The Confirmation of Ásdís Sól
[Written 14 April 2013]
Easter brings with it the Season of Confirmations, aka teenagers ‘confirm’ their belief in God etc, aka teenagers get a ton of really great presents and tons of money. (Did I get confirmed way back when? Yes. Am I now jaded and sarcastic and basically an atheist? Yes.)
Not every teen gets religiously confirmed, but it’s very common in Iceland, although it’s now also possible to just ‘confirm’ that you’ve indeed turned 13 years old without having to pledge allegiance to some sort of deity (a ‘civil confirmation‘) and still get all the presents.
Anyway. This past Sunday, Ásdís Sól, daughter of my aunt Hulda, got religiously confirmed, and her parents threw her a big party to celebrate. We of course showed up, and got very lucky in that Emma slept through 95% of the party, so I was free to chat and take pictures. 🙂
Here is the FULL SET OF PICTURES ON GOOGLE PLUS, and sampling of which (of just my family really) follows here:
Apparently they were dipping strawberries in chocolate, and ended up with leftover chocolate, which resulted in chocolate letters! 🙂
Ásdís Sól with her parents, Ágúst and Hulda.
There was lots of good food, mmmm… 🙂
Bjarni, Fannar, Pétur, mom, and Bjarki enjoying some grub. 🙂
Having fun chatting.
Oh, how they grow! 🙂
Emma Ósk slept under the stairs almost the whole time we were there! The party was an excellent source of white noise! 🙂
Ásdís introducting the boys to tumblr. (Also, I’m apparently still a teenage girl, ’cause I also hang out on tumblr a lot…)
More family members.
Lóa, who never sits still. 🙂
Pretty candle.
Ásdís Sól and our grandma Hrefna.
Ásdís’ two older half-brothers in the greenhouse (Icelandic families these days tend to be pretty complicated constructs).
Kata Klara and her daughter after signing the guestbook.
(Great)-grandma Hrefna with three of her descendants.
Finnur cracks a joke.
Tall people are tall!
Hulda holding Emma for the first time before we took off as the party was winding down.