The Thursday before last Kyllan and I attend our nephew’s kindergarten graduation. There are a few photos on my flickr account.
Kindergarten Graduation
The weekend before last Kyllan and I were in Gainesville, Florida for a memorial service held by the University of Florida College of Medicine marking the 10th anniversary of Caroline’s death. It was a beautiful service and my family was very touched by all the sentiments that were shared. You can read about the service here.
Pictures from our trip to Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago are up on my flickr page.
Dinner with Friends
Vegas at Night
Well.. the countdown has begun and I am a little over 24 hours away from my 30th Birthday! I have truly been blessed during the past decade. I mean truly truly blessed… here is the rundown….
Age 20
Declared my major as Political Science.
Age 21
Was the maid of honor at my sister’s wedding.
Became a member of the greatest sorority in the land… Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. OOOOOOOO-OOOP!
Age 22
Graduated from Wake Forest University.
Moved to Ithaca, NY where one day while taking out the trash, I met the man I would marry 5 years later.
Started grad school at Cornell University.
Age 23
Survived grad school.
Completed a 10 week internship with a company that would later offer me a job.
Was hired for my first REAL job one week before the 1st semester was over ( I could now breathe for the 2nd semester).
Age 24
Graduated from Cornell University with a Master’s in Health Administration.
Moved to Florida to start my career in healthcare administration.
Survived 4 hurricanes (including Hurricane Charley which was a direct hit on my small town, Punta Gorda).
Became an aunt to the cutest nephew ever!!
Age 25
Received a promotion and was relocated to Dallas, my pseudo hometown (I was born in Ohio, but raised in TX).
Signed a contract to build my first house.
Watched William get down on one knee in the rain to ask me to marry him 
(Awww!)
Began blogging on The Cody Report.
Age 26
Served as Interim CEO for 6 months.
Age 27
Married my favorite scientist!
Took an amazing honeymoon to Turks and Caicos, our new favorite destination.
Surprised my mother with a kitchen makeover on national television.
Celebrated by 10 year high school reunion.
Age 28
Traveled to Europe for the first time and visited 6 countries with my husband and his parents.
Celebrated my 1st wedding anniversary (someone in the middle of Mediterranean Sea).
Celebrated my mom’s 60th Birthday!
Age 29
Started a new job.
Celebrated my 2nd wedding anniversary.
Watched my husband successfully defend his thesis and earn his Ph.D.
Began living under the same roof with my husband.
30s
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I cannot wait to see what my 30s will hold. I am sure I will experience even more Joy than I did in my 20s. I am thankful to my husband, family and friends for making this such a memorable decade.
We are taking a trip to Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate Kyllan’s Birthday. It be the first trip to Sin City for both of us. We are still trying to pick a restaurant for Kyllan’s Birthday dinner. Any suggestions?
Also, the weekend before last we attended a recognition ceremony for the graduating African- American students at Kyllan’s old high school, Hockaday. Before then I had only seen it from the outside. Wow. It was nicer the majority of college campus I have been on. The picture below is of all the past and current students that attended. Why is there a room that looks like this in her old high school? Seriously!… A few more pictures can be found on my flickr.
The Hockaday School
Kyllan and I participated in our first yard sale this weekend. We did pretty well too. The home owner’s association has, as usual, over stepped their bounds and decided that home owners can only hold a garage sale on the two days a year that they designate. One positive is that everyone knows that it is yard sell day and you get a lot of traffic. We were selling things before we could get half of it out of the house. Who knew people would want so much junk? Someone even bought my original xbox and games. We managed to clear out a lot of items and made a decent amount while we were at it. The only question is what to do with the stuff we didn’t sell. I am not putting it all back up in the attic!
The weekend before last Kyllan and I had a date night to see Date Night. We both really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone looking to go out on a date night of their own. We also went to a work related function for Kyllan. The event included a silent auction, in which I successfully bid on a color laser printer.
Kyllan and I spent Easter, and my birthday, in Cleveland. My parents made also made the trip up. There are a few photos from the weekend on Flickr.
Family
Not only has Neil shared with me the fact that there is a Doctors Day, which was yesterday, he also shared with me a news story featuring his wife Tami.
Here is the link to the story
She can be found at about 1:35 into the video
I finally uploaded some photos from the Pacquiao v. Clottey fight. You can see them on my Flickr page.
Prefight Pinkberry
The Main Event
All is still well in the Cody house. Kyllan and I have pretty busy lately so we haven’t had anything interesting to post about, but with 5 trips planned over the next 4 months that is likely to change. First up on list: Easter, and my Birthday, in Cleveland with both sets of parents.
Dallas
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