I few weeks ago I flew out to Stockholm to for a weekend away – and also to photograph a wonderful international family that lives there. Caroline is from Germany (and also an amazing family photographer) and Richard is a fellow Brit, and they’ve been living in Stockholm together with their 3 trilingual (!!!) kids for about 10 years now.

It was a pleasure to get a glimpse of a life in a different culture and in different country… which is not that different from life here in the UK – except they get to sledge in their back garden in the afternoon, and their house is very, very warm even when it’s -15C outside (a shocking revelation as I sit wrapped up in a blanket when the flowers and trees are blooming outside here in Surrey).

I spent an afternoon with them – from having a bit of a snack, to crafts and board games to even a spot of Minecraft and Lion King on telly. I’ll let the photographs tell the rest of the story.

frozen branches with traditional swedish house in the background

boy looking out of the window

family sledging in stockholm

family sledging in their garden in sweden

snowflake window decorations

boy looking proudly at his aeroplane creation in a crafts room

family dinner

mother and daughter having quality time together

family playing farmyard ludo

dad drawing darth vader for his son

family playing farmyard ludo

family playing ludo

family playing farmyard ludo

family playing farmyard ludo

family playing farmyard ludo

little boy with long hair playing with his mothers face

7 year old boy playing minecraft creative mode on his pc

family sitting on a red sofa in living room with fire going

mom and young boy reading a thomas the tank engine book together

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mum tickling her son on a sofa

dad and son cuddling

family sitting on a red sofa in living room with fire going

winter afternoon in sweden

How wonderful is their everyday?! If you think your daily life is boring and there’s nothing special to photograph I urge you to reconsider.