The Birthday of Mrs Groves....

The 22nd was Fee's Birthday and we have been eating Cheesecake for three days straight..... not that I am complaining but I think my Liver and waist line are about to give up on me!

You cant have a Birthday without Flowers and gifts!

Fee was off to the Spa with a friend so we had a light breakfast. I did a posh twist on Egg's & Bacon.

 On her Return I had made a super tasty Cheesecake with Strawberries and Jam.

 This one turned out pretty good I have to say, just look at the layers!

That night we went out for dinner at a nice Italian place in town. Tasted great but we had not eaten that much Pasta in a long time so we were VERY full. The upside was that we did not eat all the Cheesecake that night! We were nice and shared it with some friends Friday night before going out for dinner and drinks..... yes you read that right, BEFORE DINNER! The best thing about being a grown up is eating cake whenever you want.  :P

Today we went to see Lizzy who was having her birthday today..... again we took Cheesecake.

 Fee was teaching Amilie how to say animal names in English.... which was super cute. :)

Christine, Lizzy, Sven and Craig enjoying some surprise sun in Denmark

Bow ties, snails and chocolate...

It's all go! go! go! here in the Groves household this weekend. We are excepting Fee's parents over at the end of the month so cleaning has been in full swing.

A few trips to the re-cycling center and generally cleaning the whole apartment is what has happened over the past few days.... but its not all boring news. We have popped out to see friends and have a jolly good time.

Friday was Tieday and I rocked my new Bow tie for that geeky but cool professor look. We figured we should not waste it and headed out to dinner and drinks with some friends

Took a few attempts but with the help of Fee we figured out the best knot to use.

Spiffy!

Fee got dressed up and was looking fly in her polka dots and hat.

Fee, Christine, Craig, Adrian and myself all headed out for cocktails and a bite.

White Russians were in full swing!

Fee laughing at Adrian.... not with him.

Garlic snails to start, no kissing vampires tonight!

Adrian's cocktail desert created some odd results.

Judging by the looks on their faces, the girls don't seem to be buying Craig's (out of shot) amazing story.

The night was fun but we had to be up early for cleaning madness. We got a lot done the next day and after a little rest we freshened up and drove off into the wilderness to see Craig in his remote farm house.

He has a cool shack right out in the forest where nobody can hear you scream.....

On of the cars currently living in his barn.

Christine made a great curry (which I did not take pics off, sorry) and for desert we had home made chocolate mousse.

Amilie (our little German friend) was first to the table for this course.

"Oh sweet jesus this is good"

.... is what I imagined she was thinking.

Professor Groves...

It's Friday and that means Bowties and cocktails.

I rocked the professor look today at work... Made me feel smarter!

This week in food and fashion...

Been a busy but productive week back at work, summer holidays are just around the corner so deadlines are comming up quick.... but that nothing new. However that does not stop me from cooking up some delights in the kitchen and raiding the wardrobe!

There was not much in the fridge the other night apart from some Onions, Mushrooms and some left over pastry. Seemed bleak at first but in the end it all came together into a rather nice dish.....

Caramelized sweet red Onion tart with mushrooms in a cheese source.

Popped out in the week to get some shopping and stumbled upon a tin of HEINZ Baked Beans! Not often seem in these parts of DK, so I grab a can an plotted what sort of amazing dish we could cook up.

Baked Beans, otherwise know as "Chav-iar" back in the UK.

We decided to save the Beans for our (much needed) Saturday night in and whip up an English classic of the highest level!!

BAKED BEANS ON JACKET POTATO WITH CHEESE!!!

It was sooooo good, I admit its not the most classy meal but it is a real taste of home. It's strange the things that you miss from your home, but we have had our 'UK food fix' now and that should keep us going for a little while.

As well as it being a food week it has also been a bit of a fashion week, I have taken to planning out my outfits for the week on a Sunday night. Most days I just throw on whatever I have time to iron but I have decided to 'step it up' a little. No particular reason and I don't know how long this will last but its been fun so far. Here a little selection of what made it into work this week...

Rocked it old school with the braces and a plain white T-shirt on Wednesday. It a strong look and I think I will wear the braces more often.

As for 'Smart Friday' at work, I threw together the timeless combo of a White shirt and a black tie. Can't beat the classics.

