Football golf and more...

Søren and I have had the opportunity to play football golf twice in the last 2 weeks. What is football golf you may ask!? Well I guess it would be better translated as soccer golf because it is basically just as it sounds, golf with a soccer ball! It is quite similar to regular golf or frisbee golf except that you kick the soccer ball towards the flag and hole instead. Of course the hole is quite a bit bigger but the concept is the same! Anyway, we had a family outing with us, Søren's sister's family and his Mom last weekend and that was one of the activities we participated in. It was fun to try to kick the soccer ball around, and a little frustrating at times. (I know personally that I got a little bit too frustrated at one point!) But it was all in all a fun day and Søren was the winner!!! We ended the day going to the ocean having an ice-cream cone, shopping and eating at a pizzaria afterwards!! A great Sunday!

Going for par!

Then again this past weekend we were able to try our luck on the soccer-golf course again! We have a tradition with our friends Jette and Carl Andersen that we every now and again challenge each other to a competition! Back in January we played a mini-tournament with floor hockey, badminton and ping-pong and family Andersen won. However this time it was soccer-golf that we were competing in and guess what???? Family Madsen won!!! As I write we have the trophy (which is really just a shiny candle holder) sitting in front of us, lit up to celebrate the victory earlier today!!

There are sand bunkers here too!

Now OUR trophy, notice our matching outfits!! I'm sure that's why we won!!

So yeah that's the fun we've been up to! I was also recently in Copenhagen with the 10th graders. It was a fun 3 days but I was definitely tired when I got back home! The highlight of the trip for me was going the see a Theater-Concert with songs by The Beatles! They had incredible musicians and some really cool effects and stunts. I was "wowed" as were the students!!

Otherwise Søren and I have been enjoying our time playing around in our music room at home! We bought a handheld music recorder when we were in the states and have had a lot of fun playing around with it. With the recorder and a computer we can make our little family of 2 into a full rock band. We just switch off playing intruments and recording them into the computer and when we are done we just mix them together and we have a whole song! We've spent quite a bit of free time doing that, its fun to have a hobby together!!

Singing the vocal track!

August!

Well oh dear, looks like we have not written in over a month, and just when I sent out an email telling people to remember to look on our blog. Woopsie! But anyway, not much else to do now than to give an update.

The last month has been consumed by getting back into the swing of things. School started for me already August 10th with teacher meetings and a real busy 3 days filled with new students! We have a special thing at school where each teacher is assigned 6-10 students who are their contact students. We call it our "family" and these first 3 days are pretty much used for getting to be with our "families" and helping them to feel comfortable at the school. Also that week Søren and I had auditions for the bands and choirs at school! We had a fabulous turnout and are very excited about the amazing musical talent we have at the school this year.

Søren has also gotten back into the swing of things with school. He switched schools this year so that he doesn't have to drive an hour each way but instead a mere ½ hour! So he is liking that, I believe to quote him he has said "Whoah I should only be halfway and I'm here!" He is studying social studies this year and he is glad to have a subject that he is really excited about! Otherwise we have gotten back into the swing of things at church as well. We had a church barbeque and have played for service a couple times. We love having such a great fellowship and church to call home!

Also not long after we got back from the US we were able to celebrate Nikolaj's 1st birthday. It was a fun day and Nikolaj seemed to enjoy it and all his presents!

Just 2 weekends ago we had a big Watermark reunion! As some of you know, there are currently 5 of us from our Watermark band who now live in Denmark! We are quite spread throughout the country but luckily Denmark is only a 1/5 the size of MN so we can quite easily see each other. We had a great time catching up, speaking English and reminiscing. There is now one baby in the clan with another one due in October so that is exciting and fun!

Other than that I have celebrated a birthday this past month! I turned 26 and had a wonderful day. I had to work but only for 4 hours so I am not complaining too much! The girls from my "family" sung Happy Birthday to me in English and had made a USA flag for me to have. Also the whole school sang to me and all day I heard "Tillykke, Tillykke" (Congrats, Congrats)! Later that evening Søren took me to dinner and to a hockey game afterwards. We had a great night together and I received many wonderful gifts.



But yeah, we are doing great! Currently the stress level is quite low and we are finding lots of time to spend together. Last week we had a fun evening online drafting for our NFL fantasy football team. We have been a part of it for the last 2 years with some of our crazy American Football danish fans. We sat and ate nachos in our Vikings pants and jerseys and chatted with our other friends in our league, a different kind of husband and wife bonding!

Enthralled in our own computers!

This week I am going on a class trip to Copenhagen with the 10th graders! I am looking forward to it as it is a fun and alternative way to be at work! Søren is home alone but I think he'll find some fun sports to watch or something!

Hope all is well with you our readers!

PS: Here is a little picture of our friends little girl in her new Vikings jersey we gave her!! (Her daddy is a football fan so they needed to know who to cheer for!
Go Vikings!