at 4:30 this afternoon  Diane and I  got a text from Max saying he was “going for it”.. took me a second to figure out what he meant.. but when I did, it made me so happy. Max proposed to is long time GF Becky in the Sant Fe dog park. Gabe was I in own for Becky’s 40th birthday party that is tonight and helped Max by filming the whole thing and helping them celebrate . .  Max presented becky with the gold ring he’d made himself (3d printed, lost wax cast gold and aquamarine stone)  .,, and Becky said YESSSS !..  

They are a really amazing match. both crazy smart, creative and adventurous. It has been so much fun watching them build a life together for these last 8 years. They are constantly working on projects together and they have wonderfully complimentary skills whether its building exhibits for burning man or moving walls, doors and windows around their house.   We love Becky’s family too.. 

We are so excited to be welcoming Becky  and her family into our own crazy  family officially.. even though she’s already been a part of our  family for a good long time.

Max and Beck,, congratulations .. We love you both so much !

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

The big news from today was Max and Becky’s engagement.. and I didn’t want to mix that in with the rest of the day’s activities.. SO heres what else happened that day. 

A quick hike up Bamforth to Duxbury Window with our friend Kyle

And a wonderful wedding of our friends Lucy and Drew at the Echo center. Lucy and Drew are Burning man friends !  Great party !!!!!

Now thats a busy day !
nite all, nite sam

-me

The only thing that feels different about being retired for me is that I mostly keep my Fridays open… That means more hang out time with diane, more exercise ands more just goofing around.. 

Today that mean takign a quick snowshoe up to libbys look !

 

happy to be retired-ish

nite all, nite sam

-me

We had a large tour from Charlotte at Beta today.. always fun to see what interests the kids and what kind of questions are on their minds

 

Later in the day I went by Generator and checked in on the First Robotics team there They are making such great progress. It’s worked out really well having their team meetings at Generator !. 

Finally ended the day with a different set of kids.. our fathers group had our quarterly-ish gathering at the Public house in Hinesburg. We’ve been meeting for 32 years (!!!) .. it’s so nice to catch up with these guys.. ! We’ve been together for soooooo much stuff !It feels like “home”

 

nite all. nite sam

-me