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Eleri really wanted a pool party this year for her birthday. We moved her birthday party from May to August. It was one less party for me in May which was a bonus since we were hosting The Bishops going away party. In addition, an August birthday party is actually closer to her true […]
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First day of school is always full of excitement to see their friends. With jet lag, they are up early with plenty of time to get ready for school. This will end soon and Roxi will have to “attack” the girls to get them out of bed. The bus is leaving at 7:04am this […]
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Jim had heard the show was really good and purchased tickets for the family. We arrived back to Shanghai on Saturday night to catch the last show on Sunday afternoon. The show was at the Mercedes Arena. Emersyn commented the arena was much prettier at night when we came to the Adam Lambert Concert. […]
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House photos/update – where to begin. Our house has not changed in the 10 years we have been living in Asia. Terri and Andy moved in two and half years ago while they remodeled their home. They hit a few problems so it took longer than expected. Terri and Andy moved stuff to storage […]
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Aunt Kathy took the girls for a fun day to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. We have only been one other time to the Broadwalk when Kate came to visit us in California. They stated the day at Capitola at a famous bakery which the girls reported back with a thumbs up! […]
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Eleri’s birthday was on a Monday this year…in the midst of packing up the house. In the past, we have had the family down for family dinner and cake, but that was not a possibility this year. The family was coming for cake and drinks at 8pm. We gave Eleri a choice for her […]
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The Easy Bake Oven…I loved this toy as a kid. In fact, Eleri plays with our Easy Bake oven in Nebraska. Eleri loves this toy, also. I buy her brownie mixes to bake in her oven. One night when Mimi, Papa and Kathy were at dinner, she baked everyone their own […]
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The girls had fun making the soda fountain experiment in the backyard. Emersyn’s class did a science experiment with this last year. The class determined diet coke works better than regular coke and regular mentos works better than flavor mentos. First, the girls drilled holes in the mentos. We always joke that Eleri […] |