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Strawberry Picking and Dragon Boat Race
Jul 10, 2009 to Jul 12, 2009We spent a weekend at Andy and Jenny’s place, hoping to do some strawberry picking and attend the Dragon Festival, which showcases the cultural heritage of the local Asian Pacific Islander communities. Richard is one year old now and he can walk on his own, albeit a little clumsy. At times, it seems like his… Read more…
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Chicago
Jun 26, 2009 to Jun 28, 2009We had a weekend getaway to Chicago. This was my first trip to Chicago, second for Angelina and yet Chicago is only 5 hours away from here. So, we were pretty excited to go there. The Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, also known as “The Magnificent Mile”, reminds us of New York minus Times Square… and driving… Read more…
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Root River State Water Trail
Jun 14, 2009We decided to go canoeing on Root River State Water Trail with Kurt, Corey and Joe on a beautiful Sunday afternoon…. eight persons in total. We carpooled to the canoe rental place in Lanesboro and the rental owner drove us to a place where we began our 8-mile canoeing along the Root River. Everyone of… Read more…
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Richard’s One-Year Old Birthday
Apr 24, 2009We spent the whole weekend at Andy and Jenny’s place to help them in organizing Richard’s one year old birthday event. A lot of food were prepared and a lot of effort were put in to make this a successful event. I had tried in vain to persuade Jenny to buy a separate cake so… Read more…
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Las Vegas
Apr 10, 2009 to Apr 13, 2009We had a quick getaway to Las Vegas over the Easter weekend after we found a good deal on the web. The last time we visited Vegas is at least 5 years ago. Vegas is definitely a little different this time… lots of new buildings, constructions, etc. You know you are heading to Vegas when… Read more…
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Shinedown Concert
Mar 20, 2009We attended the Shinedown concert at Mayo Civic Center with a few of my work buddies to promote team building (if my supervisors are reading this), or to just hang out, drink beer and enjoy the awesome rock concert (if others are reading this). As I’m blogging this now, I’m listening to the Shinedown songs… Read more…
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Richard “Baby Skunk” Yi-Ern Law (Part 4)
Nov 1, 2008We were invited to Andy and Jenny’s place to take some pictures of Richard in his Halloween skunk suit… that’s right, a skunk suit. Thankfully, this suit didn’t have the skunk odor. I was initially lazy to drive up to cities looking the fact that we have been spending many weekends outside… but the lure… Read more…
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Devil’s Lake State Park
Oct 26, 2008First, a quick shout out to Joe and Ann… Congratulations on your marriage! Like Kurt always tell me… you guys will always be my heroes. 🙂 Several of us attended Joe and Ann’s wedding and reception in Wisconsin on Saturday. The wedding was held in a church in Portage while the reception was held in… Read more…
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Fall Colors in Southeastern Minnesota
Oct 18, 2008 to Oct 19, 2008We got a little adventurous on the weekend and decided to drive around southeastern Minnesota in search of beautiful fall colors. Sad to say, while we have spent 10 years of our lifes in Minnesota, we have yet visited many nearby small towns and such. One of my coworkers kept teasing me that I have… Read more…
