Fun with friends and time at the lake

Friends from our ward invited us over for dinner a few days ago. They live about 25 minutes away in a city called Orimattila. Thearea is very quiet and seems great to own a home. Not to expensive and also a popular place for young families to buy who work in Lahti. Our friends home was not expensive and was quite nice. We are now starting goals to buy a home in Finland one day. We still aren't sure if we will stay in Finland forever. I think it's good to start making goals and also keeping our options open. Also, another friend of ours recently bought an old shack/house and remodeled and added to it so they could live in it. It's like a cute cottage and they have already built equity. They are willing to live in a small and old house to eventually have something better.

We visited Vesijarvi (the lake near our apartment) and played in the snow that covered the ice. It was a lot of fun. Antti and I had more fun than the girls I think! We ran around and threw snowballs and also made a snowman. Andrea just loved watching us run and play. The girls pretended to be snow tigers and penguins. The lake is fun to play on in the winter because it's open and you don't feel restricted. It was so peaceful just laying in the snow and being in nature. No noise and no people. Just us. We really are the most happy when we are outside.

Here are some pictures of both occasions: