The family moved from Saudi Arabia to America and then to New Zealand for a better life and education for the children and parents. They wanted to expand their learning and escape the hot weather in Saudi Arabia. While the beautiful views of New Zealand were breathtaking, the family also experienced feelings of homesickness being far from family and finding the weather colder than in Saudi Arabia. The timeline of their moves saw the family relocate to America in 2005 when the narrator was 5 years old, where a brother was born, before moving to New Zealand where another brother was born.