diwali.

this tuesday was diwali here in india. it's a huge celebration with tonnes and tonnes of fireworks everywhere. we went to a friends house and ate lots of food, watched the light display across the mountain, and avoided our share of flaming rockets. no one was hurt so i guess it was a good night

here's a view of banderpunch from the top of the hill. chris and i are taking a group of students on a week long trek on sunday.... we're so excited to get away and be in the big hills again. it's been a busy week of planning and trying to prepare the kids for the walking, cold and snow.

we've got quite the huge pile of food in our place now. the kids were just over making hot chocolate, pancake mix, trail mix and other goodies... and of course our child anu had to be in the picture.