I GOT TO VOTE!

We had the county election here in Denmark and I was given the right to vote. Until now I have thought that I would never be able to vote in Denmark because I am not a Danish citizen, but apparently after you've lived in the country for 3 years you can vote in the county and regional elections! The second best part is that I know one of the candidates in our area and was able to talk with him briefly before the election to ask him some questions about differing opinions. I really took my ability to vote seriously, now that I know how it is to not have the privilege.

Also this weekend Søren and I were able to go to a beautiful 25th anniversary party for our friends from our church. We play in the band with Tove and two of her daughters. It was a wonderful party with lots of great music, funny speeches and skits, and during the night we even learned a gospel song and sung it together in one big choir.

Then just today we were able to celebrate Lukas' 5th birthday. It was a fun day with family and watching how excited Lukas was to get a Nintendo DS! We were all amazed as to what a 5 year old can figure out with technology! The highlight of the day for me was when Lukas and I were counting up to five together in English and then I said to him in Danish "Yeah and you are 5 years old!" and he answered in English "NO"...because his official birthday is tomorrow, so he was indeed not 5 years old yet!!

Since last time

Quick update since last time.

We have celebrated Halloween since last time. We did the normal pumpkin carving and having Halloween guests. This year it was just one guest but she came in style and scared us at the window holding an ax and some scary teeth!

Our pumpkins..Scary and Cute
Good costumes
The Jack O' Lantern Pizza

We also had the opportunity to show off our talented students at a huge event in Skjern. There were around 400 guests and we performed 5 songs with our mini-choir and the mini-band that accompanies them. It was a huge success and the students had a great time. Søren and I were quite proud of their performance and the way the acted so professionally. We loved seeing them in action! We've also had them out performing one other time since and it was also a success, I had tears in my eyes as they sang and played their hearts out!



And just last night I had a girls night out with my friend Kirsten. She just started playing the clarinet and is in a little band. The musical friend I am, I had encouraged here to join the band and I wanted to come see her in action and show her support. She had a concert where there was a Russian theme. There were lots of different musical groups there and they all played Russian songs. There were two breaks during the concert where we were feed traditional Russian food so we could get into the culture even more. It was a really neat idea and we had a gerat time.