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Good thing Grandpa loves garage sales. He always keeps his eye out for bikes and such for the girls. Actually, I am sure it is really Grandma that keeps her eyes open AND makes Grandpa buy it. Grandpa hates the clutter in his clean garage. This year, Emmy was able to ride the bigger […]

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Grandpa’s blow torch has many summer uses. Not only does it easily light all the fireworks, it also toasts the marshmallows for smores! Smores are a real treat for the girls since a box of graham crackers costs $12 in Shanghai. We had a nightly treat of smores. The girls were the toast masters!

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Fireworks are a fun tradition for the girls. Fireworks are illegal in California since summer time is the dry season. It is always fun to come to Nebraska to buy fireworks. It reminds me of the fun Terri and I had around the 4th of July. The girls are easy to please as they […]

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Between Scottsbluff and Gering there is a town called Terrytown. Terrytown has Terry Lake for fishing. Grandpa had a fun summer taking the girls fishing. It brings back memories growing up since we spent many summer days fishing.

This is one of my favorite photos of the three fishing.

Grandpa […]

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Every summer we drive to Fort Robinson to enjoy a play at the Post Playhouse. Fort Robinson is about a 3-hour drive from Mitchell. The Playhouse always has wonderful productions. Most of the actors are college kids from various States.

After enjoying our buffalo burgers at the cafe, we watched the performance […]

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The girls have fun playing with the Nebraska cousins all summer. They are my cousins’, Michelle and Rena, children and close in age. We have a weekly pizza and pool date. On this Saturday morning, we went Strawberry picking in Henry.

The gang before picking began since I never get a group photo […]

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Time to pack the bags, AGAIN. We have a short time in Nebraska this year with Grandma and Grandpa of just over 3 weeks.

This is one of my favorite photos of Elle trying to reach the big tub of ice cream in the freezer. Being a little problem solver, she thought she […]

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We try to squeeze in all our appointments at the beginning of our trip so they are done for the summer. On our dental cleaning, both girls had their FIRST cavity…bummer!!! Emersyn’s cavity was in a permanent tooth. Elle’s cavity was in her one her baby teeth. The first visit to the cavity room!!

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We had such a fun time last summer in Napa Valley, we decided we need to go each summer to enjoy the beauty. Terri and Andy are Napa experts as they go almost every weekend.

The best part of wine tasting with Aunt Terri is that she doesn’t like wine! Andy and […]

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Leaving Shanghai early has one advantage…we didn’t fly on my birthday. Jim’s sister, Nancy, had a lovely dinner for me at her house. Martha Stuart has nothing on Aunt Nancy. She always makes the best meals!! I have no photos of the event because all my pictures were very blurry.

Mimi and Papa […]