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Do you have a favorite movie? I love going to the movie theater and renting movies. It can be your escape from reality for an hour or two or three (if you are watching The Hobbit ). My favorite movie is Braveheart. Mel Gibson did a great job acting in it but he also directed it. That is a huge accomplishment. You act in front of the camera and then direct from behind the camera.
  

I am from Michigan. As you can see above, the shape of Michigan's lower peninsula is very similar to a mitten. Because of this, all Michiganians use their hand as a map. Anywhere you go, you can easily show other people exactly where you live.



My hometown is just north of Detroit, right at the base of the thumb. Very "handy"!  

Every family has their own traditions. For some, the tradition may be to sit and watch TV or play a game together every evening, for others, to read together. My families tradition is a little more..... unique. In the photograph you will find myself, my mother, father, younger sister, and younger brother. We are all (except for my younger sister) dressed in Civil War attire. My family is a family of re-enactors. Each year we attend many camps and re-enactments that focus on the Civil War and the Revolutionary War. At these events, many schools come out to visit us. We each take on a character, like a stage performance, and act out the time period so that the students visiting learn more about the history of America. This tradition started many years ago, and continues to grow in our family. What are some of your family traditions? I leave you with a few more photographs to look through.




My younger brother and I at the Moonlight Magnolia, Civil War Ball.




A little Texas Pride!




A cute little girl walked up to us and my younger brother leaned down to say hi. It was adorable!

Thank you for looking!

Leigh  

Yummy! I love cake. This is a picture of my father's German chocolate cake. There are two sticks of butter and six eggs in it.It is really heavy, but it goes down well with a tall glass of milk. Though I really enjoy tapioca pudding and chocolate chip ice cream, this is my favorite dessert. What is yours? Do you like cakes to? There are so many wonderful cake shops in Takamatsu. My favorite is "sanbuta." It is a sandwich, ice cream ,and cake cafe next to Kawaramachi. I really recommend you try there food!  

Over winter vacation I also visited my friend in Portland Oregon. Oregon has beautiful nature and fun activities to do in rain or shine. One of the activities I enjoyed was sea kayaking. You can see the beautiful mountains in the background. I ate lunch and drank hot tea on a random small beach and then continued on my way. My favorite thing about sea kayaking was the abundance of cute playful seals that kept popping their heads out of the water to say hello. There were about 100 seals total lying on the shore. That was a neat surprise.