Danish Danish Danish, Hurrah Hurrah Hurrah!


For anyone who has celebrated birthday's over the years with DD and JJ the title of this blog will ring a bell. For those of you who have not, suffice it to say that the traditional Danish birthday tradition was carried out, as it was JJ's birthday this past weekend. The whole weekend we had anticipated rain, but we got none. Saturday was mild and beautiful, Sunday a bit hotter, and not until late Sunday night did we even get any clouds or wind. We celebrated first by going to the drive in with JJ, Dina, Karen Peter, Bella, Brazzie and Rizzo on Saturday night, and then on Sunday, her actual birthday, a delicious breakfast of waffles and bacon was prepared for her by Karen Peter and Dina. We all had a pleasant day spent hanging out at the house, Dina shopping for, and then preparing the food for the dinner, and in the evening several friends came over for an amazing meal of curried shrimp and rice, and a goat cheese salad. Hugh and Patrick suprised JJ by coming home just in time for the dinner after their road trip to South Dakota. Barbara came to the dinner and brought Zoey, her tiny chihuahua, and Rizzo and she hit it off fairly well. The dinner was finished off with tasty cheesecake, upon which Patrick, artist extraordinaire, drew a rendition of JJ in marionberry sauce, and then JJ taught everyone the Danish song, and tradition of chopping off your own head (on the cake) to signify the end of the old year and the beginning of the new. Our new friends, including Scott, Chris, Jill, Felipe, T.J., and of course, Karen, Hugh, and Patrick, loved the tradition, and are now expecting "Danish" birthday cakes for their own celebrations!