It was a smashing good party for Frances
78 family members, a limo and all of her kids
together in one place for the same reason...
To celebrate her 80th B-day. Happy Birthday Mom.
CAF and I flew into Detroit. Carrie picked us up and
we had a great visit with her, stayed at her home:
Partied with Steven and his kids
(who continue to grow up to be nice, fun people)
We had a wonderful time at Thanksgiving at K and JC's house:

Thank you Michael for the sweet B-day gifts and original packaging.
It was almost 70 degrees so we took an ocean walk.I had an adventure which involved being a visiting artist at Umass Dartmouth.
I gave a presentation to the metals dept. and one on one critiques with the grad students.
It was a pleasure with lots of stimulating conversations.
(Thanks Mis)I visited Reg and stayed in her sweet home
Also visited with Tom, Ellen, Merita, Claire, Michael, Jae, Kristina and Sophia.
and saw the movie "Hugo" in 3d (really amazing)