Today was my 63rd birthday… It was really nice having the family around. Dan and I started with a nice run in the morning… It was surprisingly warm… In the 40s I think. And we spent the better part of the day going through some really interesting photo albums. These were the ones that had names and dates of people who came before us. Dan was super helpful in being able to take the things out of the album so that we can get them scanned and put back in the album so I didn’t make a lot of work later. Really nice. Later on that night we went to see our nephew Theo’s hockey game

and then went back to the house for a really nice sushi dinner. They had a nice Birthday party for me with decorations, a sash and a cake!… It was really fun !

It was great hanging out with ‘Mary, john, ellery, Jake and Theo… Theire dog skye also made me feel very at home

Also get some good news on my birthday… I’ve been elected to the national Academy of engineering. I was happy )and surprised) to get in… It’s always been a dream of mine. I’m really looking forward to working with the rest of the Academy

What a really great birthday!

nite all, nite sam

-me