1. Cody finished the Book of Mormon for the first time. We have been reading 10 verses a night for 2 years and finally finished.
2. Steve's dad is a pilot and Cody keeps a sharp eye out for any planes in the sky. He can spot them better than anybody. Any time he sees an airplane he yells "Hi Grandpa!!" even when Grandpa is sitting right next to him. The other day he was saying the prayer and started blessing everyone he could think of but when he got to Steve's parents it was hard not to laugh. He said,
"please bless Grandma Tammy and Grandpa Airplane."
3. Cody gets so excited about taking the Sacrament each week at church. As soon as he realizes that the Sacrament is about to be blessed and passed he makes sure he is sitting on the lap of whoever is next to the aisle. One Sunday a few weeks ago I happened to be sitting on the aisle. When the bread came around I saw him touch a piece and then go for another piece (which I thought he took and ate but couldn't see for sure because he was facing away from me). After I took my piece I whispered to Steve to take the piece that I saw Cody touch first so that no one else would eat it. Steve grabbed it and then had to scoot down the bench to pass it to the next person. The second Steve started passing it down the bench Cody broke down and started crying so hard. It was one of those sad cries that just about breaks your heart. I suddenly realized that he had never picked up a piece of bread. The poor kid. Even though he was crying I couldn't take him out because he wasn't acting up. Luckily, Steve was able to flag down a Deacon to bring a tray over and Cody was able to get his bread.
I thought maybe everyone in the meeting would wonder why we hadn't taken Cody out when he was crying. But for a week or two afterward people would bring it up and say they were just sad for Cody and that they thought it was so cute (even people I didn't think knew what happened because they weren't sitting near us). One lady who was sitting directly behind us during the meeting came up to us afterwards and told us she thought it was so cute that he was that excited to take the Sacrament. She said, "wouldn't it be great if we were all that eager to take the Sacrament?"
WE LOVE CODY!!
In case you haven't heard Steve's parents are moving to Japan for a couple of years. Gordon has already been working over there for a few months, but Tammy went over for the first time this month to check things out. She brought all kinds of goodies and Japanese things to try. The coolest store was the 100 Yen store (dollar store). She got the coolest ties there that you would never guess were from a dollar store. Steve loves them and wears them all the time. She also brought home house slippers, dishes, placemats for my new table, a lego car for Cody, lots of candy, and some cute bags. It was fun to check out all the goods. 
