The boys were out of school from December 22 and returning on January 6. As always, Scott took off most of the time since he always has more vacation days than me.
The boys made this card for me today. "Happy Braces Day!" LOL!
I got braces today. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time, and now maybe I'm regretting my decision. It started with the gross mold I had to make of my teeth. Then the spacers...which hurt. Who would have thought that little rubber bands between your teeth would make them so sore?
Our traditional visit to Oak Park. We played a few holes of disc golf and brought Ali with us, which is a lot like having a toddler around. I didn't get to take as many photos as I wanted...but here's a few.
This is the tail end of the excitement from Dad's retirement. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at Oma and Papa's...
Prepping...
We ate more than green beans and macaroni and cheese, but I guess I didn't take any photos of that.
Celebrating (Dad's retirement)...
and with Gatorade.
Dessert time.
I like how all the males are helping in the kitchen.
Here's a time lapse of the clean up in the kitchen...just for fun.
We ate breakfast at Stearman's Bar and Grill, at Stearman Field, right outside of town. It's an airport with a pretty good restaurant and big ass fans.
We watched some small planes take off.
Some people we ate with...
The photo of Adam, Jake and Papa didn't come out...the lighting was glaring a bit.
The rest of the weekend we jumped over Oma and Papa's bushes...
After 50 years, dad is finally retiring! He's been talking about it for over a year now, and we all tell him he should.
I first heard of the announcement when Scott and I were in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. #BreakingNews emails from the Wichita Business Journal and it was getting a lot of action of social media.
I guess it's a ** S P E C I A L B U L L E T I N ** (that's how dad would write in an email or text when there was breaking news.)
Wichita Magazine named him Wichitan of the Year, he was featured in the National Press Photographer's Association magazine, and several times in locally publications.
Here's some photos of his last newscast. These were taken by the talented Travis Heying of the Wichita Eagle (more photos here). He was interviewed by several media outlets. It's a rarity to work at the same place for more than 50 years, especially in the television news industry.
We surprised him on the set right before the 10 pm newscast. (Jake and Steve were not in town yet).
And were even on TV!
KAKE named the Studio after him...by renaming Studio A to Studio H.
What are his plans now? Oh, I'm sure he'll find something to do!
