{"id":20151,"date":"2017-12-25T21:57:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=20151"},"modified":"2018-07-30T15:19:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T15:19:20","slug":"anna-14-years-old-yule-day-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/anna-14-years-old-yule-day-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna 14 Years Old\/Yule Day #1 & #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken on 25-26 December 2017, posted on 30 July 2018 from Nauth\u00f3ll<\/a>.\u00a0 The view is gorgeous, with the clouds rolling by, sun shining on the sea, and chatter all around.\u00a0 Finnur keeps building the wall in our backyard…<\/em>]<\/p>\n

This years Yule-tide celebrations didn’t stray much from the regular formula.\u00a0 On Christmas Day #1 we headed to Finnur’s parents’ place for a feast and social whist, bringing desserts to sing Happy Birthday to Anna over, while on Christmas Day #2 we got invited to my uncle’s for a small get-together with even more good food! (37 images total)<\/p>\n

Much food was eaten, many words were spoken, games were played, and general well-being remained high.<\/p>\n

Monday 25 December 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anna, formally 14 years old, by the cheesecake she made herself, from scratch!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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The food was extravagant, as always!<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the cousins going for the good stuff! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eating begins!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Father and daughter, with grandchild on board.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Emma getting some help.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The three brothers plus mom.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Anna.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our gracious hosts.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bjarki showing Vignir some phone stuff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This one is suddenly an older teenager!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Baby on board!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Social whist in progress!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Santa made an appearance!<\/p><\/div>\n

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He posed for a few photos even!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I was there!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The whist continued for 12 rounds, at which point it was time for dessert and Happy Birthday Singing!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Anna’s impressive cheesecake.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finnur read out the results of the whist tournament…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eyr\u00fan won!<\/p><\/div>\n

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She was understandably elated!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Everyone brought gifts for Anna, even though she is now past-confirmation age, and not strictly eligible for such extravagance any more!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Decorations!<\/p><\/div>\n

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One family photo before we took off. Bjarki was apparently too tired to participate. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tuesday 26 December 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I ventured downtown to charge my introverted batteries, at the only coffee house I could find that was open.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Soon thereafter we headed to my uncle Arnar’s for a feast!<\/p><\/div>\n

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My brother N\u00f6kkvi, with J\u00f3hanna and Breki.<\/p><\/div>\n

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My uncle Arnar, Magnea, and Ey\u00fe\u00f3r, who is now super tall like his dad!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cool cousins.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Happy siblings!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cousin crowd!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The older cohort.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cutie pie!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grazing!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The oldies played a game, and this is Anna’s hilarious face when asked what the character on the chocolate milk cartons in Iceland is called.<\/p><\/div>\n

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My brother P\u00e9tur’s answer from Spain.<\/p><\/div>\n

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One last photo of the newly minted 14 year old, as the Yule-festival formally came to a close.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken on 25-26 December 2017, posted on 30 July 2018 from Nauth\u00f3ll<\/a>.\u00a0 The view is gorgeous, with the clouds rolling by, sun shining on the sea, and chatter all around.\u00a0 Finnur keeps building the wall in our backyard…<\/em>]<\/p>\n

This years Yule-tide celebrations didn’t stray much from the regular formula.\u00a0 On Christmas Day #1 we headed to Finnur’s parents’ place for a feast and social whist, bringing desserts to sing Happy Birthday to Anna over, while on Christmas Day #2 we got invited to my uncle’s for a small get-together with even more good food! (37 images total)<\/p>\n

Much food was eaten, many words were spoken, games were played, and general well-being remained high.<\/p>\n

Monday 25 December 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anna, formally 14 years old, by the cheesecake she made herself, from scratch!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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