Bjarki’s 9th Birthday Celebration
[Photos from Monday 04 July 2016, posted online 23 August 2016. Truly.]
On this gorgeous US Independence Day, we hosted a family birthday celebration in honor of Bjarki turning 9 years old.
It was a pretty standard birthday party except there was a small interruption in the middle as everybody gathered in front of the television to watch the Icelandic national football team drive into downtown on a roofless bus, being greeted as heroes by thousands, after their 2016 Euro Cup performance! (17 images total)
Bjarki’s cake, and some extra items. The sword was there to raise the plate up, because the cake was a bit crooked. It sure tasted good though!
As a nice change from pretty much always, I’d finished cutting and setting things up before the first guests arrived. Maturity?
My side of the family, camping out on our couch.
Bjarki with his new humongous water gun, and a little sister who really wanted to try it.
This has been one of the best summers ever, and we took advantage of it by having people sit outside too.
The smallest munchkin with his mom.
Siblings engaging in a water fight, with spectators.
Our soon-to-be-painted house.
My cousin Ríkey, taking a short break from taking photos.
Nice times.
TV turned on.
The crowd gathers.
The announcer on the tv going crazy, like usual.
That’s a lot of people!
Singing the Happy Birthday song for Bjarki. Two boys who live next door ended up as surprise guests (as the hot tub opened), but the more the merrier.
No singing!
Success!
