I am happy.........

Heyyyyyy Mom! Did you get my letter??? You're holding out on me now huh, I still want to hear from my Mom every week ); (For some reason Cody didn't see my email until after he sent me this message)

Are things all set for Thanksgiving? What are you all going to be up to? Are you cooking anything or do you get the year off?

Mark got interviewed by President Heap and he is all set for baptism! Hopefully we will be able to schedule it for this Saturday, we need to get going then if that is the case!

How did Cass like Fall Ball?? I heard that (yes mom, I did write Justine this week) you rented a dress out to her? Thats pretty cool! How many dresses are you up to now?

Hey I saw I finally got a mission plaque! Haha thats pretty cool! Did you pick that scripture?? Its pretty cool because that actually probably is my favorite scripture! (D&C 101:16) Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be still and know that I am God.

Well Mom, I want to let you know two things. The first is, I am happy. I really am. And the second is that I am so thankful for you. Heavenly Father knew what he was doing when he trusted you with 3 of his kids. You really are the best mother in the entire world. Thank you for pushing, pulling, supporting, and comforting me. I love you so much Mom. Happy Thanksgiving.

Love, Elder Cody

P.s. BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!

P.s.s. Could you get me Bryan Dillons address?

Fall Ball 2014............

Last month Homecoming, this month Fall Ball!  Cassidy went with Devin Ross (Dylan's younger brother), and made a special effort to make it a fun date for him.  Not only was it Devin's first date ever, but his brother, Carson, who is still undergoing chemotherapy, was receiving a blood transfusion that day because his white cell count was dangerously low.  

Missionary Mommas........

There is a Facebook page called "missionary momma's" that Dolly Player invited me to be a part of and, wow!  Thousands of mothers of missionaries from all over the world post all kinds of stuff related to missionary work.  Lots of random pictures are posted of elders and sisters by women who know that some mother out in the world would love to see a picture of their missionary at work, so I did a search with the word "Lubbock" and came across a couple of pictures of Cody and the messages attached to them...........made my day :).

Look who I had for dinner tonight from the Texas, Lubbock Mission....

Elder Backus who's mom is a missionary momma andElder Bladen who wants his mom to join us. So if you know his mom let her know!They are awesome missionaries doing a great job!

Here's another ladies! These elders are serving in Lubbock, TX. We made a wheat order and they're helping unload. Sorry they were so busy and such a long line and I didn't get their names! Hope some Momma's recognize them!

Elder Squires, technology and razor burn......

Hey Mom!!!

Thank you so much for taking care of that Social # for me, haha I was stressing about it!

Elder Squires is great, he is definitely the hardest working and most experienced companion I have ever had (He goes home in January), so I am really excited to learn from him!

Transfers was pretty crazy Mom,  haha but luckily we were prepared so that when some wrenches got thrown in the plans we were able to recover without too much trouble (: I am really excited about my zone Mom, I really think we could do some good here!

Thank you for your last letter, I loved it! I am so ready to use technology in the mission, we are just waiting for the work for our iPads!

We do have a DVD player, but anything we watch on it has to be produced by the church, haha so put down Mobsters and Mormons, because I know thats what you were going to send me (;

Hey so, I need your help...I get super bad razor burn on my neck and face, haha my beard has just thickened so much! I have tried like every sort of product at Wal-mart and I havent had any luck...is there like any super strength stuff you can think of? haha is there something that I can get to just zap the hair off my face for good? Haha I need help!

I will work hard to smile more Mom, it definitely is something I need to do. I love you so much, thank you for your support, I really do need it. I love you Mom! Tell the girls that I love them too (;

Love, 

Your Son

Dear Dad,

Things are going good here in Roswell. Elder Squires is a pretty hard worker, we worked pretty hard and got a lot done in this short week! We finally have somebody to teach!! His name is Bobby Ben, his wife is an inactive member, and they just moved here and she wants to get back active, so that just opened up a huge door for her husband because he wants it too. We had a killer lesson with them last night, so we are excited to help him get to the font!

I really loved that email about team-building, thank you so much!! We have a good zone this time Dad, I think we could really do some BIG things here! Thank you for your love and support Dad, you truly are the man. I love you and look forward to your letter! Love you man!

A couple new pics.............

The Texas Lubbock Mission was visited by Elder Pino who is a member of the seventy from Venezuela, and all of the missionaries (280 of them) traveled to Lubbock to hear him speak.  These are a couple of pictures that were taken after the meetings.

This is a picture of only half of the missionaries in Cody's mission, he is on the 2nd row from the top directly under the tallest missionary (who happens to be Elder Checketts, Cody's trainer) in the middle.

Cody learned quick that all pictures taken by Sister Heaps would be posted on her blog, so this time he is smiling.......

Last time was not a smile, so when I sent him a copy of this picture that was on her blog, he was horrified haha!

Staying in Roswell.........

Hey Madre!!

So, first off, yes I got the razors, and thank you so much for that letter, I love it when you go on and on (: We are going to Big D's right after this, haha we are stoked! Thank you so much!! We will be sure to send you a picture (:

I am sorry this is going to be so short--this is transfer week. I am staying here, but Elder Bladen is heading off to Odessa. Elder Squires is going to be my new companion here, haha he was just released from being the Assistant, so he is coming to work! I am pretty excited. I will tell you what Mom, organizing stuff is stressful, I don't know how you do it? Haha I have to figure out how to get all these missionaries to wherever they are getting transferred, I am going to be all over the place on Tuesday and Wednesday haha! Wish me luck!

Elder Pino was great. He had to speak with an interpreter, but it was fantastic. He talked about raising to the level of our callings, and about the teaching mode of Jesus Christ. After the conference with the mission, we got to have a meeting with him just as the leaders of the mission, its was great. We are so lucky and blessed to have the General Authorities of the church, there is no way that man was not called of God!

Justine said she really liked her gift, thank you so much for helping me keep it simple, you are the best. I love you lots mom. Its your birthday month!! This is a crazy week, sorry about the short letter, but just know that I love you so very much. Thank you for everything (:

Love, Cody

P.s. I need my social security number for missionary medical, new policy or something, haha is there anyway you can relay that to me securely? Thanks, Love ya!

Cassidy and MHS Volleyball..........

Cassidy ended her Junior year Volleyball season this last week.  This year Murray had a new coach which made a huge difference in everyone's love for the game.  Cassidy played quite a bit this year on both JV and Varsity.

This is the Varsity team, Cassidy and Cody have always worn the number 10 in honor of Steve who also wore the number 10 at Murray High.

A close up of Cassidy and Steve....

Cassidy's BFF's, Alyssa and James.

I remember well the first time Cassidy hit a volleyball at our Family Reunion on Anderson Island, the rest is history :).........