Family

First Quarter 2025

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The first quarter of 2025 has flown by. It’s been eventful, a mixed bag of good and bad but I’ll focus on all the positive stuff that happened here. Nick and I took Jatin to his first official concert at the Crypto Area *formally staples center. We attended Tyler the Creator’s Chromokopia Tour. It was AWESOME! We had front row Mezzanine seats. Couldn’t have had a better vantage point. LOVED IT!

Aanika and I attended her school field trip to the Manhattan Beach Aquarium. I was the lucky parent who got invited to chaperone. She did great. At first she was a bit scared of all the fish tanks but eventually warmed up to the place. It was a cold and rainy day, but a lot of fun! read more

December 2023 – Other Cute Memories

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December is alway jam packed with adventure and fun celebrating the closing of another year. Sometimes I can’t categorize all the great memories so below is bundling of a few more moments that were precious. Nani and Nana hangout time with Aanika. Tina got engaged! Aakash and Jatin truly share the same blood line *it shows in their amazing moppy hairstyles! Jatin LOVES to bulk and gets caught eating a lot! Aanika did a little Christmas shopping. Jatin went to the Winter Formal with his best friends *the future leaders of America (what I like to call them). Baby Gia is the cutest little butterball ever!! I discovered a series of amazing selfies from my beautiful husband on my phone 🙂 Kai, Jace, Gia and Brody shared their Christmas Morning photos. They are all such cutie patooties! I created a waffle bar for one of our pre-Christmas evening gifts. Nick and Aanika cuddled and had lot’s of silly moments. Jatin started to shave on his own!! Happy December! read more

Spring Break 2023

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We booked a few days at a home near the beach in Oxnard for the kids spring break again this year. Bonus was Neera and Nikki had the same spring break schedule so they came to town at the same time!! We were very proud of Aanika. She was great while eating out, playing with Naya and Naveen and even while boating. Positive progress for the whole family! Whooohoo! We got Nana and Nani to join us for the day for some pizza at Toppers and a harbor boat outing. Nick and I got to take our favorite magical walk in the alleys of the beach homes while our amazing son Jatin watched Aanika and the 3 of us watched some Better Call Saul on the big screen while Aanika watched some Cobra Kai in her cute room. All in all a very positive spring break vacation! read more

March Part 1 – 2023

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March started out great…Aanika was riding her new horse Linus, we got to have Maitreyi from Never Have I ever over for brunch, and Aanika and I were enjoying our iPads and iPencils. Unfortunately then Aanika got a tummy bug, wasn’t feeling very well and ended up rolling of Jatins bed and broke her arm 🙁

The first two weeks were pretty tough. She had to be home from school for the entire month to heal. She’s such a a strong cutie pie, but all of us we’re worried and thinking about her all the time.
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February 2023

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February came and went so quickly. Aanika met a new horse named Linus. Unfortunately her first horse Gus passed away 🙁 My dear friend Jenny Rosson also passed so this month has been emotionally draining. We did spend a lot of our weekends with the family which was lovely. Gurpreet was visiting from England and Buaji was visiting from Tarun Bhaiyas. Jatin participated in his first MUN conference at Granada High School. We got it to meet Handy’s wife Jasmine. I had lunch with Shervin and Kazem after almost 20 years! It snowed in the valley for the first time since 1989! It’s been so cold that all the mountains became white. It was absolutely beautiful but we’re ready for sunshine again. And Nick and I finally found the cookies from my childhood and had them shipped from Canada! read more

January 2023

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Happy New Year! May this year be filled with peace, love, laughter, happiness and good health for all. Aanikas new number one is her Daddy! They eat together, ride together, sing and dance together daily! We got a glimpse of rain, lot’s of AniVani home modeling – doggies included. We took a few family walks and local hikes, and Aanika magically created a piece of art spelling “Dad.” Nick and I got away for an evening to Bakersfield and finally got to check out the Padre together!

Neera Nikki Naya And Naveen Summer Visit

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Summer 2022

It’s been such a fun few weeks. We got back from our trip to the bay on Monday and Neeru flew in with the kids to LA on wed! Nikki joined a day later. This trip was a big WIN for our family. Aanika, Naya and Naveen coexisted so beautifully. They played all day saturday, took a dip in the pool, played marbles, ate dinner together and watched a movie together. It was like magic. Neera and I got to have quality sister time, sunning and doing usual LA girl poolside silliness while everyone enjoyed themselves! YES! #happyheartsallaround read more

April 2022 Part 2

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We made a day trip to San Diego to celebrate Brody’s 6th Birthday on Easter Sunday. It was lovely catching up with everyone! We gifted Brody the Pokemon canvas Jatin and I painted years ago…perfect for his Pokemon themed party 🙂

Aanika my cutie pie is continuing to paint every weekend! Her AniVani future collection is growing quickly 🙂

Speaking of AniVani we’ve started to see the products on our customers and in their homes now!! Love love love seeing our art everywhere! Its awesome!

In other random news…Aanika took a dance class at carousel dance, Reya was a contestant on Jeopardy and Nick and I enjoyed a few dates; one brunch at Odyssey and a day in Malibu. read more

Feb – Early March 2022

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February has been a lot about getting back into a routine post all the holidays and making sure we’re all making time to celebrate each other and enjoy life everyday. We’ve been getting our fitness game on even more and have been taking walks at our favorite et park and found a new beautiful hangout at Chatswoth park as well. The month of love…but for us every day is a reason to love and be grateful for this beautiful thing called life.

Love is in the air ❤️ Nick and I had some lovely dates to the palisades and Malibu and park evenings to just recoup and enjoy some quiet time. Jatin gifted me a ostrich beanie baby which is creepy and cute all in one! Aanika cuddled up with her daddy briefly before pouncing on him like a baby tiger! Crazy and In love. That’s our family! read more