with a few of my favorite companies, and today we are starting off with Moheda. I wrote a post about my moheda love back in January and my love has grown since then. I wore my moheda's all summer long. They are some of the most versatile and comfortable shoes I own! When I got the chance to pick another pair I went with the Jenny bambu boot because I've never seen anything like these before! I loved them even more than I thought I would, and that's saying something. They are amazingly comfortable! No seriously! While we were up in Glenwood Springs I walked at least 2-3 miles in them pushing a stroller walking around their cute down town area and I lost count how many times I turned to tell Drew 'Seriously, these are Soo comfortable' so seriously guys, so comfortable! Sunday morning as we were checking out to go walk around I heard a group of ladies talking about 'cute boots' and I thought they were talking about Tindra's cute Pippi Longstocking boots she was wearing. Till I was getting ready to walk out and they asked me word for word "Where did you go those boots? That is exactly what I have been looking for!" I grabbed a hotel business card and wrote down the website, and then when we saw them later at brunch the same group of ladies were hunched over looking over these fabulous shoes on their iPad. Drew turned to me and said "Make sure you blog about that" So, of course I had to.  A little about Moheda, it was started in in Southern Sweden in 1976 and is in it's 5th generation of families producing these wooden clogs. I love that they have been keeping this company in the family!  While in Glenwood Springs, I wore my new Moheda's with three different outfits, and I loved these  boots with all three outfits!

This picture was taken really quickly as we were heading into the hot springs, I asked Drew to make sure he got the boots in the picture, apparently he decided my face was Not needed.

 Please excuse the grungy 'just spent an hour sitting in a hot spring hair'

How would you style your Mohedas? Make sure you come back at the end of the week for a chance to win a pair of your own! If you are an over achiever you can get a jump start on the giveaway by heading over and liking Moheda on Facebook! 

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Christmas Wish List: Drew this one is for you

Not sure what to get that special someone in your life? Here's some tips! But basically this is just for Drew to give him a helpful nudge in the right direction, even though he's usually a really good gift giver! He's always good at getting me things I didn't even know I wanted!

Amazing camera bag

Sky chair for our maple tree

Who wouldn't love a Stitch Fix gift card?

I've been lusting after the Ninja for almost two years

These Moccs! I have them in grey and they are some of my favorites

and last but certainly NOT least.. Athletic club membership, I'm trying to convince Drew the kids and I NEED this! 

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