Tara & Kevin

In case any of you haven't heard via Facebook (my dad and I both posted about it) Tara and Kevin are engaged! Kevin proposed to her when they went to Indianapolis two weekends ago and she accepted. The wedding is tentatively scheduled for July 24th, 2010. I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say congratulations and we wish Tara and Kevin the best.

MJ Package Website

After the smashing success of Kayla's jewelry website, John Reed was kind enough to agree to help me out on a project I've been mulling over for a while. I sent off some text and pictures (thanks to Matt for enhancing them!), and John built the site. So check out the brand-spanking-new site:

M.J. Package Store

I took my laptop over to the store to show it to Gramps, who chuckled over my bad booze pun (you will too!) and gave it the MJ seal of approval. I hope you like it too.

Easter!

Max found the gold egg at the big hunt and was awfully proud of himself. The egg itself is looking a little rough, though. Janis remembers that Gram got the gold egg from a pair of Leggs pantyhose (remember when they came in shiny eggs?) but of course they don't sell those anymore. Ebay was less than helpful, but I found gold eggs at Oriental Trading online. They only sell them by the dozen, so if you need a gold egg for your own hunt, just let me know.

In other news, Spongebob suffered some serious damage in what all the kids home will become a new annual tradition.

Stephen, The Devil, in "Godspell"

Young Artists

If you're in Plymouth during the next couple of weeks, stop by the Heartland Artists Gallery downtown. They're having an exhibit of art from elementary students, and one of Liam's works of art was chosen to be part of it! (Haven't heard if anyone else in the family is represented; if they are, just let me know and I'll add them.)

We're going to check it out Saturday morning, so I'll try to post pictures afterward, but in the meantime, you can check out this link for more information.

Rally For School Funding Heads to Lansing

Rally For School Funding Heads to Lansing

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Rallying at the Michigan State Capitol

I had my mojo going yesterday in Lansing to protest all the funding cuts to public education. I was asked to speak on behalf of the Michigan PTA. I brought 150 parents, kids, grandparents and community members to Lansing on 2 buses rented by the Farmington PTA Council (of which I am Madam President). We met up with several hundred other people in Lansing.

The event started the night before with a radio interview on WWJ 950 am. Then I did a live phone interview on Detroit NBC. They asked me to send in a picture to display. I was in our office on the phone while Bob was watching/listening to me on TV - freaky. Then ABC, NBC and Fox caught up with me at the bus before we left. I made the noon telecast for all three stations! ABC followed us up and taped the rally and then interviewed me after. It was crazy.

My speech included audience participation. I begged the question every paragraph: "What do we want our legislators to do?" "DO YOUR JOBS" "When?" "NOW!"

ABC kept the story on their website. I'll see if the Blogger link works in the next post. I had several people come up after the speech and ask me if I'd run for Governor! (I promptly passed.)

BTW - If you see the video, Michigan PTSA wanted me to wear that big blue sweatshirt - quite a fashion statement! Take care - Chris