The boys just had their 15th birthday. We celebrated at home with homemade cup cakes.
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Happy Birthday Nikhil and Vikram
Posted in Family, Kids, tagged Birthday on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spring Break
Posted in Family, tagged sky high, Spring Break on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We went up to the Bay Area over spring Break and visited my parents and Abhijit and family. Here are some pics of the kids at my parent’s house (Nikhil, Vikram, Annika and Maya). Here are Kiran and Vikram wrestling. We went to Sky High in Concord. Here are the kids standing still for one [...]
India Trip
Posted in Family, Trips, Vacation, tagged food in india, India, pench tiger, tiger sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Family Portrait 2011
Posted in Family, tagged Family Portrait on December 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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!
Thanksgiving 2011 in the Bay Area
Posted in Family, tagged Thanksgiving on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Diwali 2011
Posted in Events, Family, tagged Diwali on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
Bay Area Weekend
Posted in Family on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Memorial Day Visit to Santa Cruz Island
Posted in Family, Life, Trips, tagged Channel Islands, hiking, Santa Cruz Island on June 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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. Here is [...]
Melting Pot Birthday
Posted in Family on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Annika just turned 10 and for her birthday, she went to the Melting Pot fondue restaurant with her friends. Can you say Chocolate Fondue!
Ouch That Hurts!
Posted in Family, tagged broken arm on February 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Nikhil broke his arm last week – both radius and ulna. He’ll be in a cast for the next 4 weeks. Fortunately, no surgery needed but the first few days are quite painful. At the hospital, they now send you home with a CD of x-ray pictures. This is cool – no more films.
Thanksgiving 2010
Posted in Family on December 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We went up to the Bay Area for Thanksgiving to visit my parents, Madhu, Abhijit and family. Here are some pictures with their cousins.
Monsoon Wedding in Pune
Posted in Family on July 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Anjali just got back from Pune and here are some of her pics. Theses are some of her cousins. Here is Anjali with her favorite uncle Makarand Mama. Here is Anjali with her favorite fruit Jambul – a cross between a plum and a blueberry (and very sweet). Anjali went to Pune for a wedding. [...]
Summer Races
Posted in Family, Track on July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have some catching up to do as it has been several weeks since my last post. The kids have been keeping me very busy. Annika and Nikhil had their final two races of the season. The first was the SCMAF Championship. This is a Southern California track meet with qualifiers thru our city and [...]
Mother’s Day Hike
Posted in Family on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today we went to Peter’s Canyon to celebrate Mother’s Day. Here’s Anjali with the kids. Happy Mother’s Day!
Fireside Collie
Posted in Dog, Family, tagged dogs, puppy, smooth collie on January 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Joey continues to grow like a weed and is keeping us very busy. We’ve had about 8 inches of very much need rain this week so we’ve been spending a lot of time indoors. Here is Joey enjoying the fire.
More Joey Pictures
Posted in Dog, Family, tagged collie, Family, smooth collie on January 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By popular demand, here is a Joey update. Joey is finally getting into a routine. He slept seven whole hours last night and only had two little accidents in the house today! He is also napping a bit more during the day, and seems a lot more relaxed. Here are some more pics. We are [...]
Happy New Year Collie Puppy!
Posted in Dog, Family, tagged collie, puppy, smooth collie on December 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We got our new puppy this afternoon. He is a 9 week old Smooth Collie. Here are the first pictures of him in our backyard. We have tentatively named him Joey! The other leading names were Sprite, Baron, Google and Jamba!
Christmas Beach
Posted in Family, tagged Christmas, Crystal Cove, Family on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mom and Dad came down on Christmas Day with my nephew, Vinayak. We went down to Crystal Cove Beach and enjoyed the sunset. Here is Vinayak with Mom, Anjali and Vikram. Vinayak is a Junior at Purdue studying EE (my cousin Raju’s son).
Grandma’s House
Posted in Cross Country, Dinner, Family, tagged Dinner, Family, Thanksgiving on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over Thanksgiving holiday, we went up to Mom and Dad’s house. Here is a picture of the kids with their cousins (Kiran and Maya). On Thanksgiving morning, the kids ran a 5K race in San Jose called the Silicon Valley 5K. This race had 11,000 plus runners. Annika got 2nd place in the 9 and [...]
Rockin’ Christmas
Posted in Family, tagged Christmas, Rockband 2, Wii on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The kids got the new Rockband 2 for the Wii for Christmas. We played all weekend long. Here they are at their Jam session. Annika also got a couple more Webkinz.