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.
