Pancake Facts

Fact: Swedish pancakes rock my world.
Fact: My grandma would take first place in any Swedish pancake throw-down.
Fact: We make them almost every weekend. (Alternating with these crepes or some other fun concoction. Breakfast is fun to cook!)
Fact: Homemade syrup makes them taste even better. Dousing them with jam or lingonberries is also delicious.
Fact: They often put me into a food coma. Are naps acceptable at 11am after breakfast?
Fact: Before heading to Snoqualmie, the snowshoe crew went here for their pancake feed last weekend. It's the place to be.
Fact: They give you superhuman powers. Seriously.

1940-something

Awhile back, I asked my cousin to send some of the photos she had scanned of my grandparents. Unfortunately, her computer crashed so she lost almost all of that hard work to create digital versions. I guess that's what is good about old photos, you aren't going to have a computer malfunction and lose them all!

One of the photos that she did have was from their wedding day. I'm in love with it. I wish I could jump into a time machine and throw rice at them on their way out. Or maybe I'll throw birdseed since that's the more appropriate thing to do these days :)

Adore

A couple weekends ago, I went north for my Grandma Pete's 83rd birthday! She's my grandma who I used to camp with at Thousand Trails (or Thousand Trailers, as I used to call it), beat me in breath-holding contests at the pool, make us dozens of swedish pancakes, play Skip-Bo for hours, teach me how to make grandma's flat bread or even just refresh my clog collection whenever I would outgrow a pair.

Basically, she's fantastic.

Back to story-- I showed up to the birthday party before she was back from lunch, so I was browsing through some of her old photo albums. I couldn't help myself from taking pictures of her pictures. I adore this picture of her and my gramps. Don't you love it?