Pure nonsense and fluff - although some adventure in the next chapter. Hope you enjoy.

"Wees heow Dadee!" Alex ran up to his father, excited that they had arrived at 'Tor's house'. The little alien had told him to tell his parents that they had arrived.

"We're here – already? Okay then, let's get moving!" He lifted his son and tickled him and had the little boy laughing and wiggling. Kat soon got into it as well as she began to giggle and tried to tickle her mother.

"Okay you guys – enough playing! It's time to go." Daniel entered the room and smiled as he saw the happiness on everyone's faces. He still couldn't get over how well life had worked out for his friends. Jack was happier – lighter – than he'd ever seen him and Sam had seemed to blossom with marriage and motherhood. She still kept her career but she was not so focused on it as she had been.

"Yeah – Tor's house! Daddy – y'et's go!"

"Okay squirt, we're going. Just remember to behave and to stay with Mommy and Daddy. Oh, and no touching!"

"Jack, he's good. He doesn't touch things he's not supposed to", Daniel defended the small boy.

"I wasn't talking to Alex – I was talking to you Daniel. Don't touch!"

"Ha ha Jack, very funny."

"But true Daniel", Sam said as she gathered the diaper bag for the baby.

"Et tu Sam? You've been hanging around Jack too long."

"No Daniel – it's you I've been hanging around – and I've seen you get into trouble too many times by touching things you're not supposed to."

"Hey, and what about you Sam", Daniel answered. "I can think of quite a few times when you couldn't resist touching some ancient piece of technology!"

"Now, now children", Jack grinned. "Behave. Neither of you are to touch anything until Thor says you can." He was pretty sure he heard 'party pooper' from his loving wife, but he continued to grin. Just then Thor arrived in their room.

"Are you ready to transport down to Othalla O'Neill?"

Jack narrowed his eyes at the little alien, pretty sure he had seen him actually bouncing on his teeny feet. "Uh yeah Thor, we're ready. Are you okay?" he asked with a frown as again the little gray alien – bounced.

"Yes O'Neill, I am well. I am just pleased that you have brought your family to visit us. For the Asgaard young Alexander and baby Katherine are very special. It is a great honor to have them here and the High Council wishes to extend a sincere welcome to all of you."

"Why thanks Thor, that's nice. Tell them we appreciate it."

"You may tell them yourself. The welcome ceremony is about to begin."

"Ceremony?" Jack squawked. "What ceremony? You didn't tell me about any ceremony." He turned to Sam. "He didn't tell us about any ceremony, did he?"

She grinned at the man she knew hated anything that smacked of formality. "Uh no, as far as I know there was no mention of one. I'm sure it will be fine though. It'll probably just be a quick thing and then we can go. Isn't that right Thor?"

Thor simply blinked one – two – three – times. "It is very important for my people O'Neill. Surely you will not object."

How could he say no to the disappointed sounding little alien. He was sure that this was a big moment for Thor and he really couldn't bear to screw this up for his friend. He sighed. "Okay fine. But there'd better be cake!"

The rest of Sg1 was transported down first. The O'Neill's were the 'guests of honor' so were to arrive last. Sam insisted that everyone change into better clothes. "Jack, I'm not having us arrive to a ceremony dressed in casual clothes. I want us to look nice."

Jack sighed again, knowing it wasn't worth it to fight her on this. So, much to his disgust, he was forced into a suit and tie – something he detested. At least it wasn't his uniform (although Sam had tried to convince him to wear that – but he put his foot down).

So, here they were – all ready for whatever the Asgaard had planned. He did have to grin at how beautiful Sam looked and how cute the children were. Kat was wearing a pretty little yellow and white dress with a white hat. He didn't know how long that would last but she did look adorable.

Alex was wearing a little suit which matched Jacks – and would probably stay neat just about as long as his father's!

Jack looked over at Sam to see her giggling. "What's so funny", he wanted to know.

"You and Alex – you're both wiggling and looking totally uncomfortable. It's cute!"

"Cute", he said in disgust. "Alex, tell Mommy that wearing uncomfortable suits is not cute. We boys like to be comfortable."

