Shy and Retiring

This morning at 7:00, I gave my last final of the semester and afterwards, turned in the last set of grades. After summer term, I will have completed my BYU career of 34 years. From one perspective, that seems like a lot of years, but from another it seems like less than half of a lifetime. The time, as with all else in life, has gone very quickly and it is surprising in some ways to be at this point. Teaching, with only one or two small hiccups (read: unpleasant students), has been overwhelmingly enjoyable, and BYU has been great. It has provided me and the family with some of our richest experiences (read: study abroad).

The university hosted a very nice dinner for retirees last week. Kris and I attended with Vicki and Rod, who is also retiring. Yesterday the School of Family Life, my current department, hosted an informal lunch to honor me and Catherine Burnham. Catherine is clothing (sewing) faculty and this is her last semester, too.

My official retirement photo, taken last week
by the university photographer

Program, etc. from the university dinner

That's me, fifth from the top

Catherine and me with good food from Cafe Rio

We are looking forward to traveling, starting this weekend with a Hansen cousins' reunion at Lake Las Vegas. After summer term we are excited to join all our progeny at Disneyland in September, followed by a trip to England with Grandmother Boynton in the fall.

That's all for now.

OXO

D.