persian new years.

this past week was persian new years,

or Norooz as my family calls it.

we said farewell to the the past year and welcomed the new year -

thirteen.ninety.three.

haha pretty neat, huh?

 

I have always loved being Persian for many reasons, but one of the major reasons is because of them having their own special holidays to celebrate & recognize.

Norooz is HUGE to my family. H U G E

My grandma gets all gung-ho about the table decorations being setup perfectly at every families house, and everyone gets dolled up for a big family party to ring in the new year together.

 

I especially love this because anytime a new year starts out on a bad note {much like 2014 had for me and our family} - BOOM. Another new year & new beginning is just around the corner.

So, since 2014 wasn't quite what I had expected so far,

now I have a whole new start to the year, and it's already going MUCH better than the original "new years" we celebrated.

Like I said, it's pretty neat.

 

This year we hosted the family party at our house & here are some fun pictures from the occassion.

My amazing amazing husband cleaned and DECORATED the house all by himself after we went to bed and surprised us all with a clean & festive house for the party on saturday.

I was so shocked to wake up to a house that was completely done-up and that I was able to just jump into cooking & setting up, completely free of cleaning and decorating!

Yes, he is THAT amazing.