Bow Ties and French people...

Friday night was party night!

Fee, Me and some of the Vejle gang got our passports out and headed up to our sister town of Kolding to see our buddy Will for his birthday. It was a fun night, good to catch up with some people we have not see in a long time and shuffle awkwardly on the dance floor to some Dub-Step.

The last time we went to Kolding I wore my Braces, so this time I stepped it up a notch and threw on a Bow Tie!

Spiffy!

After a late breakfast and a big cup of Tea we went to help our French friends move apartments. There was a big group of us so it only took a few runs to get it all done..... luckily.

This is their new home right on the edge of the woods.

Their new living room with the wood beams.... nice.


This guy was watching us work.

Thanks for the cold Santa...

Sorry for the lack of blogging of late, I have been a broken man for the past week and unable to blog properly. Heres the short version:

Got to London and stayed with my Dad for two days, he has Cats which I am ellergic too so by the time Fee's parents came to pick us up on Xmas day my chest and breathing was rather weak. I figured that would improve once we got to their place but sadly my in-laws don't like to use the heating in their own home. So by the time we left on the 27th I had a bad chest cold.

On returning home there was no time to rest as my super wife had arragned for us to go to a super cool summer house to have a super cool birthday/new years party in. :D

Some of the gang (just one really) whipping up a storm in the kitchen.

The vultures are circling!

Super cheeeeeeeeeesy lasagna.

Lucky we had a super long table to fit everybody on.

After stuffing our faces with cheese and salad people split up to either chill out, play games or simply eat lots of cold & flu medicine (that was me). Fee was heading up the 'game table' and she ended up being on the winning team, which is a good thing because she is a bad loser!

The little one has the highest I.Q.

Fee was looking a little sternly at poor Matthew, maybe he was not 'getting it' quickly enough.... god help him!

The next morning Fee had to pop out early to do the Booze run too Germany..... turns out she was picking up some of my family who had flown in from the UK! :D

Pop Groves.... he likes the size of the Beer cans in Denmark.

It is just a little bit bigger than the normal cans.

That night we played 'Mafia' with the gang.... never played it before but it was rather fun.

So the next morning Fee said she had to 'go to the supermarket' but I had figured out she was actually going to pick up my big Brother from the airport.... how cool is my wife?

Pop and big brother Spencer discussing the size of beer cans in Denmark.

Little sister, Sisters boy friend and big Brother.... with a big can.

The Summer house had become a party house for new years eve.

My epic ET cake that the was made for me!

Its a long story, but I was a big ET fan as a kid and I once had an ET cake that did not look like ET. So they figured now would be the time to correct that.

Quick and painless, I didn't want him to suffer.

He was tasty and tender, but we could not bring ourselves to eat his face. :/

Once it hit 12 we cracked open a special bottle of fizz that

was given to us on our wedding day.

Darth-Sven

He was in charge of the fireworks that would ring in the new year.

The very, very, very pretty Mrs Groves.

Thank you soooooo much for a great birthday! :)

LIGHT CYCLES!!!!!

Off to see the new TRON LEGACY film with some of the LEGO boys tonight.

Geeks night out!

I'm a fan of the original, what self respecting nerd wouldn't be! It has everything, simple 3D animation, light up frisbees and LIGHT CYCLES! So i'm hoping tonight's film will be cool...

but it wont be as cool as this guy.

Last Friday...not this Friday...

I am all alone tonight as the wife is out at her company xmas party. So i'm chilling out tonight, doing some LEGO related work for a friend, surfing the net and I may even shoot some zombies in the face via the PS3....lets see.

Figured I should get some pics up from last weekend before this weekend is over with. So last Friday we went over to Sven & Lizzy's place for dinner as they had a buddy over from Germany. Going there is always fun because we get to play with their little girl Amilie .

I have decided that she will be a rock/metal drummer, here she is having her first lesson.

Lizzy knocked up some little home made cookies, warm and tasty.

Sadly I didn't take any pics of the tasty free range Chicken that her Dad gave her from their very own farm. However we were back at their place the next night for a little German xmas party... something to do with St Nikholas.

Mr & Mrs Groves.

Turns out Amelie only hangs out with me because i'm her Orange peeling bitch.

"Peel this for me monkey boy"