The one where I celebrate Holi for the first time!

We were excited when my school friends invited us to our first Holi celebration in Arizona! So we met up with Yash, his sister Gia and their parents and my Grandma and Grandpa to see what’s it was all about. Everyone….it was amazing.

For those of you that don’t know, Holi is the Indian celebration of the start of Spring. There’s food, dancing and colors. Lots of colors. Colored water and powder are smeared upon everyone to pay homage to colorful Spring!

We had fun chasing everyone around and painting both kids and adults! Can’t wait to do it next year!

The one where I have a California Christmas & New Years!

All the cool people are celebrating Christmas in California. 

After a 13 (!) hour delay in the Phoenix airport, we started our Christmas adventure to Oakland to see Aunt Leena and Uncle Adam and Grandpa & Grandma. After that, we headed down to central California to see my Avô, Avó and Uncle Michael for more fun times. 

So great to see all my family on both sides of the family. We had a lot of good food and good memories. I always have a blast with my cousins, Remy, Ella and Archie.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year, everyone!