65 and Retired!

On October 14, my dad turned 65 AND retired. Ellie asked me, "Do people always retire on their birthday?" Not usually, but what a memorable day to have as your last day of work!

Timmy and Jill came down the Saturday after his birthday so that we could celebrate. We got pizza and he opened his presents.

What my dad did NOT know is that later that afternoon, about 20 of his closest work friends from over the years were coming over to celebrate. He was very surprised! 

We kept the party all outside to help with social distancing. A lot of my dad's friends have worked together on and off at various companies in San Diego over the years, so it was a bit of a reunion for a lot of them.

Most of the people at the party worked at my dad's old company called CommQuest. I actually worked there in the human resources department for two summers when I was in high school, so I got to know a lot of my dad's friends pretty well. This was the CommQuest group at the party, minus a couple of guys who had already left.

Andy and my dad both worked together at a small start up in Carlsbad for about five years when we first moved back to the area. One of the guys they worked with, Philip, is one of our good friends. Our families have been getting together for years so our kids have grown up together and love playing with each other. Only one of their kids is pictured here, but they have three others.

We didn't get a lot of pictures, but we had such a fun time celebrating my dad!