People Gatherings as 2018 Began

Photo of the smog still sitting on top of Reykjavik (that grayness by the bottom of the mountain) after the massive fireworks the evening before. Yes, I ventured to the only open coffee house I knew of to work on photos. I thought it was a good way to start the new year!

That afternoon we made our way to Halli and Adda’s, where the table was decked for a New Year’s Feast!

Halli performing kitchen magic.

Bjarki and Arnar playing Monopoly, which is Bjarki’s favorite game.

Emma, meanwhile, enjoyed watching cartoons, as usual.

Anna went to the hair salon, and had her hair cut quite a bit!

Back at work I photographed this interesting summary from Thinking Fast and Slow during my coffee break.  This is a rundown on what our “automatic/ancient/basic” brain system does.

After work on Friday, we spent a fantastic evening with my sewing club ladies and their spouses. We ate good food, games were played, and general merriment ruled!

The festivities continued the next day, with a party with Finnur’s dad’s foster family. This was the last day to shoot up fireworks, so Finnur took the kids outside for a bit.

Steinunn being her usual hilarious self!

We made good on our cousin date (on my side), as these kids don’t get together very often.

The highlight was the formal breaking and devouring of the ginger bread houses.

Still almost a house.

Soon, this was all that was left.

Anna still smirking after breaking the house.

Bjarki excited to finally get to eat the house.

Emma, still in her pajamas!

Nökkvi being his usual photogenic self.

The youngest one climbing the stairs to join the older kids.

I can’t remember who sent me this snap, but I found it pretty darn funny. The book text says “The crown-petals of the orange daisies look like the flames of fire”, and the comment is “So easy to make this connection when you’re seven years old.”

It looks like I made dinner that night, which is highly unusual by now.

Fake lasagne it is!