A few snapshots from our Laker Adventures this year. The biggest change is MAGIC is now the GM and since our seats are right at the Lakers Locker Room entrance we get to see him and say “Hi Magic” every time we’re there!! The most fun we’ve had this year was against the Celtics. I’ve actually never been to a Celtics game and let me tell you it’s the most FUN we’ve ever had at a sporting event. Staples Center was filled 50/50 with Celtic and Laker fans and and they are so animated and fun to watch with! Best was – WE WON!!! Let’s Go LAKERS.
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Welcome Billy Gundara
We adopted a beautiful 9 week old Mini Labradoodle last Saturday. We named him Billy! Originally we thought he was a girl – but found out he is a boy after our first visit to the Vet! Anyhow Billie became Billy when we found out. He’s 3 pounds and such a cutie pie. Below are some family photos we took 1 week from the day we adopted him below! Big Sister Brownie is super excited and intrigued by this little guy even though he’s so fiesty around her and wants to use her legs as a teething toy! She’s so gentle around him and is just about as lovely as a big sister can be! Billy has already become quite busy. He joined Nick and I at the Mecum Auction yesterday and hung out in my purse all day and then even joined us for a movie. Slept through the whole thing!
Happy 1st Birthday Brownie!
Time has flown. Our beautiful Brownie turned 1 on Feb 2, 2018! Below are some pictures to remind us of how small she was and how fast she grew. Still our little cutie pie. She is the best dog ever! We LOVE you BROWNIE!!! Happy Birthday.
Aanika’s New Room
We finally finished Aaniku’s new room! YEAH!!
Highlights:
Green walls (since it’s my fav color!), Hand Painted name canvas above her bed, Piece of her hand painted baby bench by Nick hanging in the bathroom, Same vintage 1980’s Mickey and Minnie Poster from when I was a kid in the bathroom, Vintage Vani comforter.
SCHOOL PICTURES 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
Ahhhhh another year of school portraits. Jatin is a rockstar and did great for his 5th grade portrait! Aaniku as always is a cutie pie but the photographer didn’t get her looking into the camera. Anyhow – still a memory that I’m sure we’ll cherish and laugh at many years down the line!
Christmas Breakfast 2017
Neeru and Fam, Mommy and Daddy joined us for Christmas Breakfast at our place! Of course French Toast, Breakfast Casserole and Mommy’s Tres Leches Cake were gobbled up! Daddy mentioned that he never imagined such blissful chaos when he came here in the 60’s! It’s welcomed craziness when all our families and kiddos get together. One of these days we’ll get a photograph of all the babies looking at the camera together 🙂
Christmas Dinner – San Diego 2017
We joined the San Diego family this year for a lovely Christmas Dinner hosted by Gee and Neha! Neha cooked a delicious meal for everyone. We decorated ugly christmas sweater cookies, while wearing ugly christmas sweaters and exchanged gifts in a secret santa extravaganza! I was so happy to finally have an excuse to by my Gremlins Christmas Sweater!
Some Family Portraits
Cookie Decorating
Gift Exchange
Amrita and Vijay’s 16th Wedding Anniversary (Nick ate an entire Gulab Jamun in celebration)
Christmas Eve 2017
We had a quiet Christmas Eve at the house this year. Pajamas, gifts, fire lit, Brownies first Christmas. Aanika LOVED her PJ Mask figurines and chapsticks she got, and Jatin got awesome Magic the Gathering Cards. A few snapshots included below.
Christmas 2017 Park Time
Neeru, Nikki, Naveen and Naya celebrated Christmas with us this year and we had a chaotic blast! We took the kiddos to the park one day and had a lovely time going on all the apparatus’s and singing our hearts out on the seesaw! The kids loved the bumpy slide while I had less luck at being graceful on it, and Aanika loved the swings and pushing everyone on them. Naya did awesome racing her Jatin Bhaiya and Daddy!
Christmas 2017 Gingerbread Houses
This year Jatin had Mark our neighbor and Neel over to decorate Gingerbread Houses. In typical boy fashion, more attention was spent on throwing and eating the candy instead of decorating! Boys will be boys. It was fun though and they had a great time. The gingerbread village lasted all of 30 minutes before it was destroyed by rambunctious play!
Naya also very meticulously decorated a beautiful gingerbread house with the help of her Masi.