"We's yike to be cont-ruble Mommy", Alex said seriously, pulling on the seat of his pants at the exact same moment his father did the same. "We's don yikes suse!"

"Jack, you're teaching him bad habits!" Sam knelt down and rearranged her son's jacket and little bow tie. "You look very handsome Alex, just like your Daddy. Now stand tall and show Thor and his friends how well-behaved you can be."

"Otay Mommy", the little boy smiled and gave his mother a kiss and a hug. He then went and took his father's hand, proud to have been compared to the man he worshiped.

Sam picked Kat up from her crib and they all stood together. "Okay Thor, we're ready to go."

In a flash of light and a twinkle of an eye, the O'Neill family found themselves on a raised dais in a great hall.

"Holy crap!" said his elegant wife. Jack has been watching Alex but he looked up at her exclamation.

"Holy crap!" he repeated. He was looking out into an immense room with hundreds – no thousands – of Asgaard, all lined up in rows looking right at them. At that precise moment there was a huge, collective 'aaaww' from around the room as their hosts witnessed the arrival of the O'Neills'.

"Jack look", Sam pointed up to the large screens that were placed throughout the room and he could see a close up of his family staring out at them.

Jack then noticed that on one side of the dais there were a number of chairs on which sat the rest of Sg1 and a number of their allies. "Is that Anise/Freya", he leaned over and whispered to his wife.

She looked over and saw the sexy Tok'ra and instantly felt a wave of – dislike – she refused to use the word jealousy, because she knew she had nothing to fear. Still, she really didn't like the Tok'ra woman, who seemed to be the official representative of their race. "I think so. Oh look, it's Lya and Antaeus." She waved and smiled at the Nox, who waved back.

"Yeah – they're all here I guess." Jack turned back to the audience who were still ooing and awing. He glanced down at his children and had to smile. They both had eyes as big as moons and were staring back at the thousands of 'Thors'. At least they hadn't gotten frightened. The O'Neills then made their way over to the chairs that had been provided for them – right in the middle of the stage. Jack sighed, really hating this whole thing.

At that moment an Asgaard – probably one of the High Council – stood up and began to speak. He welcomed the O'Neill's – and the rest of the delegates – and then spoke (for a long, long time groused Jack silently) about the importance of Alexander and Katherine and what they meant to the Asgaard people.

The children began to get fussy and Jack was worried that they'd soon have a melt-down. Fortunately Sam had brought snacks and the kids were happy for awhile, munching on cheerios and pieces of apple. After a while, however, that stopped working and Kat began to fuss and whine. Jack held her for a while but then she wanted her mother.

The baby began to root around her mother's blouse and Sam grimaced when she realized Kat wanted to nurse.

"Jack!" she whispered frantically, knowing her daughter was on the verge of crying. "What do I do?"

Jack looked down at his daughter, who was very intent on getting to Sam's breast. He just grinned. "Let her nurse", he said. "It'll quiet her down."

"In front of all these – aliens?"

"Sure, why not? They won't mind. I'm sure the Asgaard will find it fascinating."

"Great – just what I wanted – to nurse in front of an entire race of aliens!"

"Well, can you imagine if this had been earth? That would have been much harder."

She scowled but acknowledged the truth of that. As Kat began to whimper she knew there was nothing she could do. She carefully unbuttoned her shirt and unhooked her nursing bra. She then lifted Kat up and allowed her to latch on. She prayed that it had been unobtrusive, although what she didn't realize, and which Jack was absolutely not going to point out, was that the Asgaard cameras has done a close up and had displayed the whole process on their screens.

The poor speaker had lost his audience as everyone watched very intently as Kat nursed at her mother's breast. The Asgaard were ecstatic, to see what they had only been told about. The Nox were happy to see something so natural and healthy. The Tok'ra were tolerant – you couldn't expect anything more from the foolish humans. The humans themselves, for the most part, enjoyed watching the aliens – especially Daniel and Vala. Daniel, who had witnessed this many times and who was long inured to any embarrassment, loved how this was being eaten up by a race of superior beings. Vala – well she enjoyed anything that created a 'scene'. Teal'c of course was unmoved by it – or at least pretended to be and Cameron – well, he appeared to be the only one who was actually embarrassed.

