Today was a busy day helping Anat to get ready for a big family party to celebrate Igal's 50th birthday. We cooked and organized everything all day. Then at about 6:00 in the evening, people started arriving to watch the Israeli basketball team Macabee play Moscow's team in the semi-finals. If they win, they will play again on Sunday in the final game of the season.

All in all, there were about 30 family members at the party to celebrate with Igal. Aunts, uncles, cousins, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, great aunts, and more! It was fun to meet everyone for real. The food was great, barbequed chicken and meat, lots of salads, and then, dessert was great! Anat had Michael make a chocolate cake which was really good. I think Igal had a great birthday. I was glad we were here to celebrate with him.

Bugsly

ps. by the way the Macabee team won!