Trip to Denmark

Last weekend we took a trip up to Denmark to celebrate my grandma's 80th birthday and to bless Nyah while we were there and my whole family was gathered. Friday Nyah, Ty and I packed the car and got everything ready and then when Laney was done with school picked her up and drove over to pick up Ben from work. Then we drove up to Rostock and got a cheap hotel room and stayed the night. The next day we got up and took the ferry across to Gedser. The kids were first nervous about taking the ferry but loved it once we got on there. This is Laney and Nyah chillin' on the ferry.
The view from the ferry looking towards Denmark.
Looking back towards Germany. The whole ride took about 1 hr and 45 minutes.
Oldemor with all her great grandchildren at her 80th birthday party.
For my grandma's birthday my mom did an AWESOME job at putting together a medley of songs that had special meaning to my grandma. It was really fun to sing and we are still walking around humming the songs here at home. :D

The birthday party was at a restaurant where we ate till we could've rolled home. The kids had fun too - eating, chatting, coloring, and playing outside with sparklers and bubbles. It couldn't have been any better.

The next day - Sunday - we blessed Nyah in Ballerup ward. Ben did a great job even though Nyah started crying! After the meetings we had a little luncheon for the family and really enjoyed just being with everybody athind chatting and visiting. This is Oldemor Winnifred with Laney and Erin. Laney, Ty and Nyah in their blessing outfits. Oh what cute kids I have!! :D
The Blesser and Blessee.

(the next pictures were taking with my camera and so the quality is not that great. Somebody forgot to pack the charger to the camera even though it was on her list....dang it!)
After the blessing we headed over to Wendy and Quentin's house....about a 3-4 hour drive. The next day we just relaxed and enjoyed spending time with the Cullingfords. Laney went to school with Erin and had a lot of fun. Later that day we went down to the harbor to catch crabs. Ben has been dreaming of doing this since he heard about it and luckily it was everything he ever dreamed it was going to be. We could hardly pull him away from there again. If we hadn't he would still be catching crabs in Augustenborg harbor. The kids loved it too. When we had to go back Ty starting bawling and said over and over, "I want to live here!!!"
So you take your long piece of string and attach a clothespin on it. Crush a muscle so the slime is exposed and put it on the clothespin. Lower it into the water and wait for a crab to grab it. Pull it gently up a little and catch it with your net.
Quentin holding one of the crabs.
In Ty's case you just take a net and catch all the jellyfish you can find. He loved the jellies....even holding them! And his aunt loved him enough to reach in the bucket and grab the jellyfish for him!!!! After that he got more brave and got them himself. He is now known in our family as "the jelly-man". (Ben wanted me to let you all know that the white jellyfish are non-poisonous...)
Here's Ty releasing the jellies back into the water.

And Erin, Joshua and Quentin releasing the crabs back into the water. The next day we packed up all our junk and drove back home. But we had so much fun in Denmark and loved spending time with our family. Thanks everybody for everything!!!!