Vacation is here

So, finally the days for my vacation arrive..I am on my holidays now....

And tomorrow, we will be flying to Crete, the beautiful Greek island. So, lots of packing today and thinking and planning. We will spend there two weeks without any computers or Internet connection...I feel so free already...no Facebook for awhile :)

Here are some latest photos of the girl and her cute mother....

So, enjoy the summer while it is here...

A record temperature for Iceland

We are having an amazingly great weather in Iceland.....indeed globalization can be good!

I have changed the main picture - so people can see the human-made beach in the city of Reykjavik...it was +26 degrees....water was about 15...but still, people were swimming...it was great indeed...lots of fun.

So, it looked like the entire Reykjavik was on the beach....

It was a great day to prepare ourselves for the weather on Crete :)

Girl is 13 months already

Wow...time flies fast...

I have not been updating yet.....I mean, I am on the Internet every day for hours...but not on the blog..Facebook is really eddicting..That is where I spend my time..But fun to read other people blogs....

Anyways...girl is growing...so cute..Always enjoying meeting new people, especially women...Men are not her favorite yet :)

here is the latest picture of her..in a cute dress...

can't wait until we are going on vacation...will get some sun and the beach with great sand...counting the days...here we go.....

Girl's walking

So, in less than two weeks our girl is turning 1 year old..Unbelievable...how fast the time is flying...Mommy is trying to prepare the party, guest list, etc. Fun fun....lots to do for a mother as always.

Our girl has started to walk, more and more..she started standing first when she was about 10 months, first steps came when she was 11 months and now, she is walking better and better.

It is so much joy to see her walk, move those cute legs of hers...

She is quite a character, always knows what she wants and gets it...otherwise...beware :)

Trip to Blue Lagoon

So,
Finally...yesterday we had a chance to enjoy once again one of the prettiest and fun place in Iceland, the Blue Lagoon.
Last year, Raggi has won a gift certificate for the restaurant in the Blue Lagoon, so we finally decided to use it. Our girl is still too small to enjoy the Blue Lagoon but is big enough to stay with the trusted babysitter, so we were lucky and used the time to have some "couple time".

It was not a great outdoor day but still, was good to go away for a while and do something different...So, here are some photos...

Then, after we were done bathing there, we went to a restaurant to enjoy the wonderful meal.

The background looks cool - almost like the snow...but it is actully water and part of the Blue Lagoon itself...It was a little bit foggy and rainy.

Here is one of the latest picture of our girl who is exactly 11 months old today. She did three steps on her own yesterday, a miracle...great...she will be running soon...

Singing with Vladimir Milller

So..last Sunday on May 11th, I had a great experience of singing the Liturgy church service with one of the great professional Russian singers - Vladimir Miller, you can find all the info about him here.

He came to Iceland to sing with the Icelandic choir, he wanted to check out the service in our church, so I picked him up and we went to the service. I was hoping that there would be more people from our choir "Manasija" (Choir Manasjia) but unfortunately only one person showed up later during the service...

So, it was Vladimir and I singing, I was singing alto voice and he was singing basso profondo...it was fun, as he described it later to me :). I was a little bit nervous while singing but then it was a great experience for me as well. He was surprised to meet so many Russian people here and was happy to have a chance to participate in the Russian church service.

Russian Easter

So, this last Sunday as you know it..was a Russian Easter...
I did not go the the service since usually - it starts at 23.59 and goes on for 2-3 hours until 3 in the morning...Since we now have a little girl, so it is a good excuse to stay at home :)

But, I did manage to paint some eggs on Saturday and take them to the church for a special ceremony to make them holly...Though nobody wanted to eat the eggs afterwards except myself :)

Here is a picture that was taken by a reporter from a local newspaper...I am the second person from the right..

People at work all recongnized me and were happy to see me there I guess.

So..Easter season for us is over and the choir season is over for some time...we were lucky that we did not sing for the Easter service this year, there was another choir from Moscow...But we did sing for a Palm Sunday and it was very nice.