Well, this past weekend my dad retired from the Union Pacific Railroad after 35 years. I was lucky enough to be able to find an affordable roundtrip plane ticket (with a rental car included) and fly to Omaha to be there for his retirement dinner. It was actually a surprise for him and my mom. The included rental car was perfect for the surprise. I flew into Omaha Friday night and then used the rental car to drive to my dad's apartment. I then called him on my cell phone and asked him to buzz me into the building. It was pretty funny because he didn't believe that I was there at first. Even better, once I was in his apartment, I used his cell phone to call my mom, who was driving to Omaha with my sister and her husband. She asked what I was doing. I told her that I was sitting on the couch watching tv with dad. She was like, "No, your not." I had to tell her to look at her cell phone and see what phone I was calling her from. She couldn't believe it.
The retirement dinner for him was Saturday evening. There was a real good turn out of people from his work there. It was really nice. Sunday we packed up his apartment into a U-Haul trailer and him and my mom should be back home in St. Louis sometime today. Below are just a few quick pictures I took at the dinner with my cell phone.
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That is so awesome! I'm so glad you were able to go and surprise your Mom & Dad! Looks like he had a great turn out for his party.
Aunt Evelyn
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