Feb. 22 - 3rd Day Down Under

We went to Fairfield with uncle Javad and bought some more souvenirs. Had lunch at a persian restaurant that we all enjoyed the food. Matthew and Linnet went to a library around the corner from where we parked the car and they were able to find a persian section in the children's section. I also took a picture of a public toilet that seems something out of Futurama! We visited with the cousins and family and after the good food auntie Shahnaz made us yesterday, eat good cooking of auntie Jhaleh. We acted silly a bit at the end of the night taking pictures sitting on the couch that made everyone laugh.

Feb 21 - 2nd Day down under

We gave the local mall "Warringah" a visit and bought most of the stores! We also visited uncle Jalal and his family and spent more time with grandma and had fun with the cousins.

Feb. 20th - First Day in Australia

After sitting on a plane for 16 hours that BTW wasn't as bad as I imagined it to be, we arrived to Sydney. Baggage claims and customs took less than 20 minutes, that made me extra happy. We felt the humidity of the air outside as soon as we got off the plane, and boy did it feel right. We were greeeted with uncles Kamran, Javad and Ardeshir, aunty Shahnaz and cousins Anisa & Adib. Cousins took bounch of pictures that I have to remember to ask for before we go back home. We got to Kamran's place, talked to Mom and Dad to make sure the the kids were all right and then Matthew and I, went to visit with Uncle Jalal. On the way back to Kamran's place, Anisa gave us a ride to Coles that really sounds like Kohl's, but really is more of a grocery/general store. That was our first encounter with Auzie malls.
We spent the rest of the day visiting with family friends and taking kitty naps here and there. Matthew played the whole day with his cousins and new friend Deon. We really enjoyed the food and company. Invited lots of new friends to cme to the US and give us a visit.

Beginning of February

We had a pretty bad snow storm, that was complicated by a power outage. Kids and Linnet spent the night at my parents while I was at work. Morning travel was easy since there was not a lot of wind to blow the snow around. It took Linnet and I more than half an hour to clean up the driveway, so we could bring our car into the garage. Kids were crying patiently in the car!
On the 13th Maya had her first haircut given to her by her Mom and grandma Shahla. Between Matthew playing his start wars game and Nathan giving a cream cheese tombs up, I'd say we had a happy start on this month. There is also a picture of Maya helping grandpa Iraj pushing a cart to the elevator.