Hello again.

I know, I know! I have become a bad blogger. But here is a little news.
Well most weeks goes by fast. I'm working, Søren is working and Christine is in school.
In March the school had its play. They had made plays based on the stories by H.C. Andersen. It was so good, and both teachers and kids had done an amazing job. We loved seeeing Christine on stage, and see how she loved to sing songs. We all had such a good evening :) Christine is loving school, and she is doing such a good job reading. Right now she is very excited about going to 1st grade after the sommer. In the beginning of March Christine and her friend Ida started swimming lessons in Løkken, and she loved it. That is definately something she will do again next season. It is really good for her. And good for her mom to learn how to let go of her little princess ;)
Last Wednesday she started soccer practice, now that her gym/dance practice is done for the season. She thinks that is a lot of fun. Her English is getting pretty poor, but she still understands everything, and is still watching all her American movies. She often talks about everyone in the US and how much she miss' everyone. But guess that is how all three of us feel.
Søren is still working at Pedershaab, and ofcourse at our house at home. Right now Søren and his dad are working outside. They have taken down a lot of trees, and are digging up the roots. Guess at some point it will be looking really good in our driveway :)
I'm working more hours now than I did during fall and winter. But I still love my job, and my boss is just the sweetest. She is so considerable. When I have days off during the week, I normally pick up Christine early, and we enjoy the time together.
Both Søren and I started working out in the gym in Løkken. It is really nice, and I love that I have time for it in the morning, so that my evenings are free.
We are getting warmer weather here in Denmark, and we spend all the good days outside. But I do miss the Iowa summer :)
Like the tradition goes here in our family, Christine has had two Birthday parties. The first one was Saturday April 21st. It was held together with her two cousins. We had the whole family for coffee in the afternoon and hotdogs in the evening. It was so much fun, and all the kids played so well together. The second one was on her actual Birthday. I brought lunch and cake for her class at school, and in the evening we had the closest family over for supper. A great day.


From the school play.


The kids singing.


More singing.


Christine and Molly fooling around :)


Christine playing Nintendo with her Grandpa.


Trying to clean her play house.


Silly girl on the slide.


Søren doing some yard work. We still love our lawnmower.


Molly and I :)


Christine fooling around with Molly.


Christine and Ida at swim practice.


And they have a little time for fun too ;)


My sweet niece Luna.


Fiona, Christine and aunt June.


Christine on her Birthday. She got so much Lego Friends.

Beach trip.

During Christmas vacation we went to the beach on a windy day. It was so beautiful, and I realize now, how much I have missed the beach and the ocean. The water was up high and there was lots of foam from the water.
Here are some pictures from our beach trip.


Our little pier.


Christine on the pier.


My wonderful family.


Christine, Søren and Molly playing.


Good thing she is wearing rubberboots :)


Playing with the foam.


And there were lots of it.


Christine chasing Søren and Molly.

New Years eve.

So during Christmas vacation Jesper, June, Fiona and Luna visited. The girls had so much fun, and auntie here loved snuggling with little Luna, who is not so little anymore. She turns two in April and is getting so big.
They returned to Køge on Dec 28th, and Christine was devistated that Fiona left. She miss' her very much. Wish we lived closer.
New Years eve Elsebeth was here and we had a wonderful relaxinig evening with some good food. Christine spend the evening and night at Søren's parents house, and she had lots of fun :)


Christine and Fiona.


Silly girls.


Playing with the iPad.


Luna and Søren listening to music on youtube. She loves listening to music.


Our New Years table.


Søren ready for New Years eve.


Christine having fun with grandpa

Christmas.

So finally December 24th came, but Christine has been far more excited for the 23rd to come, because that day Fiona came :) It was a big day for the girls to see eachother again, though it was only two months since they last saw eachother. And the funniest part was that they couldn't care less about Christmas and all the gifts. They were totally satisfied just playing with eachother.
Well the 24th started out as always, we went to lunch at Søren's uncle house, because it is his Birthday on the 24th. We got to see lots of the family and wish them a Merry Christmas. Then in the afternoon Jesper (Søren's younger brother), June (Jesper's wife), and their two girls, Fiona and Luna came. And ofcourse Santa (as he was a little busy in the evening). The girls got their huge gift from Santa. Christine and Fiona got each a playmobil castle, but just looked at the box and said "let's go play again", and then went to Christine's room :) It has been so funny to see how they have just played, and not even asked for gifts or when it was time to unwrap them.. Just before supper time my brother, his family, my mom and Søren's parents came.. We had the traditional Christmas dinner, we danced around the Christmas tree and we exchanged gifts.. Christine got so many toys, don't know where we will put them :) it was anwonderful evening, and I especially was so happy to be able to celebrate with brother and his family for the first time in many years..
Now it is the 25th, and we are waiting for Jesper, June, Fiona, Luna and Søren's parent to come and eat leftovers for lunch. And of course Christine is so excited to play with Fiona again today.


Santa is coming!


With huge gifts for the girls.


He wanted a hug before he left.


Luna unwrapping her gift.


All three girls dancing around the Christmas tree.


Done dancing, now time for gifts :)


Molly even got a Christmas gift.


Christine had made a special gift fot Søren and I.


A little nicely decorated box.


My brother with his gift from his son Christoffer.


Christine and Søren putting together the princess castle.


Molly thought she was a gift sunday morning, and put herself under the Christmas tree ;)

Lots of news.

Ok friends.. My blog app has been down, and I do hope it is back to working again. So on November 24th Søren left for India. He was there for two weeks, and Christine and I missed him very much, but we did keep a little busy, so time would go faster. After dropping up Søren in the airport, we took a trip to Build-a-bear. Christine got two new build-a-bears. A bunny named Molly and a polar bear named Snowball. She loves them and bring especially Snowball everywhere.
Every Friday we swim from 5pm to 6 pm, and Christine loves it.
The first Saturday Søren was gone, the school hosted a little Christmas fair. It was lots of fun, and they had crafts for the kids to do, and the kids had made this little program with songs. They were so cute and did really good. We had a fun day with grandma Larsen and grandma Andersen.
Christine baked, and made a candlelight decoration for the dining table. After the fair ended, we went home and decorated our Christmas tree. So hopefully soon we will be ready for Christmas :)
It was a big day for both Christine and I when we had to go pick up Søren on December 8th. We were very excited to have him back home.
Last Thursday Christine walked as a Lucia Bride with all the other kids at school. It was a nice little arrangement.
Friday December 23rd Søren's younger brother and his family will be home to celebrate Christmas. On the 24th we will be 14 people here to celebrate. This year my brother gave in and decided to come to our house, and I cannot wait to celebrate Christmas with my brother, my S-I-L, my sweet niece and my sweet nephew for the first time in years. On New Years eve my best friend, Elsebeth, will come to our house, and we will have lots of fun, and no kids this evening.
We want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


Christine with her new build-a-bears.


Christine swimming. She is so happy in the water.


Christmas fair.


Christine and grandma Andersen cutting hearts for the Christmas tree.


Christine and grandma Larsen whispering together.


Baking "pebernødder".


Christine ready for the Chrismas program.


Christine's decoration. The candlelight has numbers on it from 1-24 and we have to burn one down every day until the 24th.


Our fine American Christmas tree.


Christine's fine American Christmas tree.


Christine as Lucia Bride.


Walking to the preschool to sing.


And Christine again. They were so sweet, and so good at singing while walking.