I'm Ready!!

This past weekend has been a dream for a Spongebob Squarepants fan like me. 72 hours of nothin but SPONGE on Nick. Thaaaaaaaaaaaaat's right, the big Spongebob Sponge Bash was this weekend. And it's not over yet, 10 new episodes to look forward to tonight. YEAH BABY!

Bless your heart, G-ma, for putting up with it!

Miss Denmark

Movers have been at the house in Denmark the past 3 days packing and as of today, everything is loaded up and gone....on it's way to the USA.

All that remains is my Andreas.....and the super fun job of cleaning the entire house. Boy, was that spectacular planning on my part or what?!?! (j/k hon)

Even though I'm not there to see the empty house, I can feel it. In my heart is the same sadness I felt when I saw our empty house in Fargo for the last time before we left for Denmark a year ago.

And though I was usually longing to be back in Fargo, our Denmark adventure was AWESOME....something I am very lucky to have experienced. I've been thinking of all the things I miss about it. Not surprisingly, there is a lot.

Laughing at signs with words like "barf" and "fart" in them


Castles


Castles made out of chocolate


Good coffee


Our house


Our beautiful garden


Cool houses


You know Andreas will miss roundabouts


fabulous cakes and pastries


Odd weather


Copenhagen


Fireworks on New Year's Eve


My first orchid


Awesome photo opportunities


Beautiful forest walks


More forest fun


Ellie


Being close to Farfar and Farmor



Traveling to Sweden


Our greenhouse and the grapes



Dancing when we were bored


Our apartment in Copenhagen

Oh wait.....I don't miss that....lol

Miss you Denmark! :(

Staying Connected

We talk to Pappa on the web cam everyday.




We like to draw him pictures on the compter too.




And gives lots of kisses!



We miss you pappa. Come home soon!

Waterskiing

I can never remember which leg I use....duh!


Did I make it??


Heck YES I did!!


Cuz I learned from the master (my bro)! 46 and still got it!!


Sammi getting ready to ski.


Whoo hoo!

Interesting

Turn your body around in 2 weeks

new bike

"I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like, it's got a basket, a bell that rings and things that make it look good...." - that's some old school Pink Floyd for ya.

Anyway, Emma got a new Dora bike and helmet for her birthday. Pretty sweet ride!

Back in the US

The girls and I have been back 5 days now. It's strange how it almost feels like we never left. It is so much fun to drive again and to see how things have changed or stayed the same. I am enjoying the fact that I can read everything and understand when people talk to me. There are a million places I want to go and do but I've been so busy just these first 5 days and running on very little sleep that I'm happy to just chill out for a while. But today, I'm hittin' Paradiso...OH YEAH! Can you believe I haven't eaten out once since being home?!?!?! And don't get me started on how nice it is to go grocery shopping here!! lol

We got Minneapolis about 9-9:30 Monday night. Stayed the night in a hotel, rented a van the next day and drove to Fargo. I am so happy the entire trip went off without a hitch. I was a little nervous being it was just me with 3 kids and G-ma (who doesn't walk well). But luckily at every airport (except Copenhagen this time) there was a wheelchair waiting to take her to the next gate. We also had 6 big suitcases and two car seats to get through customs and to the hotel, which also made me a bit nervous. Being the only one capable of lifting anything, I felt a bit small. That practically took care of itself as well. Phew!

It's good to be home. What isn't good is being away from my husband. I miss him so much. And I feel so bad for leaving him all alone because I know he's probably bored out of his mind and missing his baby terribly. But I told him he should take advantage of the quiet house that is otherwise alive with chaos when the kids are around. He can play ALL the xbox and computer games he wants!! But that probably doesn't make up for the fact that he can't hug his precious girl. It sucks now, but in a short while we will all be together again. It's gonna be great!!