VIP Camp continues to plan things once a month for its campers, and this month had a special treat, a bowling outing but not just a bowling outing but a bowling outing in an ultraviolet setting. The lanes were all lit up and the bowling alley looked pretty spectacular (or at least as spectacular as a bowling alley can get in this day and age).

James bowled very well and had one of his highest games. A great time was had by all and we are all looking forward to the summer VIP camp which is rapidly approaching.

James took advantage of this outing to turn in his deposit for camp via check, thus saving himself a stamp. Maybe all those business classes he is taking in college are starting to pay off!

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This Mothers day was a little different than ones in the past as we had to plan a few things out in advance, but I think we did great and everyone had a good time.

First, Grandma was in a rehab facility as she fell and broke her arm so that made things a little rougher on everyone.

Second, since we had to visit Grandma at the rehab place on Newburgh and Ford, Mary picked out a buffet earlier in the week to try around Wayne and Ford so that we could visit Grandma and then do our festivities.

Third, rather than going to an antique store, Mom went shopping for clothes near the rehab center.

The restaurant was great, Mom got a chance to go shopping and eat at her new restaurant so all in all it was a good Mothers day.
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James had his last day of college today as he was studying and taking exams at the Detroit campus. James feels he has done pretty well so we are all optimistic that he will have a great graduation and hopefully graduate with honors.

James’ graduation is about a month away, but because of the scheduling, his last day is in early May. This gives him a little spring/summer break before graduation, and then on to VIP camp.

Looking back on the last two years it is amazing how fast time flies, seems just like yesterday we were picking him up from OW Best Middle School.

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The halfway to Halloween vendor show took us 3 years to attend, but we finally made it this year. We actually never heard of it the prior two years and was hard to find anything about it on the internet. Despite that it was pretty well attended on a beautiful day in early May.

It is located on a farm on Ann Arbor/Saline road and it had 60 Halloween vendors. In addition their was a hearse car show and a Halloween art show. Plenty of concessions and even a couple “preview” haunts and escape rooms. The cost was only $5 per person and only Mom and Dad went to this event as James had to study for his final exam at Wayne County Community College on Monday.

We ended up buying several products including several t-shirts, a “Night of the Living Dead” gumball machine, and a used but full size animatronic. A fun time was had for both Mom and Dad but we missed James and thought he would have enjoyed it, however it was very mature of him to stay home and study, as he will have all of summer for fun and games.
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James and his family were invited to a Tigers game by Nick and his family. The game was special because the first 15,000 people would receive a Miggy T-shirt free. Things got interesting the night before when the Friday game was rained out, prompting the Saturday game to be moved up to a 12:10 start time with the Friday makeup game taking place at 5:10, sort of a strange Saturday double header (although each game had its own tickets so we could only see the earlier game).

The Tigers would go on to win, matching their season high on runs, 7-4. Unfortunately they lost the second game. One of the big highlights of the game was James and Nick being on the jumbotron at Comerica park.

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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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James was selected to the 2023 All Michigan Academic Team and the whole family is extremely proud of his accomplishment. James had to leave very early to make the hour and a half trek to East Lansing (just outside the Breslin center) with snow all the way there and back, but it was worth it for the honor. After the ceremony a lunch was served but James decided to leave to get back to his class which was scheduled at 1pm. Perhaps James’ dedication to school is one of the reasons that he made the team this year.

Congrats James!
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This was our second year visiting Fantasyland in Lincoln Park and James ran into many friends on this visit. The event was organized by VIP Camp and all members got a free picture with Santa included with their visit.

Dad went upstairs where the train display was to see if they still had the pictures of his old baseball coach on the wall ( Mr. Nik was a founding member). Sure enough they were still up there and Dad contributed to their raffle, although he has no idea what he would do with a train set if he won.

The displays were spectacular again this year, lots of Grinch and community trees contributed to a great time being had by all visitors.

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We had another beautiful Halloween night and there were well over a hundred trick or treaters. James handed out trick or treat again and made sure that by the end of the night it was all handed out, even some of the really good stuff that we had hidden away was handed out as it was a very busy Halloween. Afterwards Mom and Dad watched the new Halloween movie (which we both thought was kinda lame). We had done the same thing last year and we thought that Halloween movie was much better. Regardless when all was said and done it was a great Halloween for the entire family! Continue reading “Halloween 2022” →