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As part of my birthday celebration, we planned a road trip to Napa Valley for a fun day of wine tasting and shopping. At the last minute, we changed the road trip to Sutter Creek. Terri and Andy like the small wineries in Sutter Creek. We started the day off with lunch in Amador […]
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It is Father’s Day. We haven’t spent Father’s Day with Jim since we moved to Shanghai. School is out at the beginning of June and we are back in America. This year, Eleri and I spent Father’s Day in California to celebrate the day with Papa. Emersyn was with Jim on the dive trip […]
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The photos of free dress for the year is always a fun recap of the year to see how much the girls have changed. Emersyn has finished 7th grade and Eleri finished 3rd grade. How quickly the school year has gone, again. June 11: Last Day of School […]
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It been one of those crazy end of the school year. Hosting a party forces me to completely de-cuttler my home…it is good for me, but it takes time. The last few weeks have been cleaning and preparing for parties – birthday, going away and year end parties at school. Emersyn turning a teen […]
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It is time to say good-bye (Zai Jian) to another good friend – the Bishops are moving to Michigan. We HAD four families that spent many school days and holidays together – the Bishops, the Jenkins and the Humes. The Humes left in 2011 for Michigan and now the Bishops are following. It is […]
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The 3rd grade was working on persuasive speeches for their final presentation at school. It is good practice for them to stand before a crowd and present. Eleri was nervous, but she presented well. Eleri’s persuasive speech was on why you should not smoke. The students typed their speeches and put together a slide […]
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Eleri has decided this year to celebrate her birthday in August because she wants a swim party. However, she wanted to share cupcakes with her classmates she has spent time with this year. Since it is the end of the school year, life is just busy. Ms Burns picked Wednesday as the day for […]
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Emersyn received an invitation to fill out an application for National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). I THOUGHT if she had an invite, she must be in, but I was wrong. There were 110 students eligible based on grades. An invite went out to 80 students, in which 40 applications were returned. Many students did […]
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Planting time to make the deck look nice for Faith and Dan’s going away party on Saturday. Eleri and Jim ventured to the flower market. They spent less 100rmb for flowers for the pots. When they returned home, Eleri was ready to help plant. […] |