Back to business

We have now been back from the US for 3 weeks and I can't believe it! Time is really going by fast. 

We had about 4 days when we got back before we really got back into the swing of things.  We used to time to relax, prepare a little bit and to see friends.  We went to a 25th Wedding Anniversary party with one of our colleagues and that was a lot of fun, folk dancing and eating a lot of food.

Then school started up! We had 3 days of meetings before the students arrived. By thursday there were 121 students filling the school and it was awesome.  Thursday-Saturday were quite fun and tiring as we were working around the clock.  I have a really sweet family group this year with 6 quite different but very nice girls.  Saturday we had auditions for the choirs and bands and had even a larger turnout than last year.  We are totally pumped with the interest for music this year!! 

Last week was the first official week of school and things went very well! I have been very happy with all my classes so far. (especially English!!) It's going to be a good year.

Søren and I also got back out on the golf course again this past week.  We both played okay but definitely felt a bit rusty after all the golfing in the States!

The most recent news is that I just celebrated my 27th birthday! Søren suprised me with a special weekend birthday trip to Gothenburg, Sweden!  We woke up on the 20th, opened presents, had a nice breakfast and hit the road! We drove a few hours to the ferry where we rode for another 3 hours before arriving in Sweden.  We found our hotel and headed off to find some dinner.  We ended up going to the Hard Rock Café and had some great food.  We walked around the city for awhile, but it was raining so we went home and just hung out.  The next morning we woke up, had an incredible continental breakfast and hit the town.  We saw the harbor, a huge Viking ship, lots of beautiful shops and buildings, the "famous" Ullevi Stadium (where the Danish Soccer team won the European championship), and took a boat ride through the canals of Gothenburg.  It was a great 24 hours in the city and then it was time to head back to Denmark again!  It was such a fun birthday present and we both had a wonderful weekend!!

Last 4 weeks in USA

After visiting my Grandparents in Florida, Søren and I headed to eastwards towards Cocoa Beach.  We stopped along the way in Orlando and visited Mickey and the gang in Magic Kingdom.  It was a very hot day, but we had a great time being kids for a day.  We were able to go onto rides often enough to cool down and there were a few water rides.  That evening for dinner we went to the Hoop-de-doo dinner show.  It was great fun where we got to eat real Southern American food and listen to some fun songs! The highlight for me was watching the fireworks over Cinderellas castle.  There were amazing combinations and it was all timed just right to Disney music!  Really beautiful!

Disney show in front of the Castle

Hoop-dee-doo Dinner show

Søren playing along at the dinner show

Fireworks!

After Disney World we spent 2½ days on the beach.  The condo where we stayed was right down to the ocean so we could just go down whenever we felt like it.  One day we spent a few hours at Kennedy Space Center.  Here we saw different rockets and satellites and even got to touch a piece of the moon! It was pretty cool to see that type of history.  We also visited Ron Jons Surf shop, had horrible service at a restaurant and watched the World Cup Soccer Final.   All in all very relaxing!

Launch pad (probably the one where the rocket that first landed on the moon took off)

Minigolfing in Cocoa Beach

We arrived back in Minneapolis and started off this part of our trip with a bang!! A day at Valleyfair (a local amusement park) with my Aunt Ellen and her two wonderful kids.  The day started off a bit wet...well actually very wet, but the sun came out not long after arriving and we had a wonderful day with no lines.  I guess the rain scared away the other guests cause we didn't have to wait at all, we could just go on ride after ride!!

X-treme Swing!

The next day we headed off to Sonshine Music Festival.  A lot of bands that we really like were playing.  The top of the list was New World Son, 10th Avenue North, Sanctus Real, Casting Crowns and Newboys.  Just like last year there were over 20,000 people and lots of great music!

The rest of our time was spent visiting family and friends.  We ate a lot of ice cream and had some wonderful meals.  It was good to see so many of our family members and friends again.

2nd year anniversary--Back at Millenum Park where we got married!

Having huge drinks with Ladder and Schader

Following tradition and wearing hats at Anna and Jason's house!

Mary, Emily and Ella

Playing Rock Band with Josh and Julie!

On the lake with Schader, Ladder and Holly

Getting tractor rides at Schader and Ladder's party