Finland: Meatballs! The Öja tradition: Monday Oct. 1

Öja is a rural area located between Jakobstad and Kokkola. My mom's family ran a farm there. My mom's Aunt Linnea (in the red coat) still lives out at the old farm and has a tradition of hosting a meatball welcome dinner at her house. Her meatballs are delicious!

Simon and Jonas are my second cousins ("små kusiner"). Simon is sporting the long beard and Jonas is in the red and white shirt. Tetti, Jonas' girlfriend, is in the brown shirt. Kai insisted on renaming her "lady." This was primarily because my mom referred to her once as lady Tetti