For those of you who don’t know me well my wife and I have been following our son, Jim Jr., for over ten years now with his passion for carving ice. In 2000 Jim & his partner Dave Stadler won the National Collegiate Ice Sculpture Competition in Frankenmuth, MI, while he attended Macomb College. His Chef instructor, Chef Jeff Wolf, has been a a great mentor for Jim and still teaches the Ice Sculpture class at Macomb College. I know Deb and I often joke that we wonder why Jim didn’t take up sand sculptures instead of ice. It would have made it a little easier to follow him so much, but we always do. A nice sandy beach would have been nice but oh well, we don’t like to miss any opportunities to spend time with all of our kids. We both feel so proud of our children as they have done very well for themselves and we know how lucky we are to have all of them working in fields they chose and close to us. That’s not very common these days as it seems people have to leave Michigan to find jobs. Here are just a few of the ice sculptures and events that went on in Grosse Pointe for their Winterfest 2010. Enjoy!
Grosse Pointe Farms Police Car
Our Warming Hut
Kids made smores...
Olympic Torch with a Flame
Chef Jeff Wolf
Jim after finishing his 5-block piece of Sponge Bob and Friends
Chef Wolfs Olympic Bobsled was used for Photos
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