The Kleiber Family Timeline

Category: Neighborhood

  • Christmas Eve Fireworks Show 2025

    James volunteered to work on this

  • Lincoln Park Christmas Fantasyland 2025

    Its that time of year again as we all visited Fantasyland in Lincoln Park. James actually walked to the event as he is trying to walk 5 miles each day and doing a very good job at it. Once he got close he called Mom and Dad and we left to join him.

    James saw plenty of his VIP friends and actually got a ride home with one of his friends family as he wanted to stay longer. On the way home he stopped off at Target and brought home some chocolate covered cherries for the family.

    As usual, Santa was there and as is the tradition James showed him how he was doing in school, they only one who brought paperwork to his visit.

    Thanks to VIP camp for setting this up as it was alot of fun.
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  • St Alberts 50th Reunion 1975 – 2025

    Its hard to believe it has been 50 years since the little friends graduated from St Alberts. That means its been 58 years since we have known each other.

    The reunion was at Ford Lanes and was very well attended with over 20 people attending, about half of the class. The other half were probably too far away to attend or not on Facebook.

    This is one of the few posts where most of the pictures were taken by someone else, but Dad did manage to click a few pics off. A great time was had by all and hopefully it won’t be 50 years before seeing some of these childhood friends.
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  • VIP Camp Dinner 2025

    Once again the fund raising dinner for VIP camp was at Texas Road House.

  • 2024 Sears Demolition Begins

    The Sears store in Lincoln Park has been a staple in the neighborhood for years and many have very fond memories not only of this Sears store but the entire complex which included gift shops, a movie theatre, a toy store, and (of course) a Big Boy which was a favorite of James Grandma.

    This Sears store used to be not only the largest Sears in Michigan but in the entire U.S.

    It will be replaced with Business condo’s including a Chick Filet and a car wash. The identity of the other stores is unknown at this time but talks with Costco fell through so it won’t be a Costco. (more…)

  • Christmas Volunteer Work 2023

    In the past few months James has been volunteering his time helping others through a volunteer program at Wayne State. While he does not get school credits for this, he does get volunteer credits which help him on other things while at Wayne State. It also looks good on a resume!

    One of the volunteer works he did was a ten hour stint where he helped set up tables and decorations in a school auditorium in Detroit in preparation for a visit from Santa for all the local kids. James said when the kids came in he acted like an usher making sure the kids were in the right spot to visit Santa. James had a great time at this volunteer event and certainly put him in the Christmas spirit.

  • 2023 Concert at the Token Lounge

    The whole family went out Tuesday to the Token lounge to hear some blues music and have a good time.

    The venue was the Token lounge on Joy road near Middlebelt.

    The performers were Selwyn Birchwood / Frank Grimaldi and they were awesome. The guitar player reminded us a little of Richie Blackmore but with a little more blues mixed in. We heard some really great music and are looking forward to their new album which should be released in late spring or early summer.

    The only minor issue was that the Token lounge does not have snacks of any kind to munch on during the show, other than that the night was perfect.
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  • 4th of July 2022

    Fourth of July is always a great time in our family, we used to go to various firework shows around town but since they legalized fireworks in Michigan, there is no need, you simply sit on your porch and watch the show being put on by your neighbors.

    This year was a gorgeous summer day in Michigan and James Mom went out and bought some fresh 4th of July decorations to help us celebrate. Usually we set off a few fireworks of our own but this was the first time in decades we didn’t do any. Thats because there are so many others doing the fireworks. (more…)

  • High Winds Topple Tree Across The Street, Blocking Our Home

    The tree across the street from us came crashing to the ground but fortunately no cars were hit and it did not hit a home (if it did it would have been ours as our house was right across the street from it).

    The tree fell due to high winds on a gorgeous summer day. It would have crushed cars parked on the street and would have damaged cars in our driveway if any would have been there but fortunately most people were at work during this time. Except for some grass chewed up by branches there was not any damage. A look at the tree showed it was pretty rotted which certainly weakened the old tree.
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  • Annapolis Seniors Parade 2021

    The whole family worked on this parade. Dad took the day off so he could help Mom with the cleaning of the car, then the decorating begins and the car turned out better than we imagined. James drove in the parade but because he only has a drivers permit it meant that Dad had to accompany him on the trip.

    The parade began at Mayfair where the cars lined up in the big parking lot adjacent to the board. The parade then went down Annapolis street where it turned into the old St. Albert parking lot and then went back down Annapolis to the Mayfair. It was a great time.

    James enjoyed it very much and especially because he got to drive in it. It was kind of strange telling him to ignore stop signs and such as he was still learning how to drive (he has over 50 hours so he has met the state requirement, the testing facility he wants to go to (Apollo) has not opened since the pandemic so we hope that business survived. (more…)