ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: 20 July 1993...

My cute nephew, Cody Oslin, was born after his mom had been in labor for like 11 days or something. I was right in the middle of my mission, serving in Rockingham, NC with Sister Wood. It was probably the best month of my mission (even though it was hot and muggy and hurricane-y), topped off with a cute new baby! I wanted to see "Code-Man" so bad, but it would be another 9 months until I came home and spent a few weeks with the boy.

One of my sweetest homecoming moments was a few days after I came home, I was watching Cody and I put on a children's CD and laid down on the couch with him. He fell asleep on my chest, humming the song to himself, and that's the moment I decided that I did want to be a mommy afterall.

So HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY, CODY!!! I'm moving, but I'll try to find a good picture to post today, hopefully a picture of your GIANT BABY NOGGIN!

PS: Supreme Court Justice nominee John Roberts reminds me a lot of Elder Bednar, in that he is very young, handsome, and in for a looooong term of service. Good choice, although I will miss my even-handed, level-headed, fellow Arizona girl, Sandra D.

MY FAVORITES: JULY 1985

SONGS
1. Take On Me by Ah-ha
2. Sleep by Til Tuesday
3. Freedom by Wham
4. St. Elmo's Fire by John Parr
5. Over & Over by Madonna
MOVIES
1. Real Genius
2. Back to the Future
3. European Vacation
4. Cocoon
5. Follow that Bird
FRIENDS
1. Susie Shanks
2. Ben Turner
3. Karen Murray
4. Susie Guard
5. Eleah Smith
MUSICIANS
1. Til Tuesday
2. Wham
3. Aha
4.Ron Williams
5. Bryan Adams

...oh, my! Promise you'll still talk to me after reading those! Imean, I was only almost 14 that summer, so gimme a break. Know what else reminds me of that summer? Klondike Bars and St. Ives Swiss Formula Collagen-Elastin lotion in the jar.

Improvements

Hooray! It's been almost a month since Blogger Images was launched and I tried intermittently to use it and got empty posts. Last night I got an email from Blogger support that said it was fixed, and lo-and-behold---IMAGES! Here are my girls at the fireworks on July 3rd (check out the awesome bike trailer/ double stroller I got for Mother's Day). So I guess I won't need to use Picasa anymore for photos--goodbye, Hello, and HELLO BLOGGER IMAGES (can you believe all this stuff is FREE!?! I heart technology).

OUR WEEK IN PICTURES [07.11-07.16.05]

This past week has been busy and stressful, as I am sure you have read below. The bright spot is that we really did finish the house this week and we had a fun playgroup on Thursday at Summer's house in Springdale.

By the way, on the way to Summer's ranch house, we passed her husband who was killing a huge snake with a fence post. That was a great thing for Addie to see--not!--but she is over it.

Another good thing is that our neighbor and friend, Tanaka, has decided to be baptized, but her family is moving to Texas on August 7th. SHUCKS! Tonight we looked up her new ward and stake on lds.org so we can sedn her records with her. Her baptism will be next Sunday while my sisters are here--COOL. Enjoy the pix...

Along with all her other recent weirdness, Addie has been sleeping in weird places. Look at this--the foot of her bed! 

There's Addie eating cherries and crackers with her friends Carter and Tyler (there are 2 Carters at playgroup; one is 2 and this one is 6). Addie is so social! 

Heidi likes to share! 

Blurry, but so cute--Cailin, our hostess, giving Heidi a cracker. 

Heidi having snacks with her buddy, Carter. 

Check out that mug! Her face is gonna break one of these days!!! 

There's our new front walkway, poured on Thursday.