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We have now been in Asia for 8 years. Our appliances are slowly dying. Soon all our Hong Kong plug appliances will be replaced with China plugs. The only problem is we still can’t bring them home to America with us due to the different voltages – 220V in China, 110V in the US. […]
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Emersyn’s best friend, Kate, is back in Shanghai for the week. The family came to see old friends and the World Expo. Kate and her sister, Sara, are staying with different friends throughout the week. The parents, Mary and Tim, will stay at the Jinmao Hyatt Hotel, near us. Kate’s Mom had the task […]
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For the first time, both girls are going to the same school – Concordia American International School. There were many family discussions about moving Eleri from Dulwich, a British school. Elle wanted to stay with her best friend, Lili. In the end, it made sense to move her this year to Concordia, as she […]
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It’s Eleri’s birthday and we are off to the SF Giants baseball game. For her 4th birthday, we were at the Beijing Olympics. She has all the fun birthdays! This adventure day included the Lyon four, Terri & Andy and Mimi & Papa. We drove to Palo Alto and took the Caltrain to the […]
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Each summer, we celebrate both of the girls’ birthdays with the family. It is always close to Eleri’s birthday which is close to the time we leave after our summer holidays at home. It is always a nice family gathering to celebrate the summer, the birthdays and family. It was extra special to enjoy […]
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As a 5th grader, Emersyn is part of the middle school. She is loving everything about Middle School at Concordia. The students have a choice of band, strings or choir for first period. Emersyn decided on band. She listed her three choices for an instrument at the end of the school year of 4th […]
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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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After enjoying lunch in the dinning hall of Skylake Camp, it was time to hit the road. We had a long drive to Lake Tahoe. The girls settled into the back seat while we quizzed Emmy about camp. Finally, we let her watch her iTouch. I guess after two weeks of no electronics she […]
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After a fun day in Yosemite, we were all ready to go get our Girl! We needed to be at Skylake Camp at 10am. We followed the directions to the camp site. We were greeted by many counselors directing us to the parking lot. We were greeted WITH a huge hug from our Girl! […] |