Mom Retires

After a super long time working at BYU, my mom will retire on Monday.  Seems a funny day to retire, a Monday, but it's the last day of April, and so a Monday it is.  As Monday is a strange day to have a party to celebrate someone's retirement, Mikayla and I threw her a retirement party today.  Initially, Mom had been reluctant to invite very many people, saying she didn't want a big do, but then people began asking her if she was having a party, so the invite list got longer and longer.  We had an open house, lots of food and talking evening, which ended up being just about perfect.  Family came, neighbors and friends, and we all caught up with those we hadn't seen in a while.  The food was pretty dang good, too!  People have asked Sue if she is worried about what she's going to do with herself as she won't have to go to work, but Mikayla has surgery on Thursday and will need someone to take care of her and her children for two weeks, so Mom isn't going to get much of a break.  It will be wonderful to have her around and available to us.  Hoorah for a long career!  And Hoorah for retirement!

This is a terrible picture of me. 

I've got a mouthful of food, and I'm doing something really strange with my mouth.

But as it's the only picture from the whole evening with people in it, it will have to do.