Gingerbread for the Yule of 2016
[Photos from 23 December 2016, posted online 25 February 2016. Just in the nick of time.]
Anna has learnt to be very persistent in reminding us to schedule ginger-bread-house-making before Christmas. This year, we managed to squeeze it in on 23 December, and to make sure we carried through with the plan, we invited Holla and Óli to join us. (13 images total)
House parts, and a few extra nuggets.
Snow! Finally!!
[Photo from 19 December 2016, posted online 25 February 2017. After a crazy warm February, we finally have some snow on the ground again.] This winter has been warm, unusually warm. But the warmth has been interrupted here and there with small stretches of enough chill to carry snow with it. December was no exception,Read more
Living Room Photo Studio – Christmas Edition
[Sunday 18 December 2016, posted online on 17 February 2017. April weather, and the days are getting long. Good stuff!]
Three years ago, my brothers came over and I took photos of them and all the kids, which we (Pétur and I) made into a book to give mom for Christmas.
Since then, one grandchild has been added to the mix, and they’ve of course all gotten older, so we thought it was high time to make a new book with the grand-kids.
We were short on time so we used a local printer, with a local program, which doesn’t offer nice pdfs to view online, but if I do recreate the book, I’ll post a link to it here.
Until then, here are some of the photos. Oh, and the older generation also found themselves in front of the camera, but unfortunately we were missing brother Bjarni, who was busy (and also, kid-less!).
Pétur performed the photoprocessing, he’s a hero! Below are a few of the photos that made the cut, here are the rest. (27 images total)
Bjarki and Anna “debbing” (isn’t that what the young ones are calling this pose?)
Granddad Visits
[Wednesday 14 – 17 December 2016, posted online on 14 February 2017. Just twooo monthsssieessss laaate.]
Granddad Gunnar came over to Iceland while I was in Canada. He was scheduled to depart the day after I arrived, so we just caught sight of him on his last evening in the country. Other than that, Christmas kept creeping closer, with a to-do list a mile-long… (7 images total)
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Emma painting while Granddad Gunnar looks on.
December Worktrip to Canada
[Saturday 07 – 14 December 2016, posted online on 13 February 2017. Rinse, repeat.]
My work sent me back to Canada, this time during a cold spell in the weather. The last time I was there was in balmy September. (21 images total)
Wednesday 07 December 2016
About to land in Edmonton, Canada. There is a direct flight there, where you depart at 5 pm Iceland time, and arrive at 6 pm Edmonton time. It’s very convenient.
December Outings and Bjarki’s Guitar Recital
[Saturday 03 – 06 December 2016, posted online on 13 February 2017. Slow and steady. I’m told it works.]
December showed up, from nowhere it appeared! The weather was too warm by 5 degrees, and no snow was to be seen for miles. (5 images and 1 video total)
Saturday 3 December 2016
I’ve begun going downtown to my favorite cafe to work on my photos and blog on Saturdays. Often time I also walk around to play a bit of Ingress, and on one such walkabout I stumbled upon the December-only ice-rink in downtown Reykjavik. Pretty!!
Anna’s, Ylfa’s and Iðunn’s Birthday Party
[Sunday 4 December 2016, posted online on 11 February 2017. I’d like to file a complaint with Time!]
We celebrated Anna’s 13th birthday on “my” side of the family jointly with my brother Nökkvi’s two girls, Ylfa and Iðunn. We also did this last year (2015), the year before that (2014), there was a double birthday in 2013.
The whole thing went pretty well, and it’s hard to believe our “little girl” is rapidly approaching adulthood! (20 images total)
Anna is now a certified teenager!
November Snapshots
[Photos from 05 – 25 November 2016, posted online on 25 January 2017. Very wet day in downtown Reykjavik.]
Finnur took off for a worktrip to California on 31 October, and returned home on 13 November. Meanwhile I tried to keep all the balls in the air by myself, which mostly means long days, and not a lot of battery-charging time.
A few days after Finnur arrived, all the screws and the plate from my ankle breakage were removed. Recovery kept me out of work for almost a week, but it was a lot less traumatic than the original injury.
Thus, only a few photos got taken over most of November, here are some of them. (28 images total)
Saturday 5 November 2016
Anna has taken to randomly baking things on the weekends. Much happiness ensures!
Autumn School Break Trip to England
[Photos from 26-31 October 2016, posted online 10 January 2017. Upcoming worktrip is going to kill these updates for a while.]
For this year’s autumn school break (no school Thursday and Friday), we decided to hop on over to England to visit Gunnar granddad, and his gang, as it had been a while.
To kill two birds with one stone, Finnur left the weekend before so he could get a full work-week at Google in London (while staying at dad’s), and we then joined Finnur there late on Wednesday. We hung out for a few days, and then all of us flew back on the Sunday.
(Due to crazy scheduling issues, Finnur slept at home for one night, and then left for California the next day, for two weeks. Eek!) (39 images total)
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Excitement as the kids and I prepare to board the plane to Gatwick.
October Snapshots
[Photos from 03-25 October 2016, posted online 10 January 2017. Emma got an ear infection yesterday. Feeling better now.]
October has a tendency to pass in snapshots. Not a whole lot of stuff happens that warrants the “big camera”, so this is mostly just phone stuff of “life as usual”. (26 images total)
Monday 03 October 2016
We begin with Emma on her daycare playground. This fall, she took a liking to biking there after we got home, and hanging out for a bit.