San Francisco Trip Part I: Anu Foi's House

After our amazing weekend trip to LA and Disney, our long-awaited, week-long San Francisco-Bay Area trip and family reunion was finally here!  The very next weekend after LA, we took off for California again--this time northern California and our old home in the Bay Area!  I knew we wouldn't be able to stay away for long!

Krish and Arjun were invited into the
cockpit by our pilot on the way there!
Lucky boys!

After two years, we were finally on vacation for a nice, long week!  Since we were there for so long, our trip was easily divided into three, solid portions.  The first part we spent the first weekend at Anu Foi's house with Rajiv Fuva, Lila and Diya; the second part we stayed in a rental house in San Jose for four days with Vivek Kaka, Krishna Kaki, Keshav and Vidya; and for the third part we headed to Sonoma Valley for the third-ever Shah Family Reunion!

Starting out at Anu Foi's house was amazing!  The boys had such a blast hanging out with Lila and Diya in their new house in Portola Valley complete with an outdoor basketball hoop and gigantic sand box!  The boys couldn't have dreamed of a cooler environment to play in with their cousins!

It was so awesome to see how well Krish, Lila, and Diya got along!  They are at the perfect ages to interact and play together, and we could see that Krish forged a separate relationship with each of his cousin sisters.  With Lila being the eldest, Krish loved following her lead and learning new games and ideas from her.  He and Lila also shared a similar competitive spirit and enthusiasm for games and basketball which was entertaining to see!  They really got along so well despite their competitive natures!  With Diya and Krish being the same age, they enjoyed playing games appropriate for their age together such as tag on the playground and singing songs, etc.  It really was such a joy to see them all getting along so fabulously and playing so much together!

Movie Night before bedtime! What a treat - watching
Mater's Tall Tales together! The girls got into Krishbhai's
selection!

Reading a bedtime story with Anu Foi!

Arjun was still a little younger for the big kids during this visit, but he still definitely enjoyed watching them, learning from them, following them around, and engaging in activities (such as playing in the sandbox) with them where appropriate.  Overall, he just loved being in their company!

Krishbhai sharing his love for boardgames with the rest of
the family!  He taught his cousins how to play Ticket to
Ride!  All thanks goes to Ankur Kaka for introducing
us to the game and gifting us with one of our own!

While at Anu Foi's, we also got the opportunity to celebrate Raksha Bandan as we often have with Lilaben and Diyaben in past years.  How fortunate for us!  This time, Keshav, Vidya, Vivek Kaka, Krishna Kaki, Ankur Kaka and Kabu Kaki were there with us to celebrate too!  It couldn't get any better than that…until it did at the reunion!