My first couple days off and a June Cell Phone photo dump!

A little catch up is in order from the past couple of weeks...so I'll start where I left off!!  

My final week of work was a crazy one!!  I had lunch out every day of that week and took care of tying up all my loose ends!  My big group lunch was one of those moments in my life I know I'll remember forever.  Everyone in attendance meant something special to me. And I have so many great memories to take with me!!  My last day of work I felt like a kid on the last day of school before summer break.  So much lay ahead.  That day I enjoyed a lunch at Jilly's with Cindy...and it was a most marvelous send off!!

As a note for the memory bank, leaving Boeing for the last time was the strangest feeling.  It was a mix of excitement, sadness and anticipation of the next chapter.  It was freeing and scary.  I was walked down by two of the people I worked with the longest at the company...hugged, cried on, laughed at and told to get the heck out of there!!  

I drove off the lot and straight home to my waiting kiddos...and my mom, who also cried.  Both with excitement and sadness for the coming changes!

These two boys enjoyed a fun celebratory treat...I brought them Jilly's home for a snack!! Cupcakes all around :)

Pretty sure he's saying Oh Yeah!

To celebrate my last day at work, we had decided early on to go to dinner.  Originally we had Red Lobster in mind...and by the time the end of the actual day rolled around, this newly pregnant girl was ready for sweat pants and was craving french fries and some good ol' greasy food!  We took off to a local drive-in (the boys first time!) and then took bikes to the park :)  I think it was a perfectly fitting evening spent as a family celebrating our new chapter!!  Eating french fries, chocolate shakes and spending time watching the boys run around at the park!!

The rest is sort of history!! We went about getting ready for the 4th of July, our vacation and planned fun play dates to fill up the remaining weeks of my first summer off since I left college 9 years ago!!

A few highlights of that first weekend and week include:

My first official shipment from Melaleuca (a company that sells all natural cleaning, health and laundry products)...so far...I'm highly impressed!!  It's sold in concentrate and I love the way it smells, cleans and I love that it doesn't need to come with safety caps. If the kids get into it, they won't like the taste, but we won't have to deal with poison control!

After many years of debating, Jeremy and I bit the bullet and got our driveway re-done.  This was a pic the morning they started paving/asphalting!  We could not be happier with our decision!

The same day they start paving our drive, the boys and I took off for the splash pad in Hartford.  We had so much fun!! And a separate post is coming just for that event :)

Several of my friends from Boeing put together a happy hour/dinner for me.  Place of choice was Hendel's Market and Cafe in Florissant.  The food was delicious and it was fun seeing everyone!! This crew of ladies were most of the original group that developed and worked on with the Admin group I was a part of.  We had a lot of fun in our day!!

My first Monday at home was a sleepy, rainy type of day.  I did lots of organizing.  And to my surprise, my doorbell rang and I got a delivery of flowers from my co-workers.  They congratulated me again, but told me they missed me already!!  What a great way to kick off my first week of no work!!

I mentioned I did some organizing...

Linen Closet Before:

And After:

 Pantry organizing complete!

 Freezer, organized.  Check check and check!!

There was also a mountainous pile of laundry to be folded.

 Which I avoided and threw the kids in the car to go to the park to meet Aunt April and Isabel!!

We left hot and sweaty...but had a blast!!

My beach spikes for our vacation arrived!!  They turned out just how I imagined :)  There was a small snafu of me waiting for mine...but it finally came!

I think that about wraps up catch up on those first few days I spent not working!!  Stay tuned for lots more updating on the summer fun this crew has been having!!