Enjoying some quiet time with family!

If I can figure out how to upload photos on this ...I will...but for now it I will just write about life here in Denmark. This weekend we spent most of, ok, all of our time with my family at their beautiful home in Herning. We had 2 lovely little cousins to play with Tobias is 5 years old and Andrea is 2 (and full of spunk!) We went to the swimming hall yesterday where Gabe and Jerry both jumped off a 5 meter platform! IT was NUTS!!! Gabe's face was priceless. You could not have paid me to do what he did! So his Uncle Michael did just that...paid him 20 Kroner to jump! Then later last night..we played cards, as we do often when we are together, and Michel did a double or nothing...and lost again..so Michael 0 Gabe 2! And his is now 40 Kroner richer! Which will buy him a very nice Ice cream cone or 3 or 4 of them!
We went on a couple nice walks today around their home which is beautiful wooded areas and there are picnic tables in little nooks and small playgrounds hidden in there too! Tonight for dinner we went to my little brothers home where he and his girlfriend Gry made the most amazing meal...FRIKEDILLA! It was SOOOO good! Mette and Gabe both ate a TON and so did Jerry and I to be fair. Homemade potato salad, pasta salad...everything was wonderful and their home is so very nice! They look out over a nice lake with great walking-running paths. You can see my host parents home for their deck. Nice and close to each other!
Tomorrow we are off to an adventure with my host dad to Germany! It is known as a "Beer Run" to get cheap beer just across the borader. My mom Ann said we have to have the "BIG SAUSAGES" too! It will be a little over 2 hours to drive there and then 2 hours back home but when everyone else is working we have all day to play!
It has been a great vacation so far and we still have over 2 weeks to go!

Danmark at its finest!!!

Here I sit....at my host mom's desk in the beautiful Herning Denmark! We arrived in this amazing country on Tuesday afternoon....fight was ok and they only lost one of our bags! We have it back now and we stayed at a nice little hotel just outside of Copenhagen for two nights. We saw many beautiful things in Copenhagen like the Queens castle, the harbor, walking streets, tivoli, and had many wonderful things to eat. We were very happy to take the 3 hour train ride yesterday to come stay with my family here! Jerry and Gabe went to a FCMitjutland soccer game last night and Mette and I stayed home and enjoyed an amazing and eventful dinner. Only one child needed a trip to the ER for the removal of a toy cannon ball she shoved up her nose! No problem she was back in about an hour ready to keep playing. Even with the language difference Mette and Gabe are able to play and have a wonderful time with their cousions here! Today, my good friend Betina is having a baby and we hope to see them soon! Other than that we are planning on hanging out and enjoying the company, great food, great beer and wine, and LOTS of laughs at my danish that is coming back after 16 years and my host mom Ann's english which she is quite good at but never wants to use! For now this has been an amazing trip already and we still have 2 1-2 weeks to go!!!

We're leaving on a jet plane.......

Oh vacation is coming soon!!! We are so very excited to begin this wonderful family vacation that is MUCH needed for everyone! We can't wait to bum around Copenhagen for a few days and then off to Herning to be with my wonderful family there! Be looking for fun updates (as I will try to do this from Denmark). Only a few last minute things to do and then we will be on a flight to Iceland...then Copenhagen Denmark!