Long time, No write

Wow, I haven't written in my blog in a long time, and there are very valid reasons why, My life has been super hectic since last we talked, and I haven't had the chance to sit down and write about it, let a lone think about it too much.
The summery of the last 2 months is this:
I was moved early from my host family to live with a woman from the YFU program I am on exchange with. I lived with her for a week, also my last week on school. After school was done, and I was let off the program, I moved in with my wonderful Aunt. I have lived there with her, her boyfriend and his and her kids. It is beautiful there and I loved it.
Then I went to visit my family's summer house last week with my Aunt Gitte and her husband, their son and his wife and baby, my cousin's wife and two dogs and baby on the way, and my grandmother. Though we weren't all sleeping there, it was a crowded house, just as I like it.
I am now up in Sweden at my Aunt Gitte's house and have been having a great time. I am flying back to Denmark tomorrow at 7 only to be driven up to my mother's friends place in Fyrn.
So as you can see, my life has been busy and complicated at first, but it is calming down a bit and my mom is coming soon.
I can't wait for our trip to London and Bastain's graduation, and to see the whole family.

I can't promise I'll be writing any time soon, as I have had to return my computer to school. But I'm almost home, so I can talk to you guys in person. :)

Creativity

Spring always brings out my creativity, so I've been working a lot on my computer and sketching and painting and such. Others may think that I have been "wasting" my time on my computer, with facebook or tv shows or whatever, but they are misinformed.
This is what I've been doing, editing photos, and making videos and painting and reading.

And just for you mom, I have also been doing homework, just sent in my final English essay. And the Existentialist whale is from Religion, where she dared us to write a phrase or draw a picture and I drew a whale and then had to explain what I meant, because no one in Denmark as read the Hitchhikers Guide. :) It was a good day.

Weekend in the Resort

I have not written in a while, but my life is busy with the ending of school and if I'm gonna take the danish exams or not. I finished a very only music video for the 2011 Madison Protests. That link will be up on facebook soon.
I went to South Jylland with my family last weekend and we stayed at a nice resort where we had our own house and there was a pool and sauna house that we could go to free. We were there with Ellen's family. The two girls Emma and Laura were very sweet and we all had lots of fun.

These are the houses like our's. Our's was blue.

Nikolai and the girls.










Shopping in Germany is cheaper than in Denmark, so they stocked up on things they needed.

Also at the resort.

Dinner with the family.
















Nikolai and I tied a car race with cars we put together ourselves.










Getting ready for riding Segways.



We got to all try out riding on Segways for free at this science place. It was super fun and exciting. I tripped once, but didn't hurt. After that, we all rode around the course several times in all and had tons of fun.

Weekend in Odense

Last weekend I had a seminaR weekend in Odense with the YFU pRogRam. I was there with all the other YFU students fRom this year. There weRe a lot of us, and though I hadn't met most of them, they had all met each other last yeaR at eaRlier seminaRs. It was gReat to meet everyone. I made a lot of new friends and they were all Really nice. BefoRe going back to ouR own homes in DenmaRk, we went to a paRk in Odense and saw Hans C. Anderson's house. It was a gReat day!

The tree acRoss from the bus station.

HC Anderson's museum

HC Anderson's house

sitting on a statue

in town

Paul looking like Psy.
The giRls all Rush over.

Fenje

at the YFU house in Odense.

Music Concert

All the music classes, including mine, are performing tonight at the school. I am playing piano in a classical piece. Mostly everyone is playing pop songs. I will be sure to post the pictures tomorrow when I get them to the computer. Hope your spring is finally coming. Ours is only just starting, but it is still cold and windy. Missing Madison <3

1000 views!!!!!

I am proud of all of you. I now am sure that it is not just my mom and dad and obsessive friends pressing on the reload button. If it is I love you for it. :)
Feel free to comment on this blog if you have any questions or anything you would like me to show you with words or pictures.
Now that it's warm out, I can bike around and get easily to Copenhagen and other cities. Let me know what you want to see. I'll upload my trip to the train station soon so you can see what the scenery looks like. That'll come up on  youtube at some point and I'll add the link here.

