Jarryd's birthday

Tuesday December 1st is Jarryd's birthday and he had invited Anna, Stefano, me and some close friends over to watch a movie and have a nice low-key birthday, but his host family had other plans... When he came home from school he found several relatives and family friends had come over to throw him a surprise party! Anna and I joined the party later and I tried glögg(mulled wine with nuts and raisins drunk at Christmas time) and smörgås torta(sandwich cake, a Swedish specialty) for the first time. They both taste really good! We sat, chatted, sang, ate cake, played with a relative's golden retriever, watched TV, played with Jarryd's 3 year old host brother and had ping pong tournaments. Even though he didn't ask for anything, I gave him a chain mail necklace that I made using copper rings in the inverted round mail pattern. It matched his red hair! It was a good party and now Jarryd is 17!!