Emma and I at Laugarvatn
[We departed on Saturday afternoon 23 May, and returned around noon on Monday 25 May 2015. Photos posted on 30 May 2015. Just missed the 29th by minutes! ]
Since I didn’t feel like scowling at my big ToDo list at home while Finnur was away with the big kiddos in England, I decided to avoid doing a darn useful thing, and fled the house with Emma to Laugarvatn, where Finnur’s parents were staying.
Also, I always feel a little better when I have more eyes available to track what she’s up to!
Here are some photos from the trip. (43 images total)
Saturday 23 May 2015
Emma uses every opportunity to climb into the driver’s seat these days.
US Visitors – Out in the Countryside
[Written 26 July 2014. At least it’s still July!!]
After spending the work-week in the city with our US visitors, we headed out to the trusty old summer house by Laugarvatn on the Friday. We planned to stay there for four or five nights.
It took us half of forever to get going, packing everything up, and fitting it in the cars. Cleverly, we’d planned for the US-ers to leave first, which they did, so they could stop at Thingvellir (which is half way there) to sight-see a bit.
The rest of us got a slightly later start because there’s always something that needs doing at the last minute, and then we had to make a library run, aaaand pick Finnur up from work. Oh, and return back home for stuff I forgot to pack.
Anyway, we finally caught up with the gang around 5 pm as they were about to walk to a waterfall in the gusty cold wind. We told them they were out of time, and that we’d stop by on the way back when there would surely be less wind. They admitted we had a point, so onwards to Laugarvatn we all went, settled in, and made dinner.
We were super lucky in that the second house (again, Finnur’s parents’ house) was available, so Sarah’s parents could stay there and get a break from the loud and rowdy kids (and adults!). (36 images, 2 videos total.)
Friday 4 July 2014 – Finnur Flies the Quad-copter
Around midnight on the Friday, the weather was doing its ‘calm before the storm’ routine, so Finnur used the opportunity to test drive his 40th birthday present: A quad-copter with a video camera, aka drone.