The Adventures of the Khare Family

India Trip

January 20, 2012 by Shree Khare

We went to India over the Christmas break to visit Anjali’s parents in Pune and my extended family in Nagpur.

Anjali’s parents had their 50th anniversary. Here is Anjali with her parents in the middle and her brother on the right. In the front and back row are her cousins.

Here are the kids with their Great Grandmother!

Here are the five of us.

Here are the kids at Anjali’s uncle’s vacation house outside of Pune.

One of the days we went to Sinhagad, a fort from the 1600′s with quite a colorful history. Here are the kids at the entrance to the fort.

Here is the view from inside the protected walls of the fort.

On most days, we did our shopping trips and visits in a scooter rickshaw.

We did a side trip to Nagpur which is about a two hour flight from Pune.

We visited my uncles and cousins there.

My cousin Shirish (on the left in the photo above) took us to a wildlife sanctuary outside of Pune.

Here are some pictures from the Pench Tiger Sanctuary. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any tigers but lots of other big game including sambars, horned deer, antelopes and all kinds of monkeys!

On Christmas Day, we went out for Chinese food at Mainland China in Pune. Probably the best Chinese food in India! Christmas Day in India is like any other day there.

On our last day in Pune, Anjali was lucky enough to catch her 30th year high school reunion at St. Joseph’s. Here she is with her friends.

What a trip!

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Family Portrait 2011

December 11, 2011 by Shree Khare

This morning, we drove down to Crystal Cove Beach and took some family self portrait pictures. The weather cooperated and the lighting was pretty perfect.

You’ll be seeing these on our holiday cards this year!

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Thanksgiving 2011 in the Bay Area

December 11, 2011 by Shree Khare

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we drove up to the Bay Area to visit my parents and also Abhijit and family.

At my parent’s house, Madhu and her kids visited one day. Here’s a pic of Maya (Annika’s cousin) and Annika.

Here are the boys with their little cousin Kiran.

And finally a group shot.

For Thanksgiving diner, we went up to Abhijit’s house for dinner.

The boys got all dressed up. Annika refused to dress up, still wearing her trademark Abercrombie and Fitch casual clothes.

Abhijit had cooked all weekend long and had quite the elaborate spread!

Here are Rajiv and Nikhil goofing around.

And finally a pic of Anjali and Ashwini.

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Junior Olympics Qualifier

December 11, 2011 by Shree Khare

Annika ran in the JO’s qualifier in San Diego but just missed the cut for the national team.

Here we are doing the course walk before the start of the race.

Annika looked strong but just missed the cut.

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Dino Dash 2011

December 11, 2011 by Shree Khare

Nikhil and Annika both ran in the Dino Dash again this year.

Here is Nikhil chatting before the run.

Alas, no PR’s today!

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Diwali 2011

December 11, 2011 by Shree Khare

The kids took the day off from school to celebrate Diwali. Here are Annika, Mira and Harsheta spending the afternoon in our backyard doing rangoli.

The girls pose for a picture (Ankhita, Mira, Maya, Annika and Harsheta).

In the evening, we went over to Arun and Jo’s house for dinner and fireworks.

Here are some of the backyard fireworks.

The boys graciously accepting their gifts!

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Annika’s Running

October 18, 2011 by Shree Khare

Annika has been busy the last couple of weeks with races at Mt. Sac and Laguna Hills. Here are some pics.

At the Elementary School race, she place 15th out of about 150 5th graders.

Here she is before one of her races.

And one more after her race, loading up on sugar!

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Bioluminescent Waves in Encinitas

October 5, 2011 by Shree Khare

This weekend we went to Encinitas to see a rare ocean phenomena known as bioluminescence caused by a red tide.

By day, a red tide is unsightly and uninviting, with water the color of coffee. But at night, during this unusual phenomenon caused by a plankton bloom, the waves are a brilliant, almost neon blue. This wonderfully surreal scene has played out almost nightly along San Diego beaches for the last few weeks.

Here are a couple of cool pictures of what we saw. The waves were coming about every 30 seconds and we spent almost two hours watching.

Here is a picture of Anjali and the kids (and Lizzy).

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Usain Bolt in the House

October 5, 2011 by Shree Khare

Usain Bolt (the world’s fastest man) came to visit at the local college (Mt. Sac). Anjali took the kids to see him as he hosted a running clinic. Usain has a 9.58 second World record for the 100M along with a host of others. He spoke about his training regimen and complained about the heat in So Cal! Isn’t he from Jamaica?

