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It’s here. 4 years ago this very day I landed on US soil for the very first time in my life. After spending a few hours in bloody customs, etc.. I finally turned a corner where people were waiting and laid eyes on my wife “to be” for the very first time.

From then, I’ll see if I can recollect some very special moments:

Feb 05, 1998 - Spending my 19th birthday in the USA.

Feb 05, 1998 - 1st Annual Birthday Dinner at F.McLinktocks Restaurant.

Feb 06, 1998 - Skiing at Sierra Summit and hurting my shoulder. Suspected broken.

Feb 06, 1998 - Finding out the expensive way that my shoulder was not broken.

Feb 14, 1998 - Valentines Day, rented a limo and cruised the coast with Jenifer and friends.

Feb 21, 1998 - Trip to Magic Mountain.

Feb 21, 1998 - Asked Jenifer to marry me. Whilst on the top of the Colossus Rollercoaster.

Apr 16, 1998 - Was supposed to return to Australia.

Sep 12, 1998 - Moved into my own apartment to prepare for my new wife.

Sep 19, 1998 - Jenifer and I were married.

Dec 25, 1998 - Christmas at Disneyland. Sung “Rudolph the red nosed reindeer” in front of thousands of people.

Feb 06, 1999 - 2nd Annual Birthday Dinner at F.McLinktocks Restaurant.

Mar 31, 1999 - Bought my first computer. 266mHZ Laptop with 64MB RAM. Loved it!

May 01, 1999 - Discovered that we were going to be parents!

Jan 01, 2000 - Y2K, what a bloody hoax.

Feb 01, 2000 - Nevan Michael, our 1st son, is born at 4:45pm.

Feb 06, 2000 - 3rd Annual Birthday Dinner at F.McLintocks.

Feb 14, 2000 - Start working for AIM Systems, Inc. A software company.

Dec 25, 2000 - Nevan’s first Christmas.

Feb 01, 2001 - Nevan turns 1.

Feb 05, 2001 - 4th Annual Birthday Dinner at F.McLintocks. I turn 22. Jenifer 21. Nevan 1.

Mar 15, 2001 - Purchase tickets for Australia vacation.

Jun 30, 2001 - Leave Los Angeles to fly to Sydney.

Jul 2, 2001 - Arrive in Sydney to holiday and spend time with relatives for 6 days.

Jul 6, 2001 - Spend an evening with 4 of my high school/university mates.

Jul 7, 2001 - Leave Sydney and arrive in Brisbane to holiday and spend time with Grandparents for 3 days.

Jul 9, 2001 - Leave Brisbane and arrive in Townsville to holiday and spend time with immediate family and friends for 9 days.

Jul 12, 2001 - Spend a day on the reef snorkelling.

Jul 14, 2001 - Spend a day in Ayr with dad.

Jul 17, 2001 - Returned to the USA.

Jul 24, 2001 - Begin to start travelling heavily for the software company I worked for. Spent time in cities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Denver, Phoenix, Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Portland and Durham, to name a few.

Sep 10, 2001 - Flew to Cleveland, OH for a business trip. Drove to Pittsburgh, PA that night.

Sep 11, 2001 - September 11. A plane crashes near me in Pittsburgh. I am stranded in PA and OH for a week. Not sure when I’ll be coming home.

Sep 12, 2001 - Meet and spend a few days with Andy Collington, long time internet friend and source for learning web programming.

Sep 17, 2001 - Get the courage to take the first available flight back home. Jenifer and family relieved. Me too.

Sep 19, 2001 - Our 3 year wedding anniversary!

Oct 1, 2001 - Find out that we’re going to have another baby!

Oct 23, 2001 - Fractured a teammates wrist in Softball by hitting the ball (by accident) right at her standing at 3rd base.

Dec 2, 2001 - We’re going to be having a boy! A brother for Nevan!

Dec 23, 2001 -Get a digital camera for Christmas from my in-laws. Love it!

Dec 25, 2001 - Nevan’s 2nd Christmas! I am loving my new toy. I would go on to taking roughly 1000 pictures by the end of 2001.

Jan 17, 2002 - My 4 year anniversary of moving to the USA.

Feb 5, 2002 - 5th annual dinner at F.McLintocks for out birthdays. I turn 23. Jenifer 22. Nevan 2.

Apr 26, 2002 - Welcome baby Liam!

Apr 26, 2002 - My great grandmother turned 101. She’s still alive and a Great Great for the 3rd time.

Apr 28, 2002 - Accept a job with a chocolate factory in Colorado.

May 15, 2002 - Viva Las Vegas! My first trip to Vegas for business and in limbo between leaving my current company and joining the chocolate factory.

Jun 1, 2002 - Move to Durango, CO. A 1000 mile drive. Jenifer and the 2 boys stay with her parents for a month. Start working for the chocolate factory.

Jun 2002 - A lot of Colorado is on fire. Missionary Ridge fire threatens to destroy Durango.

Jun 30, 2002 - Company flies me to go and see Jenifer and the kids. We make this the trip together back.

May 1, 2002 We all drive back with Jenifers family. 1000 miles. Go through the Grand Canyon this time. Jenifers family stays for 2 weeks.

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