Now that I can look at photos of my family without bursting into tears, I think I’m finally of sound-enough mind to show you why the blog has been a bit silent recently.

So what could have possibly kept me away from you, my dearies, over the past three weeks?

Well, how about my sister getting married, my family flying from India (we haven’t been together in two years!) for the occasion and then flying to LA to hang with us, then flying off just as Bren’s family flew into town to celebrate both Thanksgiving AND the wedding of Bren’s uncle the next day??!!

PHEW!

Want a photographic journey? Ok! First, Phoenix.

First Bren and I drove to Phoenix where my mum, dad and youngest sister, Crish had arrived, all the way from India, to prepare for the nuptials of my middle sister, Kavita. The drive to Phoenix was smooth, marked by a soundtrack of my favourite NPR shows (Car Talk and Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me) and that K’naan & J Period stuff I was telling you about. Have you listened to them yet?

Bren was really touched by the bootleg, yet heartfelt nature of this:

It was literally drawn on with marker. Sweet, huh?

The Sequeira sisters were reunited! Watch out world!

That’s Crish in the middle; I call her Cishmish, which means “raisin” in Hindi. She looks nothing like a raisin, I know. But it’s too much fun to say. Try it! See? (Plus, she hates it when I call her “cashew nut”. Woops, now the whole world knows, Crish. Heeheeeeee!).

btw, did you know that Crish does a mean Octomom impression?

Anyway, Mum cooked up delicious dinners…

…whilst we whipped up meticulously-planned crafty things…

And before we knew it, it was rehearsal dinner time, complete with… trivia!

Don’t we make a good-looking family? Even the white boys?!

And then the wedding!

I love this photo… it was taken by the astonishingly talented photographer, Shelly Love. If you live in Phoenix, and need a great photographer, check her out. Her photos are breathtaking:

There’s tons more, so check ‘em out!

I snapped a couple too while we were all dressing:

Oops, I’ve got to go — another family gathering, I’m afraid. I’ll put up more photos of the reception tomorrow!

-x-
aarti