Japan Festival 2014

 

St. Matthew Lutheran International Friends

 

 

Great Lakes Taiko Center and The Bon-Odori Dance

 

 

Traditional Tea Ceremony

 

Japanese Calligraphy

 

 

Awesome Kid Attractions

 

Delicious Japanese Food

Apple Camp 2014

Jaedan attended Apple Camp where he learned everything he needed to create his own movie. He storyboarded his ideas, shot video, created an original soundtrack in GarageBand on his iPad, and then edited it all together in iMovie on a Mac.

Field Trip to Greenfield Village

I really enjoy taking pictures here are a few of my favorites from the trip. 

Technical Career Fair

 

Middle school and high school students and their parents were invited to attend a free Technical Career Open House at Schoolcraft College. During the Technical Career Open House, they were introduced to the manufacturing, metallurgy, welding, CAD and electronics fields. Schoolcraft College faculty was on hand providing tours and demonstrations in the college’s various technical and production labs. They participated in hands-on activities, including the CNC machine operations, and tensile testing from the metallurgy department and many others.

 

 

My youngest son Jaedan was not old enough to attend. So we did a little shopping and went to breakfast.

 

 

 

Ford Motor Company "Take Your Child to Work"

 

The boys woke up excited Thursday to ditch their homeschool studies and tag along with their dad. The event gave an upclose look at the innovative activities conducted at the Research and Innovation Center, the nerve center for many of Ford's future technologies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taste Test Tuesday: Lafayette vs American

Today we decided to venture downtown to try a couple of restaurants that have been Motown favorites for years. I have lived in Michigan all my life and never visited either of these two establishments. Both have been featured on the Travel Channel series called "Food Wars" and "Man vs Food Nation: Detroit."

The prices were similar at both locations. The biggest difference is the menu items offered.

After trying each restaurant it was time for each of us to cast our vote. Three of us chose Lafayette Coney Island and two chose American Coney Island. I personally liked Lafayette chili sauce better.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

DIA Homeschool Day

Astronomy at the Beach

Target Family Days - The Henry Ford