Retirement!

Dan is retired...well almost. His last day is March 31. His original plan was to work until February 2 and then take paid time off until his official date ...but...they have not hired his replacement yet!!! So he is still going in two days a week. No travel though! Hip hip hooray!

His retirement party was February 8 and we had a good crowd. Denise, Dave and Darlene came out for the party on Thursday!

Several people from Dan's life/career spoke at the party.  Hi childhood friend, Greg Moseley, who also works at ULA was the first speaker to talk about Dan, the kid.

His boss from Huntington Beach, Gale Schluter came out. He gave him a hat that says "relax".

Here is his original ULA boss, Mike Gass.

Dan's deputy for many years, Mark Wilkins, was the emcee.

There were a few people from NASA who gave him some awards.

Retired General Sue Mashie.

And General Sam Greaves gave a speech.

Tory Bruno, Dan's current boss, gave the gift from ULA.

And Joey surprised his dad with the last speech of the night.

Except for Dan's of course!

Dan had a good crowd to send him off!

All of his brothers and sisters came.

There were many coworkers and friends.

All of our kids came out for the party as well. We hired a few babysitters to help us out with the little ones. Speeches are not their thing!

 

Unfortunately, the photographer missed getting a picture of Joey's family. :(

Everyone stayed the weekend, except for Darlene, Dave and Denise. So we just relaxed and had fun.

The three besties.  

Puzzles were the name of the game. 

Maureen loved helping with the two year old crowd.

It will be great to have him home full time now!