I love you all, thanks for the birthday wish, from those of you I got them from :)

Time Well Spent

Yesterday was a national holiday that translates as Holy PRayeR Day. My family went to a comfoRmation and I was left home all day to do what I like. I had no idea what I was gonna do, maybe jump on the tRampoline and watch a movie. But then my host mother showed me the aRt supplies in the basement and said I could use what I wanted. I went cRazy and gRabbed all my own stuff from my Room and headed foR the basement. Once my music was up and Running, I set to woRk on something I had been trying to figure out how to do foR months. Now that I had all the supplies I need, I could get staRted. I alReady had all the stencils cut out long befoRe. Below aRe pictuRes of what I finished in 3 houRs of therapeutic painting. I only wish I could bRing them back with me, but unfoRtunately they aRe too big. Maybe they can find a good home somewheRe in DenmaRk, pReferably with some extra money in my pocket.  ;-)

the coloRs didn't tuRn out as vibrant in the pictuRe.

the coloRs in this pictuRe aRe a bit dull. A lot shinier with copper and gold coloRs than shown.

SpRing has Come!

We set up the trAmpoline last weekend and its nice to have something to Relax with. When I get home from school, it's nice to go foR a jump and tRy to do flips like Nikolai. I have only gotten to landing on my back, leading to pain in the moRning, but it is still fun to woRk on it. Jumping aRound on the tRampoline Really helps cleaR youR head, however youR day was and get Ready foR home.

Happy Birthday Nikolai

Saturday was my host brother's birthday party. Aunts, Uncles and cousins came over and had dinner with us. Everyone came at 3 and we have cake and coffe and tea, then we played a bunch of different games outside in the yard with groups. After dinner, the cousins all played a boards game called LOGO. We watched Friends when the game was over, till they had to go home. It was fun to see how the Danes do birthdays. It's certainly different from what I normally do.
The moRning of his biRthday, we woke him up eaRly and he got his gifts then.

soRRy about the Rs, my keyboaRd is bRoke.

Louisiana

I know this is the name of a state in the US, but it is also the name of one of the best museums in Denmark. I was there with my host Grandmother and her sister on Sunday. The current exhibit is Pop Art featuring Andy Warhol. There was also a fantastick artist I couldn't remember hearing of before named Tara Donovan.

the endless (bigger on the inside) mirror light room. {oh Doctor, we know your trick now}

Host Grandma in front of my favorite painting in Louisiana.

MEERKAT!!! with a minecraft chair.

MEERKAT!!! in front of some great sculpture I remember from my Danish side of childhood.

Coral made of buttons, from Tara Donovan. Tara Donovan is a artist who makes extraordinary scuptures from ordinary materials. More pictures are on Facebook.

Overdue Update - Jylland pics

A lot has been going on since my last post. For Easter break we drove up to Jylland to visit my family's grandparents and cousins. Then we driver further up to the northern most part of Denmark and to the summer house they have up there. We stayed there for a few days while Nikolai was playing in a handball turnament in central Jylland.
When we got back, Kristine and I started school again, but Nikolai did not. The elemetary school teachers were all locked-out due to a conflict with salary and union rights. It is reminding me a lot of Madison, except they are not allowed to protest, and instead of the teachers taking a stand, the government just locked them out before they could do anything.So there's not as much a sence of community with everyone, like there was in Madison.

Today I went shopping in Copenhagen with Kristine and her older sister, Malene. We were shopping for their brother/ my host brother, Nikolai. It's his birthday on the 14th.
There are 4 birthdays this April that I know of in Denmark. Nikolai(14th), my Grandma (19th), my friends Caroline's (28th), then mine (30th). My friend Meg's is two days after mine in May, and so we are hosting a party together at my house the weekend before our birthdays. The weekend after is the final party at Borupgaard School. I am very excited for all the happenings this April. It's going to be full and fun.

The gRandpaRents house in Jylland, the two little cousins. The family from my host dad's side aRe all very sweet.

 The Rainbow walkway in ÅRhus. Very cool and all the aRt inside the building was amazing as well.

 We saw the noRthern most point, the sand fields, the paRking lot, the waR bunkers and the noRthern most old chuRch. I got tiRed, and it was a lot of walking, but it was woRth it. The whole day was beautiful.