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August 12 and Eleri’s birthday. Two years ago, we went to the SF Giants game on Eleri’s birthday and again today. The birthday adventure includes Andy and Terri and Mimi and Papa. We all piled into the truck – a 7 seater which was perfect. Andy dropped us off at the gate closest to […]

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Day One: Frontier Days and Concerts

Our Estes Park adventure started with a stop in Cheyenne for Frontier Days. Terri and Andy had purchased tickets for the girls to see Journey. Journey is one of Terri’s favorite bands. Emersyn knows some of their songs because our 80’s music is used for the wii […]

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A Shanghai Reunion in Chicago was set for this summer. We had five families (minus the Dads) meeting in Chicago.

Our five families were: * Mary, Kelly and Erin were coming from Michigan. * Hilary, Jack and Michael were coming from Seattle. * Jennifer, Sean and Sophie were coming from North Carolina. […]

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We arrived back to the Bay Area to unload the car from our adventure at Tahoe. The girls had some poppers Aunt Terri bought at Target on the way up to Tahoe. They went out front to throw their poppers on the ground. No fireworks as they are illegal in the State of California. […]

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After our extended family dinner last night, we hadn’t packed a thing for Tahoe. Time was spent cleaning the house (always a big one when you are not living there). When Emersyn finally arrived in California, one of the top priority was a follow up on her bone cyst. Jim took her to see […]

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We are hosting a family gathering in our backyard. The family gathering includes extended family…Erica and Anne. Our family knows our house is a mess “in-transition”. There is nothing to “hide” from them. With Terri and Andy living in our house, they have their “stuff” stacked in various rooms in the house. However, with […]

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Jim and Emersyn were to arrive in San Francisco on Friday morning. After sitting on the plane for 5 hours, they were told their flight was cancelled. They had to de-board, gather their luggage and rebook for the flight tomorrow. Jim gathered luggage while Emersyn took care of rebooking. Jim had comment Emersyn took […]

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Roxi is officially ONE on May 31. We picked her up in Sacramento on August 6 to process her paperwork for her journey to Shanghai. Then, we watched her grow!

She had five days to enjoy the backyard in California – to lie in the grass and chase the girls.

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Mother’s Day began with breakfast in bed. Last night, the girls told me to stay in bed as I am always up spoiling their surprise! After the dog play date, Jim and girls made me pancakes delivered to my bed around 9:15. The time was perfect as I was starting to get restless, but […]

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It’s Chinese Labor Day Holiday which means a nice long 4-day weekend for the family. We stayed in Shanghai to fill the days with friends. Friday night started with Eleri’s friend, Allison, sleeping over at our house. Emersyn was at Avery’s house for a sleepover. After everyone found their way home on Saturday afternoon, […]