2010
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The Green Dragon and Ricky Bobby
Oct 30, 2010 to Oct 31, 2010We were invited over to Andy and Jenny’s place for the weekend to do their yearly family photos. Richard is about two-and-half-year old and Keith is about seven-month old. Keith took about half day to get comfortable with us since he hasn’t really seen us a lot. Richard was way too comfortable with us that […] Read more…
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Hannah Jane Rivard’s Baptism
Oct 23, 2010We attended Hannah’s baptism to help Joe and Ann to capture the “moments”. It was definitely a fast moving event and I tried my very best to keep up the pace. Read more…
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Fall Foliage in New England
Oct 1, 2010 to Oct 11, 2010We went to New England and brought Randy Moss back to Minnesota, and he was fired by the Vikings in less than a month… all the work for nothing. This year, we decided to visit New England because it is dubbed the world’s best place for fall foliage, and we are certainly not disappointed. That […] Read more…
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Babysitting Richard
Sep 4, 2010 to Sep 6, 2010We headed up to the cities for a long weekend to babysit Richard while his parents are not at home. No one was exactly sure how Richard would react the following morning. After sending Andy and his mom to the airport on an early Saturday morning, I decided to catch up on my sleep. We […] Read more…
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Whitewater State Park
Aug 15, 2010We decided to hike in the Whitewater State Park on a breezy afternoon, to try out and break in our new hiking boots. This time, we covered the trails on the west side of the park since we did the east side of the park last year. Although some of the trails are categorized as […] Read more…
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Chicago
Jun 18, 2010 to Jun 22, 2010This trip was more like a final trip for sis during her stay in the United States. We spent two nights in Chicago, IL, a night in Milwaukee, WI and another night in Madison, WI. After a long 6-hour drive, Chicago welcomed us with heavy rain. In fact, the rain was so bad and windy […] Read more…
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Las Vegas
Jun 12, 2010 to Jun 15, 2010During sis’ short stay in the states, we proceeded with our plan to visit Las Vegas for a long weekend. Although my wife and I have been there several times, this would be our last visit to Vegas until many years to come. We had a surprise guest, Jenny’s mom, joining us in this trip […] Read more…
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Body Painting
Jun 10, 2010We spent a few days at Andy and Jenny’s place prior to departing to Las Vegas so that we could bring sis to the Albertville Premium Outlets and around the Twin Cities area. It was unusually cold in late June. After having BBQ for dinner, we decided to watch lil’ Richard showing off his painting […] Read more…
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Spring in Seattle and Portland
Apr 8, 2010 to Apr 15, 2010We decided to take our “Spring Break” vacation in Seattle and Portland this year. Since we had visited most of the tourist attractions in Seattle a few years ago, we decided not to revisit most of them this time. So, our plan was to focus on the following:- Once we arrived in Seattle, we drove […] Read more…