From 20 to 18 to 44.....

From 20 years of marriage to our niece´s 18th birthday and then Kristian´s 44th birthday! It has been a weekend of celebration!

But first things first. The big news of the day is....it´s Kristian´s birthday. Today he turned 44! When he arrived home from work we had the cakes prepared and the presents wrapped. We had a small celebration, just Kristian, me and the kids. I had junior club this evening so we couldn´t really do much this evening.

We have a tradition in our family, that the birthday boy or girl gets to choose what´s for dinner on the evening of their birthday. They can choose fast food, fancy restaurant or their favourite home cooked food. Kristian had wished for home cooked food....a steak! So a steak is what he got, along with the rest of us. They were delicious.

While I was at junior club he enjoyed himself here at home, watching one of the DVDs that he got from his mum. He was over the moon with it. Kristian loves jazz and his mum bought him a DVD about the old jazz musicians that played in Montmartre in Copenhagen. The DVD is made like a documentry. One of his favourite singers, Swedish Lisa Nilsson is also singing with them.

I think he has had a nice day even though we didn´t do too much.

On Friday evening we were out with my work. We went to see and hear about Falkons. It was amazing seeing these great birds up close. Then we were out eating together. It was the whole school,so teachers, office workers, cleaners, the board of directors and their partners were out together. Kristian came along with me which was really nice. We had such a great evening.

Then on Saturday our neice turned 18! We had a wonderful day with her and the rest of the family down on the farm.

All the cousins were together. (Below is Leah with her cousin Philip and Annie. They were all born the same year. Leah and Annie, only 1 week apart. Philip came along 3 months after the girls.

Below is Sara with her cousin Christine.

Below: my wonderful mother-in-law.

We had some fun playing games. A group of us played rounders.

The next day I had such sore legs! (Above is Kristian´s sister husband running for all he is worth!! I didn´t know he could run like that!! haha)

Andrew and Philip played badminton against Sara and Christine.

Not sure who won!

Anyway, we all had a really wonderful day!!

So we went from celebrating a 20 year anniversary to an 18th birthday to a 44 year old birthday....and it doesn´t stop! Next week we have more birthdays!!

(Really bad planning!)