The Suitcase Kids

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Great Friends...

We were all so impressed with how well the kids got along. Julius met Ariana, Max, David and Andrew at the Chateau in 2007 and hadn’t seen our girls since 2010, but was instantly part of the teen gang. Hagen and Carla often kept to themselves on the Nikola because of the language gap, but they joined in all the activities onshore.

Ashlynn really treasured having time to hang out with Andrew, who’s one of her closest friends.

Since Veronica played photographer much of the evening, she’s hardly in any of the photos, but she also loved dancing until after 2 a.m.

Time to Boogie...

We were thrilled that the kids joined in and danced. Here they are doing the Macarena.

Shout is always a very lively song that everyone can get into.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...

Jimmy and I did a lot of dancing at the beginning of our relationship, but don’t get much of a chance these days. Even though I’m not very good at swinging, we always make an attempt. Here we are dancing to I Had the Time of My Life, which was our final song at our wedding reception.

Sally, on the other hand, competed in ballroom dancing at Oxford and definitely knew what she was doing. She and John don’t get many chances to dance either and clearly enjoyed themselves.

A Rooftop Terrace to Ourselves...

The location also met with the kids’ approval.

I surprised Jimmy by having Veronica sing one of his favorite songs, Come What May from Moulin Rouge. It was too dark to videotape her, but someone managed to record her singing, which she then used for a photo montage to surprise us which you can see here.

We danced and partied for hours.

Party Time...

When we visited Hvar in 2012, the travel agent suggested we have our party at the Adriana Hotel (in the center). How cool to discover that he could book us the rooftop terrace. Jimmy went over there before our dinner to check on the arrangements; they’d failed to set up the sound system, but luckily he was able to get everything straightened out before our arrival.