India 2018 – part 1 – Delhi, JW, Nodia

Jatin, Nick and I flew to India for Arjuns wedding in December. We were anxious and excited to embark on our journey ahead and boy was it a wild and memorable experience. We flew through Dubai to Delhi and then stayed for a night and day in Delhi at the JW Marriott before pushing off to Ludhiana for the wedding. In Delhi Kiron Buaji hosted the local Sodhi family for tea so we got to visit. I hadn’t been in 25 years which felt like I hadn’t been at all!

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Thanksgiving 2018

Narindar Aunty and Uncle hosted thanksgiving dinner this year! We have a lot to be thankful for and we’re happy that mommy and daddy were able to be with us that evening. The day after Deepee Aunty hosted a wine evening while the boys hung out to celebrate Arjuns upcoming wedding! Gee, Neha and Brody stayed over as well and Aanika and Brody got into all kinds of silly shenanigans!!

#blessed

Mermaid Aanika

We attended our friend Fiannas costume party today. Since it was such a warm November day here in beautiful Southern California I didn’t want to dress her like a kitty Cat. That costume was meant for cooler weather. So instead she rocked her mermaid vibe instead. Boy did she rock it. Check out a few of my favorite pictures of my darling from this afternoon.

Halloween 2018

My kiddos rocked Halloween as usual this year!! They were Marty Mcfly and Little Black Cat! Nick and I also got dressed up for a Halloween costume party and won best couple as “Hawaiian Punch”. Jatin went trick or treating with his buddies for the first time unsupervised!! He’s growing up.

Jatin’s 11th Birthday!

Happy 11th Birthday Jatin!! My goodness time does fly. You are such a bright, accomplished, intelligent, funny kid and we love everything about you!! The stars aligned this birthday. Even though you had to go to school they “shut down” early for your birthday!! You got to enjoy a movie and habit lunch with your buddy Andrew (Watched Venom). Daddy is probably the coolest dad ever because he surprised you with SINISTAR – a game that we know you LOVE. We were spoiled by your lovely Nana and Nani with Dinner at CPK and let’s not forget that Daddy also surprised both of us with the amazing limited addition HARRY POTTER LEGO SET! read more

Grinkers 2018 + Vani’s 39th Birthday

Well Grinkfest 6 came and went so quickly again this year. We started our adventurers in Boise with a trip to BACON for brunch followed by a bike ride along the greenbelt. Later that evening we headed to the hotel and then off to Grinkers kick off day.

Beautiful Bike Ride Along the Greenbelt and all the leaves are changing colors!!

Nick Surprised Steve and I with a custom game themed birthday cake! Custom tetris blocks were created with the joystick in honor of my favorite game!!

The main tournament ran for 3 days and was crazy, busy, fun and hectic. Some highlight shots below and yes Nick placed 6th!! Pretty awesome. read more

Aanika’s 7th Birthday!

Our beautiful baby girl Aanika turned 7 years old today. We had a low key birthday focused just on what we thought she would enjoy. Park in the morning followed by burgers at her request for lunch. Then a trip to the grocery store to buy the ingredients for her home made birthday cake followed by a shopping spree at the dollar tree where she bought whatever toys and balloons she wanted. Happy Birthday my beautiful baby girl! May all your dreams come true.

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