Category: Family

Class of 2007

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A long overdue congratulations to all of the graduates! William already made a post about his two Xavier classmates that graduated from Medical School. I had the opportunity to attend two graduations the past few weeks… one for my high school classmate, Desiree, who earned a Master’s in Humanities and one for my cousin, Shannon, who earned a Bachelor’s in Communication. I have pictures from Shannon’s graduation on my flickr page.

Shannon

Happy Birthday Kyllan

William 8 Comments

Happy Birthday to my Beautiful fiancee Kyllan. It seems like just yesterday we were 22 years old and going on our first couple of dates. It’s funny to think, next year I can look in the “wife” section of the birthday cards. Kyllan and her sister, Kim N., threw a party last night. Hopefully they will provide some pictures and tell us all about it later.

Catch Up

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My parents, and my birthday, have come and gone. I think my parents had a really good time. They have officially seen more of Denver than I have. While I was in the lab, they were out exploring the city. Hopefully they will be uploading pictures soon. (Unfortunately, I took very few over the week.) For the most part, we just hung out. I haven’t been in Denver long enough to know all of the good restaurants. As Kyllan said, on my birthday we ate at Ruth’s Chris, my favorite restaurant. We found a pretty good breakfast place, but it was not as good as Blue Bird in New Orleans or All Good in Dallas.

…A few weeks ago I asked Kyllan what was her favorite photo in my apartment that was not of her. You can find her answer below. My mother says that my dad had just arrived home from being on call at the hospital and were excited to see him. Apparently we were not concerned with the fact that he was on the phone.
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Elmira Williams

William

My mother’s mother (Granny) passed away over the weekend. Her death was not unexpected, but has still caught me of guard. She will be missed. My cousin posted on the impact my grandmother had on her life. Please take a few seconds to go to her blog and read the post (here).

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William Sr.

William 8 Comments

For those who didn’t already know, recently my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He recently underwent surgery in Detroit and everything went very well. His pathology report returned showing negative margins and negative lymph nodes. The tumor was limited to 10% of his prostate gland and he should not require any additional treatment. Thank you to everyone for keeping my family in your thoughts and prayers.

My parents did find a few minutes to stop by the Auto Show while in Detroit. My Dad has uploaded pictures his flickr account.

Auto Show

Gator Bowl Blues

William 6 Comments

For over a decade the Cody men have gone to a bowl game on New Year’s Day. It started with going to the Gator Bowl our first year in Jacksonville, just to have something to do (1991). Then it was the Citrus Bowl in Orlando to watch the University of Tennessee play (1994; My dad’s Alma Mater.) There was a year or two of Cody family Gator Bowl trips, but after a rainy game my mom and sister decided that the money for their tickets could best be used shopping (I think that was 1996). Since then my dad and I have gone to the Gator Bowl every year. The only exceptions were a trip to the National Championship game in 2001 & 2006 when Kyllan came to the game. (My dad claimed he was on call, tired or something. I Think he just letting me spend more time with her.) We buy our tickets so early in the season that there is no chance of guessing who will play and we usually don’t know who’s side of the stadium we are sitting on until we get there. (We always sit in the same section and same row. After years of going, we know the perfect seats and buying tickets early allow us to get them.)

This year, because of the incompetence of Continental Airlines weather related issues, I will be watching the game on TV. I was looking forward to going to the game with my father more than I was my parent’s New Year’s Party.

Apparently my dad did take pictures at the party. I will post a link as soon as he uploads them.

What did you guys do for New Year’s?

Happy 2007!

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Kyllan and I are headed to her sister’s to celebrate the coming of the New Year. My Parent’s are hosting what may be becoming an annual New Year’s Eve party. Hopefully my dad will post some pictures of the event.

Speaking of pictures, Kyllan received a new camera (from me) this Christmas. Pictures can be found on her flickr account.

Happy New Year everyone!