[Photos taken 24 – 30 June 2022, posted online 19 February 2023. Today is Emma’s second family birthday bash, and there’s a storm coming.]
Emma’s first two weeks at horse-camp came to a close with a ‘show’, where the kids paraded in a line, demonstrating speed and direction control. The following week saw the start of a new two-week camp.
We decided to visit Finnur’s parents at their summer house in Laugarvatn over the weekend, where Finnur helped his dad build yet another deck. Then Bjarki turned 15 years old, we had a celebratory dinner, and then a party with Finnur’s family where we also celebrated Anna’s graduation, as so many had been traveling when the actual graduation took place. (45-ish images total)
Friday 24 June 2022
Emma with her participation medal for 2 weeks of horse-camp.
The line of kids as they did their routine.
A big part of it is always decorating the horses.
Cool graffiti on the stables.
Dropping by Ikea to check out the summer flower selection.
Still driving a gas car as the e-golf remained in the shop (since Nov 2021!!).
The poor mistreated sun-flowers.
Pretty 9 pm colors.
Saturday 25 June 2022
11 am morning jog, the weather was too pretty to stay indoors.
Finnur’s dad was busy making a new deck at their summer house, so Finnur was dispatched to lend a helping hand.
Crepes!
Emma playing with the clicking toy.
Getting the supports to behave.
Emma somehow got permission to light a fire.
Finnur manning the bbq.
We walked to to the other house, now owned solely by Finnur’s eldest sister and family.
Sun getting lower in the sky at 8:30 pm.
There is now a dart board!
Chatting time!
Cousins playing catch.
Monday 27 June 2022
Starting the next half-day two-week horse-camp.
Names of horse-colors in Icelandic are weird. Nothing is as it should be.
I emailed the town this image of a fix they’d started but not finished for weeks. Bah-humbug!
Tuesday 28 June 2022
The 15 year old birthday boy requested to go out to dinner on his birthday.
Juicy!
With big-sis.
We told the waiter it was his birthday and he got a sparkly-dessert!
Wednesday 29 June 2022
Nearly all of Finnur’s family had been abroad when Anna graduated at the end of May, so we held a second graduation party, and joined it with Bjarki’s birthday.
Thankfully, Finnur’s parents allowed us to host the party in their house, to make it a bit unusual.
Some party people.
Finnur held a speech!
Siblings by the food-laden table.
We lucked out with the weather!
Double cake-age, Anna’s student one, and Bjarki’s 15 year one!
With their paternal grandparents.
Emma got to play with my camera.
A family photo!
The two Annas.
Pretty plant!
We went into the yard to take a photo with the diploma.
A kitty cat came to visit!
Nice collar!
Thursday 30 June 2022
At long last, the e-Golf came home after being in the shop since mid-November 2021!! The dealer drove it to my work-place, and I gave the guy the keys to the gas-car we’d had in the interim, as the big battery was still under warranty when it failed. If I understood the rep correctly, the dealer had over the course of the months exchanged three different battery control units (there are apparently a lot of them), moved all the cells into a new casing (top and bottom), and traded out a battery cell pack worth $4000. Eeek!
With a trip to the US on the horizon, I went in for a covd-19 booster (immunocompromised).
Anna did us a huge favor by picking Emma up from her horse-camp every day. This is why we maintain a fleet of three cars! And thus endeth June 2022!
