Easter

A couple weeks after we got back from Washington DC we headed out to good ol' AZ!  It was a blast!  And we couldn't be in Arizona and not visit our favorite friends!

We met up at a park and just let the kids play.  When we get together, even if it has been a few months we just seem to pick up right where we left off and it never gets old!  Carter and Miranda were playing so cute with each other.  Miranda kept wanting to sit on top of or right in front of Carter.  They were so cute!

And we were able to meet up with Hilary too!  I'm so glad I got to meet baby Sophie!  She is an absolute doll!  And Hilary you are a beautiful mother!  It has been such a long time since we've seen each other and I really was so glad we met up before her and her husband move really far away!  Good luck with everything you guys!

Boston and Ian are best buddies.  We really wish they lived closer so they could play more!  But we are lucky that we get to visit them whenever we go out there!  We love you!  Oh and Ian I'm so sorry your stroller sank into the pond!

Coloring Easter eggs with Grandma!

Usually we spend Easter in Arizona but this year we decided to fly home Saturday so we could spend Easter with my family.  It's been 4 years since we've been with my family on Easter!  So it was fun being able to do Easter for our little family this year at home.  The boys got pretty spoiled!  It was so fun watching Boston look for his basket and see all the treats the Easter Bunny left behind.

Carter with his basket

Ryan with his basket of goodies!

Easter this year was very different.  Coming home for Easter had to have been an inspiration at the time we were booking our tickets because the night we got home we received word that my mom's dad from India had passed away.  So although Easter is such a great time of year to remember the resurrection of Christ, it was also very hard for our family.  Thatha (that's Telegu for grandpa and that's what we always called him) was 86 years old and for the most part pretty healthy besides just old age setting in.  He was sick for about 4 days before he passed so although he was getting older, it was kind of unexpected.  All of my mom's family still lives in India so for her to be so far away was very hard for her.  They do things a lot quicker in India than they do here so my mom wasn't able to go and be with her family while they buried her dad.  They had his funeral service the next day and the flight to India is a 2 day flight so she wouldn't have been able to make it anyways.  So that was hard for her also.  

We have so many great memories of thatha while him and amamma lived with us here in the US while we were young.  I am so grateful for those memories and the great man he was.  I know he is with his sweetheart and he is happier where he is now.  We love you and miss you thatha!