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The girls woke up to find Easter baskets left by the Easter Bunny. Emersyn was up first – not the normal in this house anymore as she heads into the teen years. She woke up Eleri as they were excited to see what the Easter Bunny left for them this year. […]
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It’s Spring Break for the girls and Quingming Chinese holiday for Jim. Jim has Monday and Tuesday off for Ching Ming – Tomb Sweeping Day. The Qingming Festival (清明节, Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong), Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice. […]
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Valentine’s Day is on a Tuesday – a school and work day. Our friend, Scott, was organizing the group for a romantic dinner gathering at Stiller’s. Stiller’s is own by our friends, Yoshi and Stefan. We would have love to celebrate with friends, but children’s schedules did not allow it. Emersyn had volleyball from […]
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Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is known as “Spring Festival, ” the literal translation of the Chinese name 春節 (ChÅ«njié). It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western Carnival. The lunisolar Chinese calendar determines the date of Chinese New Year. […]
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Tuesday, December 13: Travel to Down Under We arrived at the Shanghai airport for our 7:30pm flight to Sydney, Australia. After a quick check-in as the airport was quiet, we went to the food court for a Burger King dinner. The airport had the feel of a lonely Christmas as scene in a movie […]
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This year, we are spending Christmas in Australia. We promised the girls they could open presents before we left. Jim has uncertain travel expectations to India, therefore, we opened our presents extra early. Sine the girls and I went home for Halloween, family sent us back with Christmas gifts in October. Our little […]
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We have started this tradition of a Thanksgiving Adventure Trip to Yangshuo. This is our 4th Thanksgiving in Yangshuo. Five families are sharing the adventure. It is the usual gang of past Thanksgivings to include the Jenkins (Jennifer, Scott, Sean & Sophie), the Bishops (Faith, Dan, Avery & Riley) and the Brennans (Judy, Dan, […]
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I had this crazy idea to spend Halloween in America. Eleri has never spent Halloween in the States and Emersyn was two the last time she trick-or treated on our street. The girls have a long weekend after Halloween to only miss three days of school. Grandma and Grandpa were in California for a […]
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It is Golden Week in China. Jim and the girls have a week off for National Holiday. We have made it a “stay-cation”. We are enjoy a week at home. Emersyn just returned from her interim trip and was ready for a little rest. We enjoyed movie night with popcorn most nights. At […]
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The circus came to Shanghai – the fancy one! We saw Cirque Du Soleil – Saltimbanco with our friends, the Jenkins and the Bishops. Emersyn & Avery Lili spent the night last night and LEFT Fluffy. By chance, Lili and family were going to the circus tonight, also. We took Fluffy to […] |