Favorite Photos of 2007 Part 1

I thought about doing a Year in Review post like Merritt did. Or a pictorial collage like A&A&A did. But instead I decided to kinda combine them. I picked my absolute favorite pictures from all pictures taken in 2007. I ended up with 16. And it was REALLY hard to get it down to 16. Some pictures I picked because of something they represented; some I picked because it was a great picture. I'm not going to overwhelm you all at one so here are the first 5 (in chronological order) fave pics of 2007.

I love this picture because it shows how little Kiran was starting off 2007! We had just rung in the new year in Thailand and then flown to see our friends the Hagens in the Philippines. They took us to a beautiful beach resort on an island. Both days for lunch we ate this barbeque on a stick at the restaurant this picture was taken in. It was delicious and ranks as one of my favorite foods of all time.

Of course the Taj Mahal! I wish Kiran wasn't crying in it but what to do??? Brett and Merritt had come to India to visit and the Taj kicked off a trip to Agra and Jaipur that was truly one of the highlights of traveling within India for me. Someone asked me the other day if the Taj was as spectacular in person as it looks and I have to say yes, yes it is.

Dress up! My helper taught Merritt & I how to tie our saris and we felt like princesses! It makes me want to go dig mine out and put it on just for fun!

Anant & Parul (top of picture) were our closest Indian friends. They invited us to come with them to Anant's hometown for their son's naming ceremony. What a cultural experience! From train rides to protests to leaky hotel rooms to pundits and hundreds of Indian relatives, this was the most stretching experience and yet most dear. I will always remember this day.


We saw many funny signs but this one was our favorite! It was for a men's bathroom in Bangkok, Thailand. I mean if you got to go.....