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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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When Terri goes to South Dakota with Andy and his family, we meet at Fort Robinson to pick her up. The Fort is about half way between Rapid City and Mitchell. In the past, we have had lunch and left. This year, we signed up for the horse trail rides. It is a 45 […]
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Estes Park is a 3.5 hour drive from Mitchell. If Grandpa had his way, he would have us on the road at 5am “to beat the traffic”. Not sure what traffic Grandpa is referring to in Nebraska! We talked him into 7am. After being out late for the 4th of July, 7am was plenty […]
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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 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 […]
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The beginning of June is always busy with the end of school and packing the bags for the summer. I always think how it would be nice to just have the end of school year craziness without adding the packing. You would think after 8 years of this, I would be a better packer!! […]
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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 […] |