[Written 14 JULY 2014. Because of clogged brains.]
Day two of the football meet greeted us with more of the same weather wise, and a lot more football. (39 images total)
The boys started waking up around 7 am, which was fine because we had to be at breakfast around 8:30 am.
[Written 14 JULY 2014. Because I can.]
This spring, innocent old me signed Bjarki up for a football meet, not realizing it was THREE DAYS of commitment a little ways away from the capital, with two overnight stays. After much hand-wringing about how to go about this, I ended up taking Bjarki there, while Finnur and the girls hung out in the city.
We arrived around noon-time on Friday, and went straight to the opening ceremony. (19 images total)
Bjarki with his fellow team-members. Their team is called Breiðablik. It doesn’t really translate, but they had a ton of teams there.
[Written 13 JULY 2014. We’re always a little behind.]
TWENTY YEARS AGO I gave Finnur a lift downtown where we meant to meet some friends and celebrate Independence Day. We never found our friends (this was before mobile phones), but instead went for a romantic walk around the pond which included the first hand-holding, and then I drove him to his grandparents’ house, where we hung out into the wee hours of the morning.
To celebrate the occasion, we went out to dinner downtown, and then walked down to the pond, where Finnur presented me with a can of pineapple! Or as I posted on Facebook: (6 images total)
Celebrating 20 years of ‘togetherness’ with a can of pineapple, which happened to be the only edible thing we managed to scrounge up at 5 am at Finnur’s grandparent’s place way back then. (They were out in the country.) Good times!! 🙂
[Written 13 JULY 2014. What is time anyway?] This March I switched from doing mommy-gym to what they call the ‘Newbies’ (Grænjaxlar) at Boot Camp. (Lets take a short moment to marvel at the fact I enjoy the heck out of boot camp!) Now, seeing how I’m still in sorry shape, it took me aboutRead more
[Written 13 JULY 2014. With apologies for lateness.]
Guðrún, our massively awesome friend, graduated from the Reykjavík University MBA-program today after two years of bloody hard work. Congratulations Guðrún!!! (9 images total, the whole set can be found here – CLICK!)
Emma, Finnur and Guðrún MBA!!
[Written 13 JULY 2014. Groan.]
We decided to send the big kids to horse riding school this summer. Anna went for five weeks last summer, and Bjarki for one, and it turned out to be a no-fuss, no-muss experience, as in they didn’t whine about going or act up while there. (19 images total)
The unassuming stables the horse riding school operates out of.
[Written 13 JULY 2014. Blah.]
I pulled out some paints for Emma the other day, mostly just to see if she had reached the maturity needed to “paint” (aka ‘parental anxiety’). In short the answer was NO. It was a fun try though. (6 images total)
I poured some paint on the paper, pushed it around a bit with a brush, and then handed her the brush. She poked at the paint a bit and then… put it into her mouth.
[Written 13 JULY 2014. Yes, I took a blogging break. Deal with it.]
The auto-focus on my trusty 50 mm lens died this past October. When I finally got around to taking the lens in for repairs, I discovered that the cost of repairs almost equaled buying a new lens in the US. So that’s what we did. I also bought a lens hood to try and prevent the new lens from dying like the old one did. Here are the first few photos taken with the “new” lens (10 images total)
Emma, with a slight boo boo.
[Written 17 June 2014]
It’s been a loooong time since I added anything to my lens “collection” of three lenses. Well, thanks to my dear hubby and a past birthday wish, I now have FOUR lenses. The newest one can do this (while being HANDHELD and NOT ON A TRIPOD LIKE IT SHOULD BE or even remotely activated) (4 images total)
I bought some summer flowers for the yard this year. This one is called a margarita.
[Written 15 and 17 June 2014]
The Saturday was even sunnier than the Friday, and I may have indulged in my first no-child-responsibility nap in a loooong time. But the camera also came out for a little bit. (31 images total)
Emma likes pouring liquids on things. She also likes opening her shirt. Why not combine the two?