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It is party weekend at the Lyon house. We sent the six girls home from the sleepover party to begin cleaning and preparing for the next party. Tonight on our deck was the Humes going away party. Mary and John are good friends moving back to Michigan this summer. Our deck is the perfect […]
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I flew to India for a business meeting. It seems all flights arrive into and leave between 12:30am and 2:00am. Not sure why, but it raises hell on ones sleep. I flew into Mumbai then I had a four hour drive to Pune. The meeting lasted two hours then another four hour drive […]
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Eleri’s teacher, Ms Shepard, has a “Papas and Popcorn” fun activity. Each month a Papa comes to the class to read a book to the children. He brings in two bags of popcorn for the children to enjoy while the Dad reads the story. The elementary school has three microwaves in the commons. Jim […]
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When we first arrived in Shanghai four years ago, we discovered there was no pancake mix in the stores. Nancy gave Jim a simple recipe and he has been making pancakes from scratch ever since. This year, the breakfast chef has moved onto crepes. On this last trip back to America, Jim came back […]
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For Jim’s birthday, we had reservations at Lost Heaven on the Bund. This new Lost Heaven opened about a year old. The original Lost Heaven restaurant is located in the French Concessions. It is Yunnan food with wonderful spices in all the dishes. Since we live close to the river, we walk […]
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The Big 46 for Daddy this year! Since Jim’s birthday was on a Thursday, I made dinner at home with the family chocolate cake. We have birthday dinner plans at Lost Heaven on the Bund with Grandma & Grandpa for Friday. Daddy with his best presents ever – the girls Birthday Kisses […]
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Old friends from California were coming back to the Bay Area for a visit. Julie and Barry moved to Colorado 10 years ago. We still see Barry on business trips to California. We have been to Colorado a few times to see them when we are in Nebraska. The last time we saw the […]
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The invitation says it all – a Party, Just Because. It is a fun party to enjoy with friends before everyone leaves for the summer. We had a beautiful night after a raining, cold day on Friday. Everyone brings an appetizer so we have a […]
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Eleri has outgrown her bike, but we know that it is best to master the two-wheels with a smaller bike. We learned this from our mistake with Emersyn. We had bought her a bigger bike before she learned how to ride two-wheels. The hardest part of learning to ride two-wheels is the start which […]
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It has been over three years since we have been to a Chinese wedding. One of Jim’s employees, Nina, was having a Shanghai wedding including a church service. We didn’t go to the church service due to kid activities of the day. We arrived to reception in a hotel banquet room at […] |