On Tuesday I was immersed at work in payroll calculations and up against a deadline due to the July 4th holiday. I was on a tight timeline and had much to do to meet my cutoff so I closed my office door in order to lessen my distractions and interruptions. I put in my ear buds and went to work. I heard some chatter on the radio about a grower meeting but didn’t pay any attention to it, really. Then at 10:15 there was a knock at my door, and Fred said “hey, George wanted to have a meeting to introduce Jenn Sizemore (our new Controller who started the previous day)”. I was like, “Oh, ok?”. He followed that up with “he didn’t say anything to you about it?” “No”, I replied and hopped up out of my seat and headed out the door to our shipping warehouse . . . . where I quickly realized it was not a “meeting”, lol. It was a celebration for my 20-year work anniversary. I was totally duped – I had no idea! Turns out the timing of me closing my door worked out quite well for all of the behind the scenes setup that went on! Once I walked out the door I sensed something and turned to my left and saw Kevin standing there with a smile on his face and a huge flower arrangement! I had no idea he knew, or that he would be there, obviously. I must admit, I put all of these “surprise” celebrations together for our employees and take care of all of the details, food, gifts, etc., so part of me wondered if anyone would even remember! And the night before I mentioned that to Kevin, along the sarcastic lines of “I wonder if I should plan my own party?”. So I felt rather guilty that next afternoon when he was standing there amongst all of the Millcreek Team who had put it all together behind the scenes. So, needless to say I was caught off guard and embarrassed and felt guilty. But it was a nice celebration where George gave some background on me and my 20 year history at Millcreek and what I’ve done in that time. Then we all ate fruit and cookies and cake :). It was rather funny that at the end, one of our returning seasonals came up to me and said “I wasn’t even born yet when you started working here”. Ha, thanks Jon!
And I got a new computer this week – a laptop and two new large monitors. Quite a nice setup!
On Tuesday when I came home it began pouring rain. So I sat in my car for a few minutes hoping to wait it out as I had flowers things to take in from work. Finn was so excited to be outside playing in the rain. He rode his bike, jumped in puddles, and made rain angles!
Good old Brutes. And Google, thanks for the doggy video.
On Friday Finn had his dental check up – this time we learned he has two cavities :(. So, we’re going to get those fixed once we’re back from vacation. But, in the mean time we headed to Zoombeezi day for an afternoon of fun since I had the afternoon off work. It was lots of fun and the lazy river was our favorite. 
And here is Reid, doing a balancing act in his bed. He does this from time to time and just babbles in his room. And there he is emptying out the cabinets…..
Trying to get this one to wear a hat is no easy feat! For Finn’s baseball game I ended up putting sunscreen on his head and it easily made his hair keep a mohawk. This week Aunt Amy, Uncle Andy, and the cousins came to watch Finn play baseball! And Finn won a medal this week too, it was lots of fun. 
Saturday afternoon my OU friends got together for a family pool party at Jaime’s house in Dublin. Sadly, our friend Amy was sick and unable to come with her family. But we all enjoyed an afternoon of swimming and eating! The kids had a lot of fun together going back and forth from the hot tub to the swimming pool. Seems hard to believe it was 20 years ago this summer we graduated!
Sunday’s after church we usually head to Costco where we stock up for the week and Kevin rides the cart in the parking lot. Reid was pretty tired this day and he kept laying his head down on Finn’s shoulder. So sweet. 
