Road to Retirement

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Charlie and I had a really fun weekend traveling with Jeanne and Olivia to Baton Rouge to celebrate Pops' retirement! 
The airport was the first part of our adventure!

Flying on an airplane was exciting!


Our first stop was to have lunch at Cane's! Charlie knows it's one of my favorite places and for some reason there isn't one anywhere near Atlanta. 

He was so excited to see Lovie! A week apart is a long time when you are used to being together every day! He had to show her his wiggly tooth!

GG watched Charlie and Livy while we went to the retirement party hosted by Classic. GG planned so many fun things for me! She had movies, silly string, coloring, games, and lots of strawberries! They had a great time and were sound asleep when we came back to get them!

Dad made a wonderful speech, received a really sincere award for all of his service, and they even honored mom for all of her support with a trip to New York to see a Broadway show! Lots of people Dad worked with were there and some even came from their own retirement to be there. 

It felt fun and a little surreal to be there as the four of us. 




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