| In Nov we took a trip to Southern California to visit the Hale's extended family the Farsadis.... | We were there for nine days and during that time we went to about six get-togethers to see everyone. |
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Thomas hanging out with Zara, cousin Marmar's little girl.. and with cousin Laura's son Cameron |
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Our first event was brunch at Aunt Nasrin's house, just a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean... |
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Cousin Laura getting something to eat with Cameron |
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Cousin Laura with baby Cyrus .. and again with Nini (Aunt Hosni) |
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The Great Uncle Ali (leader of the clan) with Aunt Hosni |
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Aunt Nasrin with her granddaughter Zara and Hosni.... just Cameron! |
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A group shot... Laura, Aunt Nasrin, Cyrus, Aunt Hosni, Hale and Zara |
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Aunt Nasrin with Hale and Thomas |
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We took a trip to Laguna Beach... shopped, walked and Thomas played in the sand. |
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Another event was dinner at Uncle Ali and Aunt Hosni's house |
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A very large group.. too many aunts, uncles and cousins to name |
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... includes Uncle Ali, Uncle Maziar, Aunt Nasrin, Aunt Sousan, cousin Farzad and Claudia, Zara... |
| We also had dinner at Aunt Nasrin's - this time cousins Marmar and Shirin were able to join us. |
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Group shot... Jorge, Marmar, Zara, Bob, Thomas, Aunt Nasrin, Shirin and Jan |
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Cousin Marmar reading to Thomas |
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The girls (and Thomas peeking in the corner)... Hale, Aunt Nasrin, Marmar, Shirin and Zara |
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On our last night we went to dinner at Aunt Sousan's house... |
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| this was my first time seeing Aunt Sousan since 1983 |
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It was yet another large group of people... including cousin Farzad and his wife Claudia... | ... cousins Maryam, Julia, Cynthia and Aunt Maureen, Aunt Hosni |
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a picture of all the ladies.... and then of all the men (including Thomas!) |
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A picture of all the cousins... Hale, Julia, Farzad, Cynthia and Maryam.. and then Aunt Sousan! |
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.... it was a great trip... |
we ate well, saw lots of family and | had a great time. We hope to see everyone again soon! |
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