Here are the kids making their way onto the track to see him.

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See Annika Run!

September 23, 2011 by Shree Khare

Miss Annika has also started her cross country season and has run a couple of 5K’s. Here are some pics from her last couple of races.

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Waterpolo Matches

September 23, 2011 by Shree Khare

Vikram too is continuing with his waterpolo and is playing for his Frosh/Soph team. Here are some pics from a couple of recent matches.

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High School Cross Country

September 23, 2011 by Shree Khare

Nikhil has started cross country season and is running for his high school team. Here are some pictures from his first two meets.

Nikhil got his groove back in the second race, improving by 1 1/2 minutes to an 18:52 in the 3 mile race.There were 400 Freshman kids in this race from as far away as San Diego and Las Vegas!

Here are Nikhil and his friend Anthony after their race.

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Back to School

September 23, 2011 by Shree Khare

The kids are back in school – here are a couple of pics of the boys on their first day of High School!

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UCLA 10 year MBA Reunion

August 7, 2011 by Shree Khare

Last weekend I had my UCLA MBA reunion with my fellow study group. Several of them flew in from all corners of the world.

On Saturday, we went on a cruise to Catalina aboard the USS Lane Victory. This is an old WWII era cargo ship that has been restored and sails just three times a year.

Below from the right are Doc, Dave and Witold.

Below are the 50mm guns used to protect the ship.

The tour included an airplane simulated battle.

Here is one of the fire boats putting on a show.

Here is our whole group back at the San Pedro docks.

On Sunday, we went to brunch in Laguna beach. Two of the other guys joined us… Paul on the right in aqua and Steve with the hat.

We hit the beach for a while and then hit the Festival of Arts and the Pageant of the Masters.

Busy weekend and great to see everyone.

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Joey Gets a Bath

July 22, 2011 by Shree Khare

Joey got a bath the other day – it is quite the event as he hates the water.

Here is Anjali doing all the work… while the boys look on.

Here’s Joey as he shakes himself dry!

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Bay Area Weekend

July 22, 2011 by Shree Khare

Over the 4th of July holiday, we went up to the Bay Area to visit Mom and Dad and Abhijit and family.

Here are some pics from the weekend.

First up, Madhu and her kids Maya and Kiran came over with their puppy dalmation.

Here are Annika and Maya.

Here are Vikram and KiranThe two puppies played all day long.

They took the occasional break and then started their wrestling again.Kiran and Vikram also wrestled much of the day.

One of the days, we went to Abhijit’s house. Here are some pics from the evening and the following day.

Here is Abhijit showing Nikhil his secret chicken recipe.

Here is the full gang (Nikhil, Vikram, Rajiv, Apurva and Annika).The girls did a backyard campout for the night.

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Graduation.. or is it Promotion?

June 22, 2011 by Shree Khare

The boys were officially promoted from 8th grade to High School last week. First are some pics from their promotion party and the actual graduation event at school.

Here are the boys accepting their Honor Roll awards during the rehearsal ceremony.And finally, the actual ceremony.

How about a congratulations to the parents Is that Anjali crying with tears of joy?

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So Cal JO’s

June 22, 2011 by Shree Khare

A couple of weekends ago, Annika and Nikhil both ran in the Southern California Junior Olympics for track. Both ran the 1500M and PR’d with their best times of the season.

Here is Annika en route to a 5:59 time finally breaking the magical 6 minute mark!

Here is Annika after the race. Check out her new fangled haircut – yes it has real feathers sewn into it. Guess its the latest style!

Here is Nikhil on his way to a 5:12 time.

They both have a full month off with no running. Cross country season starts back up at the end of July. More to come.

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MVP Awards

June 3, 2011 by Shree Khare

On Tuesday, Nikhil received an award from the the Elks Club and his school for Cross Country Season. Awards were presented to the MVP’s from each school in Orange County for a variety of sports. Here he is going up to receive his award.

Here are the boys from each school in OC for Cross Country (his friend Anthony is next to him representing Hewes).

Here is one with all the kids in his school representing the different sports programs.

And finally one with his coach and teacher.

Good job Nikhil!

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Memorial Day Visit to Santa Cruz Island

June 3, 2011 by Shree Khare

On Memorial Day we visited the Channel Islands – Santa Cruz Island. We started out at Ventura Harbor, a little over 100 miles from our house and then took a 2 hour boat ride to the island. The weather was beautiful.

Here is Annika with her best friend Lizzy who came along with us.