Dec 28 2013
Dec 28 2013
Ringstrom Christmas
Despite a drive that was a bit harrowing on the way there (ice storm) and dire weather predictions for our Sunday drive back (SNOWPOCALYPSE) that didn’t materialize, luckily, we had a great time in Cadillac.
Pillows, pajamas, and Polar Express.
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Dec 02 2013
Sam’s birthday

Ecstatic about Super Smash Bros for Wii, mimicking his pose in the picture behind him from his 9th birthday
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Nov 23 2013
A Johnson Family Thanksgiving
A family Thanksgiving filled with Johnsons, Gildes and Ringstroms, in Manton.

Three six year old cousins (second cousins or something like that, but close enough! Cute as can be, either way)
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Oct 12 2013
A beautiful day at Robinette’s
Everyone in Kent County had the same idea on this summerlike Saturday…. Hayride, cider and donuts, corn maze…
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Sep 29 2013
California dreaming
Had a quick trip to Los Angeles for work (event with booksellers) and squeezed in some sightseeing. Silly me forgot to put on sunscreen, for a tour on the top of a double-decker open air bus. D’oh.
- Courtyard outside my hotel
- The Walt Disney Concert Hall, where I hopped on the tour bus
- Tour bus selfie
- Chinatown
- Chinatown
- Union Station and pretty trees
- This is some government building but stood in for the villain’s HQ in the kid’s movie G-Force
- The famous and fancy Biltmore
- This corncob looking building was blown up in Independence Day
- The Jazz Singer, the first talking picture, debuted here in ’29
- The convention center. The climactic scenes of the Jackie Chan movie Rush Hour were filmed here
- Obligatory picture of the Hollywood sign
- I have the same size hands as Elizabeth Taylor
- Arnold Schwarzenegger’s feet are, not surprisingly, very big
- Bruce Willis’s feet are surprisingly not that big
- Took this one in honor of my late mother-in-law, who was a Trekkie
- I have the same shoe size as Meryl Streep. I love this, but I’m not sure why.
- Took this in honor of my mom, who always had a crush on Christopher Reeve
- The famed Chinese Theater in Hollywood
- Met a writer friend, Katie, whom I’ve known for five years through email but we’d never met!
- So cute. You’d think I’d been gone three weeks instead of three days! I’ll take it, though.
- Avery insisted on carrying my suitcase at the airport
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Sep 22 2013
Art Prize 2013
It was a brisk day but fun!
An interactive light show piece at McFadden’s
Avery coloring with an artist and lots of other kids. At the BOB
This appeared to be made of spoons and knives
This cool dragon sculpture that kids could climb into (but not easily out of)
This cool dragon was called “Steam Baby” and people could crank it to make steam come out
Art Prize logo on the glass at Peppino’s downtown where we ate dinner
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Sep 21 2013
Birthday party fun
The kids went to a birthday party tonight. Took a picture of Sam and one of his friends, and the birthday girl photobombed them.
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