HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Well it has been a very busy year for the Sheth Family. We made our first trip home in 3 years this summer. It was a great opportunity to catch up with friends and family. While we were there Amani attended Girls Camp in Georgia and then Ballet Camp at BYU. While there she made many friends, at BYU she really improved her ballet skills. Katya attended Band Camp at the University of the Pacific, while there she took classes on Jazz, Flute Choir, Piano and Vocal Choir. Sabeena was hoping to attend soccer camp at UOP, but we arrived 1 week after its conclusion, so she got to hang out with mom and her friends.

The school year started off great. The girls all liked their teachers, and Katya was made Head Girl of the Primary School. Katya is really excelling in her Math and Science studies, her favorite being Maths. She has taken up Hip Hop as her choice of dance, while her sisters are still active in Ballet. Amani is completing her Year 6 levels and Sabeena Year 2. Katya has also added regular piano lessons to her music studies along with her flute lessons. Amani is having a great year as well and is enjoying all her subjects, she can’t decide on a favorite. She has been making some neat things in her Design Technology class. Sabeena loves school, especially the social aspect of it all. She is doing really well in her English lessons, she loves to write stories and share them with others. Her teacher says she is a good friend and always tries to make sure that others are included. Sabeena is still playing Soccer and really enjoying it. Her sisters both play soccer and Netball for the school.

We hope that all of our friends have had a good year and that the New Year will bring many more good days to all of you and your loved ones.

With Love,

The Sheth Family

Family Trip to Hatta

We took a family trip up to Hatta. This was our first big trip with Cathi. There was plenty of hiking and nice scenery. Here are some photos of the girls from the day out.

Architecture Contest

Katya and Sabeena entered an Architecture for Kids Contest earlier this month. These are photos of them standing next to their entries. Here is the email we received today in regards to the Judging.

Hello everyone,

Many thanks for coming along to the Architecture Workshop we ran at the
Third Line recently, and for either helping or making so many fantastic
drawings. Bidoun would like to thank Sonia Brewin from START
(www.startworld.org) and Katrina Weber from the Third Line
(www.thethirdline.com) for all their help and enthusiasm.

Many of the drawings are going to be featured in the National THIS MONDAY
and also in Time Out Kids' December issue, so do keep a look out for those.

And the 'winners' will be featured in Bidoun's spring issue, out in the UAE
in January:

First place in the "Most More Taller" section: Bader Baroudi's Arbrata
First place in the "Best Chocolate Factory" section: William Heintz
First place in the "Best Mollusc House" section: Sabeena Anjali Sheth's
Octowarium
First place in the "Most Forward Thinking" section: Maxim Podgore's
Robo-Palm
First place in the "Best Use of Whiskers" section: Katya Mira Sheth's Tiger
Zoo

Special mention should also go to Charles Dib's Tower.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Katya is going to Switzerland for her graduation trip. In preparation she began ski lessons yesterday. She is super excited. She has been asking to learn to ski for more than 3 years.Here is Katya and her class during her first lesson.

Halloween!!!!

There weren't as many trick-or-treaters this year or as many families participating in Halloween, but the girls still had a lot of fun. The parties that we attended were full of Halloween spirit and made Halloween all the better.

Sabeena as Silvermist, the new Disney Fairy friend of Tinkerbell.

Katya as a Goth Chic

Amani as a Punk Rocker

Me as a Bar Maid

The whole gang on Halloween evening before heading out Trick or Treating.

Amani always enjoys a good book.

Ashi deep in thought

Katya in her new glasses

Sabeena climbing a tree

We were back in CA for the summer. The girls had a great time seeing their friends and visiting their old haunts. Here are a few photos from a trip to the Manteca library and then back at home relaxing.