Christmas - New York and London

I had the opportunity to go home for 3.5 weeks to New York and London.  It was a wonderful time away from India, and I so appreciated the hospitality of my sister Kelly and her husband Chris. Although I know my visit to the Overbeck's was short, I found great joy in my nieces and nephews and felt so blessed for being part of the Miller family traditions and laughter.

Christmas morning...........the traditional family photo on the step...did Santa Claus come? 

I think he came............ ;-) 

 Holden received a signed autograph picture from his favorite wide receiver from the San Diego Chargers (name excapes this bad aunt). Mommy was so so thrilled that Santa got this for him!

Miller wanted a white owl like in Harry Potter...she settled for the beautiful ceramic version.

Mabel just loved helping everyone open their gifts!! She got her first American doll so it was a special Christmas for her.

This is "Duffy"...Mabel and I spent many hours putting diapers on Duffy during my time in New York. She did not want his "poop" to get all over. What could Aunt Kerry say to that?

Eventually we all got dressed...and had Christmas with the rest of my family......it was a wonderful time!

This is what Santa Claus brought Kerry in London...a new display cabinet. CAR - how does that tea set from Italy look? ;-)

Fidelity Team Fun

The Fidelity Family Day in India was an amazing day.  During the day families came to the office...checked out where their sons / daughters / wives / sisters etc worked, where they eat lunch (the cafeteria I still have not eaten at..not brave enough yet) and the families also got to meet their friends and bosses.  Remember, that this is the first generation of office workers in India so particularly the parents take such pride in seeing his / her daughter "office".

At night, we had dancing, music, drink and food.  The Indians really do know how to put on a fantastic show. 

This is my colleague Kirsten and I...I am trying to dress as in local dress as much as possible to show my support for my colleagues and friends. It was a rainy night, but we had a fabulous time!

The Indian Management team had an off-site at a lovely Westin Hotel (in the middle of farmland, cows, sheeps and monkey land). It was 3 days of hard work, lovely food, lots of laughs and quality time getting to know each other. We even had two visitors from the UK to support us. My boss is Ajay...the man with the black shirt. He is someone I have come to admire and respect along with all of my other colleagues.  They are a wonderful group of people who I continuously learn from and am inspired by.

These are my beautiful married women on my team!!! On this day, they were all fasting for the health and safety of their husbands and when they saw the moon...they were able to end their fast. They also dressed up in their finest saris and jewlery out of love and respect for their bethrothed. Half of the team have arranged marriages and half love. At this point I will settle for either. ;-)