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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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My friend, Shelly, says “Fort Robinson is the best kept secret in Nebraska”. She is right. In the past, we have taken 45 minute horse ride trails for $15. The girls love it, but we didn’t make time for it this year. We went to Fort Robins twice to see the musicals at the […]
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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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Since we moved to China, we never spend Father’s Day with Jim. He generally has his bachelor’s Father’s Day in Shanghai. This year, he is on a dive boat with Emerysn…loving life. The girls and I are generally in Nebraska to spend Father’s Day with my Dad. This year, we are in California to […]
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On this Saturday, we went to San Francisco to play. First stop is Gotts hamburgers at the Ferry Building. After lunch, Eleri enjoyed an all natural ice lolly as we walked back to the car. It is a nice photo with the Bay Bridge. After lunch, Terri and I went shopping […]
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Hum, 47…getting up there in age as 50 is right around the corner! My birthday fell on a Sunday this year. I love Sundays in California. We start the day with the farmers market to stock up on organic strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and salad…everything we have been missing in China. Our usual shop stops […]
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My birthday falls at the very end of school. Therefore, it gets lost in the school shuffle, pack and fly home. This year, Eleri and I flew home on June 8…a bit odd flying with only one child. Emersyn and Jim are off on their Thailand dive adventure on June 9. Emersyn and Jim […]
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Mother’s Day began with breakfast in bed. Last night, the girls told me to stay in bed as I am always up spoiling their surprise! After the dog play date, Jim and girls made me pancakes delivered to my bed around 9:15. The time was perfect as I was starting to get restless, but […]
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It started with Easter weekend. I baked a double batch of chocolate chip cookies with m&ms to take to Faith’s house for Easter Sunday. I baked 86 cupcakes for Emersyn to take to school on Monday to sell for the charity of the month, Baobei. I made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and chocolate […]
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I have always been a label reader. I don’t read the label necessarily for calories, but my main interested is the hidden sugars and salt. Pasta sauce can be full of sugar. I like to glance at the ingredients to see what is in the item I am buying. However, since we moved to […] |