NEW YORK: Jennifer Lopez has extended her 40th birthday celebrations with a family holiday in Rome, Italy.

The singer/actress reached the milestone on Friday (24Jul09) and hosted a party in New York on Saturday night (25Jul09), which was arranged by her husband Marc Anthony.

And the lovely Latina, who recently finishing filming new movie The Back-Up Plan, has now taken the celebrations to Europe - arranging a trip to Rome with her partner and their two children, 17-month-old twins Max and Emme.

The couple and the kids landed in Italy on Wednesday (29Jul09) and were seen out enjoying the shops of Via Condotti.

Lopez and Anthony subsequently left the children in safe hands so they could spend a romantic evening together, enjoying an intimate dinner.

The special night was topped off by the delivery of a bunch of red roses.