For every cloud....

... there's a silver lining. Unfortunately Chad & Drea did not have much luck with their flights home. But at least Great Grandma Lester got to meet her latest Great Grand Daughter!

Lisa & Dhaneshwar... v 2.0

At the rehearsal dinner Friday night

Mother & Daughter, Saturday wedding

Working hard for her money.

Lucky Pup

We are so lucky to have such wonderful pet-sitters. Technically, this isn't Oli's job; he's just the spouse of our pet-sitter. But either way, Penny is soaking up the love!

rough days!

Penny had a great time hiking at Dry Creek camp. So rough.... she didn't leave her blanket for about 36 hours!

Hawaii Fun!

Best snorkelling pics EVER, courtesy of John Shappell underwater photography. Trust me, he had the more impressive job, since John was the one catching the octapus, picking up the sea urchin, and holding his breath long enough to take pictures of us while we sloooowly dove. Mahalo John!

Lisa & Dhaneshwar ... v 1.0

We had the honor of attending my cousin Lisa's Hindu wedding in Toronto in June. Looking forward to the "western" one in Pennsylvania in July!

Proud Aunt

Barbados

Family vacation in Barbados for the 2007 World Cup of Cricket. Too bad India & Pakistan didn't make it, but we still had fun. First time travelling with parents, brother, boss, and friends, all surving together in the same house for nearly 2 weeks!

Diwali 2005

Happy Diwali, 2005, and thanks to Anand's dad, who is taking the picture!! We can always count on Anand's mom to throw a fabulous party, with excellent food, festive decorations, and lively atmosphere. Until next year!!!

Pilar's Class

Anand and Sabrina (left), became best friends and were speaking like Andalucians after just 2 weeks of individualized instruction from their amazing teacher, Pilar. We miss you, Pilar!!

The Spanish call this a "new" bridge!!

Well, I'm only guessing, but I think this bridge is older than the Golden Gate! Nevertheless, if you go to the town of Ronda & ask directions to the beautiful bridge in all the tourist books, they will ask "you mean the new bridge?" This may be confusing initially, but you see, the OLD bridge fell down about 300 years ago, so this is the NEW bridge.

Malaga Plus

In Academia M'alaga Plus, the only other chica Americana, Rachel, and I tried our best to learn & have fun with our favorite teacher, Concha. (Photo by classmate, Albert Spaeter, an easy-going and friendly guy who speaks German, English, Italian & darn good Spanish!!)