Retirement!

This past weekend PEC held two parties for Don, the first a reception and the second a smaller party of the directors.  Don's whole family came in for Friday night's party, and we were able to bring home this gorgeous flower arrangement:

The women of the family (Barb, Diana, Melinda and I) also had beautiful wrist corsages . . . and three of the four of us had never had a wrist corsage before!  It was a lovely evening.

Then Saturday night the directors celebrated Don's career and presented him with some lovely gifts.  He even received a picture from a world-famous artist . . . or not-so-famous artist.  (More on that in a later post!)  Some of the people attending stayed late to talk and share stories.

It was a wonderful weekend.

Unfortunately, today, which we consider Don's real first day of retirement, he had to get a root canal.  Not exactly the best way to spend the day, but at least he didn't have the stress of having to go back to work!