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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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Mimi and Papa treated Jim and the girls to a performance of “A Christmas Carol” in San Jose. They enjoyed a lovely lunch at Jonny Rockets downtown. The plan was to walk through Christmas in the Park before the performance. It has been awhile since the last time we took […]
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We arrived back from our Silk Road adventure late Friday night. On Saturday, Emersyn was having “teen time” at the Kerry Center with Avery. They wanted to have lunch ALONE and go shopping. In typical teen fashion, they needed rides to the Kerry Center. Mr. Nie had the day off and Emersyn is not […]
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We generally have a deck party at the end of the school year in May. Since May is crazy with school year-end, we moved our party to September – a much better time. We have this amazing deck that is fun to share with our friends. The bar is set up […]
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Another installation of the annual pilgrimage to Hong Kong for executive spring break. This year, Jim was accompanied by Dan Bishop (3rd year), Dan Brennan (newbie), and Paul Tayler (newbie). Brennan has been on other trips with the Shanghai group – Yangshuo. Tayler, our token Welsh guy, is new to Shanghai, but has jumped […]
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Emersyn signed up for the Marine Ecology Research Program trip to Phuket, Thailand. Two high school teachers, Mr. Klammer and Mr. Umphenour, take a group of ten students to Thailand to do research on a reef. This is the fifth and final trip to this reef. The data is collected and sent to an […]
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Though some of my work connections, I had a chance to get tickets to the Shanghai Tennis Masters tournament. It is one of two professional tennis tournaments played in China. Again this year, the world’s top tennis talent was featured. This was a great opportunity to Emersyn to see professional […]
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Jim’s birthday falls during the National Holiday. The girls helped me to make the chocolate birthday cake. We enjoyed a delicious dinner at home as a family. Jim did cook his own birthday dinner, but he enjoys cooking when he has the time. The girls helped to blow out the candles. […]
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Terri and Andy had Rick, the Bobcat man, digging out their basement. Jim was up checking out the progress of Terri and Andy’s house. He came back down the street with an idea…let’s do our driveway! What? We haven’t done a home improvement project since we left for Hong Kong. We have talked […]
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Karin & Stefan I had just booked our tickets for Nebraska when I got an email from Karin that she would be in San Francisco with Stefan. Karin and Stefan are friends from Hong Kong. They moved back to Europe before we left HK. We haven’t seen them in over six years. Of […] |