Family time in Melbourne

We spent our last day with Omid and Vahid at the pool and McDonalds. At the pool the boys had dance competitions and who-can-hold-their-breath-longer games. Once we were sufficiently late for my cousin's dinner they decided to leave. Once we got to the family home we were only an hour and a half late.

It is so nice to see all my cousins and aunt and uncle again. I have not seen them in over ten years. We had a wonderful dinner together and then had to say bye to our friends who were heading back to Adelaide the next morning.

We woke up at 6am the next morning to attend a Bahai conference in another city. There were talks on the teachings of the Bahai faith as well as methods to advance civilization and the environment. The talks were great and the food was great too! We had Persian kabobs for lunch and pasta dishes for dinner. During breaks we played volleyball, footie, cricket and tag. My cousins have young kids so we spent time playing with them as well. They are super adorable and fun to be around. We returned home late and slept in till afternoon the next day.

We spent that day shopping at an outlet mall downtown. The prices were good and even I did some shopping. We went home for a lovely dinner prepared for us by my aunt. Absolutely everything in the house is homemade healthy and delicious. After dinner we went to the nineteen day feast meeting where they asked Tyson to perform again. He did so beautifully. Then all the cousins went to an Italian area of town and out to a chocolate restaurant. It was heavenly, we had churro fondues with milk chocolate and caramel. We also had milkshakes and cold hot chocolates. We walked around the town and returned home after 2am.

We woke up again in the late afternoon (well I did) again and after breakfast/lunch we went to a birdpark. We fed all the parrots, they sat on our heads, houlders and hands. We hiked the green trails full of tall lush trees. There were many poisonous spiders that we spotted in webs abover our heads. We also went to a beautiful lookout point where we could see the whole city from above. We came home for another home made meal before heading to new years eve festivities.
"If we are not happy and joyous in this season for what season shall we wait"