Monday, July 21, 2008

ARLETTE :)

Our dear friend Arlette came for a 9-Day-visit to Cedar Rapids, and we went with her to Davison, to visit Grandma & Grandpa Eady and with them and all the family celebrate their 60th Anniversary!! We stopped at the Baha'i House of Worship in Chicago and it was a lovely day, we enjoyed prayers and visiting the lovely gardens.

We are posting a good selection of pictures of this trip, some from Chicago and some from the visit with the families, Grandma Schwartz and Uncle Joe came to the party, so we got to see them for that afternoon and the great thing was that Naysan & Nahid came for the weekend, so we spent two full days with them and that was a good treat. Oh! And all the pictures were taken by Arlette, so all the credits are hers ;)

Bahia did great through the whole trip, the day before we left she had hit herself on a coffee table and her lip was very swolen, she hit it three more times that evening, so it was really huge! But amazingly it got better and better and by the time we had the party her fat lip was all gone!!

The Anniversary party was a Saturday picnic at Uncle David & Aunt Maggie's cabin, and it was a warm summer day so it was perfect for games outside. There was a lot of food and soooo maaaaany people, for sure we were lucky to see so many relatives from all over!! :) Nuri's cousins wrote a song and surpised Grandma & Grandpa when they sung it. It was lovely, very touching!

Next day we went with Naysan & Nahid, Arlette, Mom, Ruhiyyih, Adam and Shakyra to the German colonies near there, Frankenmuth, and spent few hours walking and touring. That day Naysan & Nahid left and next day we went back to Cedar Rapids. Few days later Arlette left and now we just have the wonderful memories of moments all together and the wish to see everyone again, soon enshallah! :)