The year of 2003 was one of change but still a happy one for
the Glendenning family.
Brian spent a fair amount of 2003 traveling for his job
managing software development for the ALMA
project. The ALMA project broke
ground in Chile
in 2003 and the software development group (now about 50 people) passed several
important milestones. Brian also managed to travel for fun: Lisa and he spent a
wonderful summer week together on the Hawaiian island
of Kauai, the westernmost and most
lush of the Hawaiian islands. Brian
spent a couple of weeks visiting his parents on PEI
in the summer. He also spent a couple of days with his sister Janet in Toronto
in the fall – the first time he’d been back to Toronto
in 10 years.
Brian and Lisa Waimea Canyon,
Kauai
For Marie, her year at work flew by while she kept hundreds
of Windows computers running. Laura and
Marie spent a week in the summer visiting family and sailing in Northern
California. Marie returned
to Hollister, California,
for a week in the fall to help her mother, Estelle, recover from surgery. Estelle, thanks to God and Ben and Enis, is back to her reasonably healthy 82-year-old self.
Marie sailing her brother Ben's
boat in Monterey Bay
Brian and Marie celebrated their 20th Anniversary
in August this year.
Anniversary breakfast at home
Lisa’s year was mainly filled with many, many classes at the
University of New
Mexico in Albuquerque. Lisa is majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Biology.
She hopes to graduate in the spring of 2005. Lisa spent an exotic summer on the Big Island
of Hawaii working as at the Kech Observatory as a
programming summer student.
Laura happily graduated from high school this spring. She began classes in the fall at the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque
where she will likely major in Computer Science. Laura earned enough scholarships to cover all
her college costs! She worked during the
summer at the chemistry labs of the Energetic Materials Research and Testing
Center which is part of New Mexico
Tech in Socorro.
Laura (right) and friend at high-school graduation
Brian, Marie, Lisa, and Laura look forward to all that 2003
may bring and wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!