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Mimi and Papa are celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary on September 8. For this milestone, a party with friends and family to toast the happy couple. The day started with Mimi and Papa renewing their vows in Church. After church, Mimi and Papa treated us to brunch in town. The girls […]
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Emersyn lost another tooth while in California. She has one a few more to lose and her Tooth Fairy visits will be over. Her note was on her special fairy paper…which is why the wording is vague. Dear Emersyn, Mr dear Emersyn, I was so happy to visit you again tonight. This is […]
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Emersyn had two best buddies in Shanghai she met in the 1st grade – Kate and Mimi. Jim and I called them the Terrific Trio. The three girls have a strong bond for meeting at such a young age. They still email each other on a regular basis. Kate moved back to New York […]
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When I picked up the girls at the airport, Eleri couldn’t wait to show me her new smile. A smile with a big hole! She was so proud. My first thought was that she lost her other big tooth without me…did the Tooth Fairy make a visit?? And yes, Emersyn took care of it. […]
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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 […]
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Emersyn did her big study of the Westward Expansion at the end of 5th grade. See Westward Expansion. As I was reading her paper about traveling West past Chimney Rock, I realized I haven’t taken my kids to Chimney Rock. It is about 30 minutes from Grandma/pa’s house and it has just always been […]
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We always have 4th of July celebrations at my cousin’s home, Russ and Gaylene. Russ loves to cook and serves up a feast for the family. This year at Russ’s, the girls had fun with the new toys Russ purchased for his grandchildren. Russ purchased these bumper boats from an amusement park. Russ and […]
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Every year we get out Grandpa’s truck for photos for the calendar and for a spin around town. This was the first time Jim had seen Grandpa’s truck. Jim has not been to Nebraska in 10 years. Since he was going through Denver on a business trip, he took a detour to see us. […]
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Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and a present-day state park. Every year we drive to Ft. Robinson to enjoy the buffalo burgers, see a play at the Post House and to ride horses. A play did not work in the schedule this year, so we just ate and rode! Eleri isn’t […]
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Fireworks are illegal in California due to the dry grass in the summer time. However, fireworks are available and fun in Nebraska. Fireworks can be purchased all year in Wyoming, which is not the law in Nebraska. On the way home from Estes Park, we stopped at a big outlet in Cheyenne for fireworks. […] |