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The Caribbean is one of the best diving areas in the world. With Nicole’s wedding, I thought it would be a great opportunity to dive in Cancun and Cozumel. Justin is also a diver, as is his friend, Shea. Our research led us to dive in Cozumel. We took the ferry across to Cozumel […]
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The girls have an extra long spring break this year, BUT Emersyn was off on her leadership adventure in the Kunming mountains. Emersyn arrived home on Friday evening to tell her tales. We enjoyed the excitement in her voice as she gave us details of her adventure. Saturday was for laundry and packing for […]
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It October break – National Week. We had planned to stay in Shanghai, but at the last minute decided to visit the Silk Road. Of course, October is the best time for the weather and the worst time for travel. Everyone in China has this week off. It drives the airfares up which is […]
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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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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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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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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 […] |