Happy New Year (2023)

The year 2022 was off too a quiet start with us recovering from COVID after we got exposed to it during the Holidays. But soon we were up and ready to celebrate Arhaan's 1-yr milestone, accompanied by Ria's mom who was visiting us. We went to Washington D.C. to celebrate the big day where Arhaan had a lot of fun playing with sand at the National Harbor and strolling down the streets of Old Alexandria. 

We welcomed summer by taking a trip down to Orlando where we explored the beaches and spend a day at the SeaWorld: 

Kids had a lot of fun camping this summer, first such experience for both of them. We also explored some local beaches around in New Jersey  and Maryland but the water there was too cold for our liking; the kids didn't mind as they were more into playing with the sand. We were joined by Ria's sister and her family for a few weeks and the kids had a blast with their cousin sister who is in between Riaan and Arhaan in age.

Later this summer we welcomed Aritra's parents as they came to see their second grandchild for the first time. We all went to the Lake George area in New York for a few days to celebrate the family reunion. 

We spent Ria's fall break at the Tygart Lake State Park, where we enjoyed the beautiful Fall color and a quiet time away from the city. 

A winter trip to Puerto Rico wrapped up the year for us. It was a nice escape from the winter as we experienced temperatures in the 80s (°F), or equivalently around 30s (°C). Beach was fun with the warm waters in Puerto Rico and we had some really awesome seafood there. 

With that we see the sun setting on 2022, ending a beautiful and a fun-filled year for us. As we see the sun rising on 2023 we hope for bigger & better things ahead of us, and we wish the same for you and your family.

Happy New Year 2023. 

Cheers,

Aritra, Ria, Riaan, and Arhaan.