Going Away Parties

It all started on Thursday when I went to the museum for my last day of volunteering, the saying goodbye I mean. It was great! We finished the model we were working on and I was glad to finally see the end of it, didn't think that was going to happen. At tea time everyone went across the hall into the conference room type area. Jeane set up the table with tartan table cloths and china tea cups, she found a Scotland tea cup for me. We had a really lovely cake from the Blue Icing Bakery and I got a couple little going away gifts. It was my best tea time at the museum I've ever had, just perfect for my send off to Scotland.


On Friday my parents had a BBQ for us. We weren't sure how many people were going to show up but before long the living room, kitchen and back deck were filled with almost everybody we knew.

Paul, my Mom and I worked together to find the best way to cook the haggis we bought for the party, and it turned out perfect. For many of our guests it was their first time trying haggis and most of them thought it was not too bad.... in fact, by the end of the night all the haggis was gone! We also had burgers, potato salad and most of the normal BBQ type food.

Everyone got a piece of our cake.... even our little mascot.
Paul, the kids and I got to hang out and say goodbye to everyone who came to the party. We're pretty sure everyone had a good time, because we sure did!

On Sunday we all went to church and Pastor Curtis said a special farewell and godspeed to us during the service, we really appreciated that. Afterwards at coffee time there was another cake for us.... mmmmmmm with all the cake we've been having for the past week I'm glad we sold our bathroom scale in the garage sale...... it's okay though I'll just have to start running again when we get settled.