A Tale of Two Parties
We were invited to not one party, but two on Saturday!! The first one was a 9 year-old birthday party for one of my nephews, and the second party was a rather hurriedly organized hello-goodbye/birthday party!
Eyþór, the Birthday Boy, in the center, circling the mouthwatering feast on the table.
Arnar (father of the birthday boy, and my mom's brother) holding his Lóa Bryndís who is now 14 months old.
Magnea, mother of the birthday boy (and Lóa), and master feast-maker, pours drinks.
Bjarki, Óðinn (son of Hulda and Ágúst), Eyþór, Anna, and Ásdís Sól (daugther of Hulda and Ágúst). Although they are all close in age, they represent two different generations, with Óðinn, Eyþór and Ásdís being the children of my mother's siblings.
On the left is Lóa, mother of Magnea, grandmother of Eyþór. Grandmothers may be rare in California, but not in Iceland! 🙂
Bjarki asking his grandma Ásdís to help him turn the siren on.
Pétur was the only one of my brothers that was not working that day. Here he's at the table with his girlfriend Signý, as well as Anna and Ásdís Sól.
Finnur, Bjarki and grandma Ásdís on the couch, Arnar in the background.
General chatting going on. Note the total lack of a plan for what the kids were supposed to do. Very Icelandic! 🙂
Mademoiselle Lóa Bryndís, a little apprehensive of the huge camera.
After spending some time playing in Eyþór's room, the kids decided to go outside and play on the trampoline in the backyard - only two at a time though.
Signý and Pétur in the picturesque backyard.
Pétur demonstrating how to jump high!
The birthday boy, not entirely happy about being caught on camera.
Eyþór and Óðinn going at it.
Pretty flowers.
Bjarki was not entirely happy that Lóa was climbing on the walker he wanted to push around!
After departing party #1, we made a quick pit-stop at home-base to give Bjarki his penicillin, and then headed to party #2. Hulda and Ágúst had decided to throw an impromptu party to say hi to us, farewall to Ágúst who’ll be in Europe for a month, and celebrate Ásdís Sól’s birthday.
Unnar and Finnur at Hulda and Ágúst's. Hulda is my mom's younger sister and Unnar is her first-born.
Ágúst, busy preparing food for the BBQ.
Ylfa Marín, Nökkvi's first-born, pondering the huge camera.
Grandma Ásdís with Ylfa, who had a nasty cold.
Bjarki checking out Gosi, the dog that Nökkvi and Jóhanna are dog-sitting.
Bjarki was overjoyed to find a huuuge tractor to play with in the backyard. I don't think he could even reach the pedals last year.
Mini hot-dogs ready for the BBQ.
Ágúst manning the BBQ.
The kids comparing scratches while eating dinner.
As it happens, I'm not the only person with a big camera in my family. 🙂
Hjörtur, Ágúst's first-born, is in the foreground, holding his own first-born. Hulda, Ásdís, Finnur, and the kids in the background.
Hulda and Ágúst with all their combined offspring.
Here's the previous picture plus two! 🙂
A rug? Some sheep's hair? Who knows! 🙂
The lighting of the cake.
Ásdís Sól collects her breath...
... pfffffff!
Ágúst flanked by his sister and his mother.
We finally crawled home around 10pm, but Anna was so wired she didn’t fall asleep until 1am. Ooops!