James had 3 graduations in 2 days. The first was the Honors Graduation which took place a day before the other two. The idea is that the honor students would receive their awards and banners so that they could wear them the next day at their other graduations. This graduation was done in a theater on the Wayne State Campus and was very well done and the speakers were very good and not too long winded. James and the other honor grads stuck around after the ceremony to take some group pictures, Hopefully they turn out ok, but just in case we thought that we would take some too.

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This was the end of the school year for James as he works towards his 4 year college degree. To celebrate we told him we would take him out. We We picked James up from his Detroit campus and then we took him out for dinner at his favorite restaurant Bubba’s. James had his usual hot wings and everyone had a great time.

The drive to Detroit is picturesque and beautiful, most people don’t appreciate just how pretty the Detroit skyline is. We are all hoping that they leave the Ren Cen alone as rumors are saying they may take down some of the smaller towers if they do not get tenants for them.
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We finally ate the free Turkey we got way back in November from a BJ’s promotion. Since we already had a turkey for Thanksgiving we decided to freeze it and eat it in late winter, which we did.

Happy Valentines Day

Once again James put on the New Years Eve show as he hosted the countdown. This year James showed a preview of the year with his school shirts as he plans to be a post grad student at this time new year.

James had some great moments this year as he visited many of the countries in Europe on two separate trips.

Once the countdown was finished, James went outside to watch the fireworks. Because of the rain there were not as many fireworks as in years past, but if you waited (as we did in one of the videos) you could catch the fireworks.

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One of Mom’s gifts this year is a Video Bird Feeder which is tied into her phone via an app. The bird feeder sends a text message when it takes a motion activated pic, but it has to be close enough to the house for the wifi to work so we hung it on the garage. It has a solar panel so it should keep the camera charged outside assuming we get a little sunshine this winter. The first day we had it up we only picked up our neighbor walking to the garage but then we got this little fellow stopping by for a snack.

This was a great Christmas for the whole family as we celebrated the birth of Jesus together and had lots of fun doing it. Mom did a great job with the Christmas meal which included a selection of prime rib, turkey, and (of course) devil eggs.

The gift giving was fun as usual. Dad got more Halloween stuff, Mom got bathroom bombs and kitchen stuff, and James got some items to help him with his youtube channel and also his school work. Mom and Dad also got got surprise gifts from James.

A great Christmas and a fun time for the whole family.
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