{"id":15835,"date":"2016-05-17T23:45:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T23:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=15835"},"modified":"2016-09-08T23:17:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T23:17:42","slug":"kids-spring-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/kids-spring-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids&#8217; Spring Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Images and videos from 17-18 May 2016, posted online 18 May 2016. \u00a09 pm feels like 5 pm daylight wise.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Since I last blogged (27 April), Finnur&#8217;s traveled to England with his football-buddies for a long weekend, I&#8217;ve traveled to Prague with my sewing club girlfriends for a long weekend, and we spent the last weekend (also a long one!) at the summer-cottage by Laugarvatn!<\/p>\n<p>Add to that the usual mix of full-time work, three kiddos, and spring looming with a thousand-and-one projects that seemingly need doing (but don&#8217;t get done, they just loom), and there is little to no energy left for frivolous things like, say, blogging.<\/p>\n<p>But, I&#8217;m putting my fingers down to post that the big kiddos just finished their spring performances, with Anna on piano, and Bjarki on guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Anna is not a big fan of performing, so she chose a simple short-ish song. \u00a0The final decision on whether she&#8217;ll continue next year will be made on Friday, but most likely this is it for her formal music education.<\/p>\n<p>Bjarki, on the other hand, is less jaded, and is game for another year of guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Enough chit-chat, on with the media! (2 videos and 4 images total)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday 17 May 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KxZjxvDwXvI?rel=0\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAnna went first with &#8220;Bl\u00e1u augun \u00fe\u00edn&#8221;. I apologize for the substandard\u00a0sound quality!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15836\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15836\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15836\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185904.jpg\" alt=\"The list of performers.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185904.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185904-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185904-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The list of performers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15837\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15837\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15837\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185829.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarki tagged along.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185829.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185829-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185829-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160517_185829-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki tagged along.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday 18 \u00a0May 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtP4PrV3MYs?rel=0\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBjarki&#8217;s turn, playing &#8220;Tumi fer \u00e1 f\u00e6tur&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15838\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Snapchat-9216151048052625737.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15838\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15838\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Snapchat-9216151048052625737.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarki was #10 in line, and we sat under some purple lights!\" width=\"402\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Snapchat-9216151048052625737.jpg 402w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Snapchat-9216151048052625737-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki was #10 in line, and we sat under some purple lights!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15839\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160518_185300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15839\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15839\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160518_185300.jpg\" alt=\"Very scribbled-out notes.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160518_185300.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160518_185300-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160518_185300-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very scribbled-out notes.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Images and videos from 17-18 May 2016, posted online 18 May 2016. \u00a09 pm feels like 5 pm daylight wise.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Since I last blogged (27 April), Finnur&#8217;s traveled to England with his football-buddies for a long weekend, I&#8217;ve traveled to Prague with my sewing club girlfriends for a long weekend, and we spent the last weekend (also a long one!) at the summer-cottage by Laugarvatn!<\/p>\n<p>Add to that the usual mix of full-time work, three kiddos, and spring looming with a thousand-and-one projects that seemingly need doing (but don&#8217;t get done, they just loom), and there is little to no energy left for frivolous things like, say, blogging.<\/p>\n<p>But, I&#8217;m putting my fingers down to post that the big kiddos just finished their spring performances, with Anna on piano, and Bjarki on guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Anna is not a big fan of performing, so she chose a simple short-ish song. \u00a0The final decision on whether she&#8217;ll continue next year will be made on Friday, but most likely this is it for her formal music education.<\/p>\n<p>Bjarki, on the other hand, is less jaded, and is game for another year of guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Enough chit-chat, on with the media! (2 videos and 4 images total)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday 17 May 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KxZjxvDwXvI?rel=0\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAnna went first with &#8220;Bl\u00e1u augun \u00fe\u00edn&#8221;. 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