Aanika and Jatin performed in this years Germain Holiday Show 2017. Jatin was on double duty because he performed with both chorus as well as 5th grade and was an announcer! I learned my lesson this year and hid from Aanika during her performance and she did much better! Ms. S was giving her chocolate throughout the performance to stay up on stage 🙂
Aanika posing after a successful performance with her classmates!
Snapshot of Jatin and Fianna during the Chorus performance!
This was such a lovely Thanksgiving weekend! We got to host Katie and her family visiting from Australia and Jenny and her family for a Friendsgiving Dinner Reunion! It was so cool to take a trip down memory lane, look at old photos from 4th grade all the way through Senior Year of Highschool! Our kiddos all range between 6 through 11 so they had a blast running around the house like they had known each other for years already! We opened up the arcade for the kids later that evening and that was fun to see a new generation enjoying gaming from our childhood days. It’s also a small world! We realized that Jeremy (Jenny’s husband) and Nick were at Granada Hills high school at the same time, same graduating year! Here’s to more friends givings in the years to come!
The boys have been wanting a sleepover for ages so we finally planned ahead. Made a giant pillow/chair fort, each with their own lanterns, baked cookies, lot’s of video games, staying up late and being too loud and watching Pokemon! All in all a great adventure for these 10 year old brothers. They are already planning to do it again next month over Christmas Break 🙂
We joined the Nat family this year hosted by Michelle and Puneet for Thanksgiving! I don’t have a ton of photos, but a selfie and a cousin picture to commemorate the evening. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks to our lovely Mommy (Nani), we got another trip to Vegas this year while she watched the kiddos! THANK YOU!! Below are some highlights from our trip. Bellagio Gardens Stunning Whimsical Characters, Mecum Car Auction, gorgeous views from our suite at the Cosmopolitan, saw Adam Sandler live, and a lot of Netflix and Chill (Stranger Things 2) while eating our favorite pizza from Cosmo! Nick also sat in a drift race (video below) at the convention center!Â
Our Gorgeous, Funny, Smart, Inquisitive little baby boy turned 10 this year! It’s hard to imagine that 10 years have already passed. They went too quickly but we’re trying to enjoy and soak up every moment! I was so excited when Jatin said he would like to have a Halloween/Costume Party to celebrate 10! We all know how much I LOVE costume parties. The actual day of his birthday Nick and I surprised him and pulled him out of school for a surprise day to Universal Studios / Harry Potter World. He was nervous at first, but ended up loving it! Devi took AMAZING pictures of his birthday bash. Some of my favorites included below. Love you kiddo!! You’re truly the better than anyone could ask for. You ROCK!!!
Nick and I attended our second Grinkfest this year. What a blast! First off, somehow the air is crisper and cleaner in Idaho, so we felt energized right away! We landed in Boise on my birthday and headed straight to Downtown and had a lovely lunch at the FORK restaurant. Second, people are so extra sweet, kind and genuinely nice to speak with there. Everyone you see offers you a warm hello, a friendly smile and actually look up from their phones when they are walking around town! Pretty refreshing and a bit shocking coming from LA. After lunch on day one we ended up on a beautiful walk along the greenbelt where everyone seemed to be out and about enjoying life, taking strolls, walking and biking with the family, gardening etc… A welcome change of pace and a beautiful scene with every color tree imaginable. You’ll see my favorite neon yellow tree captured below. After our first day we entered the familiar land of Grinkers! This year was awesome because we knew many more people. Nick entered and placed in both tournaments and got so serious about it that he busted out his “gaming gloves!” (pictured below). All in all the trip was lovely! Looking forward to Grinkfest 6!
Our beautiful little Aaniku turned 6 today! We had Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle & Aunty over for tea time to celebrate. She was so excited that she got a new baby and a new American Girl doll and loved playing with her balloons! Happy Birthday our to our beautiful, naughty, cutie pie!
September 10th – 12th, 2017
The Party Goers: Nandini, Nalini, Kalpana, Zita, Neera, Vani
Destination: LaQuinta, Palm Springs
Reason: The Natraj Twins turned 65!
Highlights: A private mid-century modern 3 hour tour, watching silly hindi movies at home, swimming, dancing, dinner at the cliffhouse and adobe grill, hanging out with just girls.
Twins rockin their matching birthday hats!
Sisters getting ready with captain hats for our 3 hour tour!
Enjoying the gorgeous scenes from the backyard of this mid-century modern home.
Gurpreet, Aki, Kadam and Kirat came for a visit while on vacation this afternoon. We took a trip down memory lane with them and the Booters and Arj while watching a video that Nick shot in 2001 during Amrita’s Wedding in India. I got to take some quick shots of the visit. Some of my favorites below.
