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Thirteen and a teenager!

The fun, rhyme invite is done by Jim. I had a hard time finding a good skating photo of Emersyn. This photo is from Hong Kong when Karin and I took the kids across a couple islands to go ice skating.

Thursday night was the […]

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It’s official, we have a teen in the house. Emersyn turns THIRTEEN today! I couldn’t be more proud of the person she is becoming.

We started the morning off right – with presents.

Eleri gave Emersyn this cute card (more of a book) she made. Here are a […]

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Emersyn’s last band concert of the school year. We had her family birthday dinner at Haiku, a sushi place in Jinqiao. Emersyn now loves sushi. Jim joined us for dinner, but had to miss the concert for a work dinner – double dinner for him tonight.

We arrived at […]

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It’s Concordia Idol night. Emersyn began the school year declaring she was going to play her guitar and sing for Idol. She had only been playing the guitar for three moths when she made this declaration, but she was determine.

This year the performers had a “run through” after school with pizza for […]

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Last year on the dive trip, one of the students had a birthday so his Mom sent a brownie mix. Of course, there is no oven on the boat. Jim, being the good Eagle Scout, made brownies in a wok. Jim wants to continue the tradition this year. He was going to pick up […]

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Eleri had her informal Music performance tonight. Jim is somewhere in China on business. The girls and I went to the Kerry Center for a quick shop at the Gap since Bindi had said they had some cute shorts. Eleri needs shorts, but she didn’t like any them – so Eleri! After much discussions […]

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Mother’s Day – the reason this day is so special are a couple very special girls.

Jim is in Mexico for Nicole weddings. The girls and I had a slow morning together. Emersyn made me a wonderful imovie. It was fun seeing how much the girls have grown and changed over […]

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Nicole and Michael decided on a destination wedding in Mexico. They chose a nice resort in Playa Del Carmen, south of Cancun. The only challenge was getting Mimi and Papa there and back unscathed. I had the “sonly” duty to escort them. Unfortunately, Brenda and the girls were not able to go due to […]

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The Caribbean is one of the best diving areas in the world. With Nicole’s wedding, I thought it would be a great opportunity to dive in Cancun and Cozumel. Justin is also a diver, as is his friend, Shea. Our research led us to dive in Cozumel. We took the ferry across to Cozumel […]

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ES Field Day was a beautiful, blue sky day in Shanghai. Eleri’s team was Japan, therefore, she needed to wear red and white to match her team. She found a red shirt and the only sports shorts she has are her “Black Dog” shorts. She only wears jean shorts. She skipped off to school […]