Jack was trying hard not to laugh. The only thing that kept him from breaking down was the knowledge that his wife would have his balls for breakfast if he did. He tried to maintain a straight – and supportive – demeanor, but he just couldn't wait to tell George. His former commander would appreciate this and yet, at the same time, would be discreet about what he'd been told. Jack's 'jewels' would be toast again if Sam thought he'd repeated this to anyone.

The speaker eventually stopped talking and simply watched with everyone else. Sam was getting seriously creeped out by the whole experience so he took off his jacket and draped it over her and the almost asleep Kat. He could feel the disappointment from the audience, but they didn't do anything to object. A moment later and the baby was asleep. Jack could see his wife fiddling around under his jacket, getting everything back together. Once she was done he lifted it off of her.

There was another collective 'aaww' as the Asgaard could see that Kat was sleeping. Jack looked down at Alex and could see his eyes begin to droop as well. He picked the little boy up and put him on his lap. Within moments he was asleep too.

That seemed to be the impetus to bring the overly long ceremony to an end. Thor (he was positive it was Thor) walked forward and asked the O'Neills to 'please stand'.

Jack and Sam stood, holding on to their sleeping children. Thor then approached holding a small box in his hand. He then spoke some words, in what must have been Asgaard, reached in and took two pendants from the box and placed one over the neck of each child. The moment it touched the children it began to glow.

"Uh Thor?" Jack asked, looking askance at the pendants. "What are those things?"

"They are a gift of the Asgaard people O'Neill", he alien friend answered. "These stones have – legendary powers but will not harm your children. They can only ever be worn by the child to whom they have been given and will serve to protect and keep your children safe for their entire lives. They will also bring health and long-life."

"Wow!" Sam looked down at the sleeping girl in her arms and felt a wave of gratitude wash over her. "Thank you Thor – and please convey our thanks to the Asgaard people. It was so very kind and generous of you."

"There are ones for you and General O'Neill as well", Thor answered. He pulled two more of the pendants out of the box and placed them over the heads of the two adults.

"Hey – that feels – kinda good", Jack muttered. He looked up at his wife and could see a very content look on her face.

"It does – it feels, I don't know – kind of warm and relaxing."

At that moment the entire High Council stood, as one, and said some words together. That must have been the end, because the crowd suddenly broke up and everyone began to go their separate ways.

"I guess that's the end", Jack said, looking surprised at the suddenness of the ending. "Well, we should put the kids down for a nap anyway." He looked at his wife and smirked. "I could use a nap myself. Feel like going to bed Sam?"

"For God's sake – can't you two give it a break some time!" A very disgusted looking Daniel had walked up behind them. "You'd think you were teenagers or something!"

Jack grinned widely. "Well, I feel like one – so I might as well enjoy it. And anyway – you have a very dirty mind Daniel. I was simply talking about taking a nap."

"Sure you were", his friend answered with a role of the eyes. "Well – once you've – woken up you can come and join us in the reception lounge. There are drinks and snacks for all the delegates. By the way, what would you like me to tell our hosts?"

"Uh just tell them we have to put the children down and then watch them Daniel. I'm sure they'll understand."

"Yeah, okay. See you guys later." Daniel turned and headed towards the other members of SG1, muttering the whole way."

"I think we offended Danny Boy", Jack said, looking after his friend in some surprise. Daniel usually wasn't so prudish.

"I don't think we offended him – I think he's just jealous."

"Jealous?" Jack asked incredulously. "about what?"

"About – hell Jack, the man's horny as a goat! He needs to get laid."

"Oh!" Jack smirked and grabbed his wife with one arm, while holding Alex tightly with the other one. "Well, we can't help him there – but there is something we can do so come on – let's go."

As they walked down the corridor Jack sighed happily. "This is going to be a great vacation. We should have come years ago. I just know nothing can go wrong now!"