Day #5 in CO: Museum Day
[Photos taken on 16 July 2018, posted on 10 January 2019. Spring weather conditions continue in January. Heard birds singing in pitch darkness at 7 am this morning.]
This was deemed a good day to visit a large museum: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It was yet another very warm day, so it was nice to spend it indoors. (25-ish images)
Monday 16 July 2018
Day #4 in CO: Climbing, Cafe-ing, & Chilling
[Photos taken on 15 July 2018, posted on 6 January 2019. It’s the last day of the yule season, and the weather has decided to grace us with a little bit of snow for a few hours.]
The weather was rainy, so we found a climbing gym nearby to let the kids spend some energy. Since I have too many not-quite-good joints, I opted for a cafe-trip downtown instead. The rest of the day was spent lounging. (15-ish images.)
Sunday 15 July 2018
Days #2-3 in CO: Hiking, Google, Farmer’s Market, Shopping & Creeking
[Photos taken on 13- July 2018, posted on 5 January 2019. It’s been ridiculously warm outside since the new year started, next predicted frosty spell is 13 January.]
As we slowly adjusted to the time difference we went on slightly larger adventures.
Friday 13 July 2018
Toothless & Almost on Vacation
[Photos taken on 01-09 July 2018, posted on 31 December 2018. Snow lost the battle with rain and warmth.]
While we were catching our breaths after the madness that was June, Emma lost her first tooth, we celebrated by visiting the farm animal & family park, I hid at various cafes, the grass got moved, we summer-housed more, and hair got cut, as we mentally prepared ourselves for going on summer vacation for real! (40-ish images)
Sunday 01 July 2018
Our Very Own Summer House
[Photos taken on 09-17 June 2018, posted on 29 December 2018. We finally got a touch a frost, and an inkling of snow.]
We now own a summer house. It’s been a long time coming, with both of us following summer house listings for over a year. Yes, we’ve been quite happy with the summer house Finnur and his siblings inherited from their grandparents, but as all the kids have gotten bigger, space has gotten smaller, and fitting everyone in was getting increasingly difficult.
So, we bought a house. It’s in the west of Iceland, has three bedrooms, a potential for a fourth, and very unusually, it has a huge garage, or “recreational room with a large door”, as it’s formally known. We decided this would be a great room to have kids hang out in, and so far it’s worked out well. (65-ish images total)
Saturday 09 June 2018
Summer (House) Prelude
[Photos taken on 01-08 June 2018, posted on 26 December 2018. We’ve had a lovely yule, albeit weirdly warm, with zero chance of snow.]
Sometime in May, we made an offer to buy a summer house, and much to our shock, it was accepted. The formal exchange was scheduled for 9 June, so until then I spent most after-work hours scouting various furniture and household stores. I hadn’t quite realized we’d essentially need to double all our stuff?!
In between there were Emma pick-ups, a gymnastics show, flowers got planted, others grew, Finnur kept working on the wall, school ended, and the sun shone quite a lot. (40-ish images)
Friday 01 June 2018
The Leaning Wall Fix of 2018
[Photos taken on 12-19 May 2018, posted on 16 December 2018. It’s wet and warm outside. Finnur’s in the USA, expected to return in a couple of days.]
In a fit of insanity/curiosity/too-much-sleep I decided to dig a large hole behind the sloping wall in our backyard, “to see what was behind it”. This ended with Finnur completely dismantling the whole wall, and rebuilding it, now with drainage, in the hopes that it won’t start leaning again any time soon. This project took the whole entire summer to complete!
Aside from that, live went on as usual! (20-ish photos total)
Saturday 12 May 2018
Snow in May 2018
[Photos taken on 03-05 May 2018, posted on 02 December 2018. It is chilly but pretty with clear skies outside. Long time since any precipitation came down.]
A few photos of when winter was trying to hold on, but summer was’t really having it. (12 images total)
Thursday 3 May 2018
April Solo Parenting Part 1/2
[Photos taken on 20 – 25 April 2018, posted on 16 November 2018. After a few frosty days, we are back to warm weather, with lots of rain, and wind.]
The day after the big confirmation party, Finnur took off on a 10-day-long work-trip to the UK. While he was away I held down the fort the best I could, with minimally exciting dinners, and early bedtimes for all.
We did a bunch of things though. For example, Bjarki participated in a gymnastics meet, we met visitors from the US, went out in the country, met with family and friends, went swimming, and did what needed to be done so that everybody was clothed and fed! (45-ish images total)
Friday 20 April 2018
Hildur Sif’s Confirmation Party
[Photos taken on 19 April 2018, posted on 03 November 2018. Second swimming pool visit this week today, yay!]
After a photography lull (what a long long winter!), I decided to bring my gear to Hildur’s confirmation party. Anna and Halli had managed to reserve a really nice gathering hall through Halli’s worker’s association, which made everything easier.
I took about a gazillion photos that day, and some 300 were deemed ‘ok’. Here are some of them! (55 images total)
