This weekend was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. We spent the weekend in San Diego with the family of our Ring Bearers and had a great time.
Our ring bearers are the children of two of Tamar's dad's former medical students. The couple met at Stony Brook Medical School. Since the husband (Ran) is Israeli, Tamar's dad invited him and his (then) girlfriend to Tamar's house for all of the Jewish holidays. In particular, they were a mainstay at Passover Seders during their medical school years and residencies. This was mostly because Ran could read through the story section of the Hagaddah (the book that you go through at the Passover Seder) very quickly, which meant eating sooner.
After finishing their residencies, Ran and his wife, Sunny, moved to Tucson. A year later, they relocated to San Diego. When we moved to Southern California, a big perk was being able to visit their family. The roles have changed, and now Ran & Sunny's family have had us over for the holidays.
It's great getting to play with the kids too - they're now into dinosaurs, Star Wars, and Transformers. Over the past year they've grown so quickly, with Nava recently starting 1st grade and Ben in pre-school. Here's some pictures from our brunch on Saturday (we had a little too much fun with the fruit on our plates)!
Nava pretending to be a dinosaur. Ben had previously said: "Want to hear something sad? All the dinoaurs were killed."
Ben making an orange smiley.
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