All the snow has melted here in Helsinki, and it is finally starting to really look like spring after a little tease we had a few weeks ago.  Mia was lucky to wake up on her birthday to a beautiful fresh snowfall, which I am hoping was the last one for the season.  I am way behind again on a blog post, but I have plenty of photos to share from around beautiful Helsinki during the winter as well as a few shots from a few places we have visited in the area.  I am very happy to say that we managed to survive the darkness and a winter in Finland. We brought Florida with us and were very lucky as we heard this was the mildest winter in Finland in the last 20 some years!

My family and I are flying up to North Finland (Lapland) this evening for one last shot to see the northern lights.  We are also signed up for skiing lessons as we have all never been snow skiing before.  We only have about two months left here in Finland (yes, we are on the move again… this time to some place warmer)!  I will post photos next week from our adventure this weekend and hopefully some aurora shots will be included. I am better prepared this time and have a tripod packed and ready to go… Aurora hunting here we come!!