He called me around 11AM this morning from work, to ask if I'd run to his house and check the mail to see if it was there. I texted the whole family a picture of the envelope when I found it there in the mailbox, but we all had to wait until we could all get to Mom & Dad's house tonight to open it.
Here's Cody -- looking mischievous, 'cause he totally just looked ahead in the letter and saw where he was going before he got to reading it aloud.
Montevideo, Uruguay, South America. He reports to the MTC in Argentina (vs. the Provo one -- so no big tearful farewell at the MTC for our family this time) October 28th, 2010.
How thrilled does my Mom look!?
Dad and Cody checking it out on a globe.
Annie doing a happy 'Cody got his call' dance -- I should've gotten video.
Cody and I (and my belly).
Excited Grandparents and Annie.
Ellie was only interested in pizza and breadsticks -- she seemed fairly uninterested in the whole 'reading of letters' and tears and hugs part of the evening.
We're all so excited for him. All the return missionaries in our immediate family served Spanish speaking missions, so Cody is thrilled to join their ranks and be able to get in on the foreign tongue mocking of those of us who don't speak Spanish.
The rest of the evening looked pretty much like this:
My Dad googled Uruguay, then ran in and out of the room spouting interesting facts about the country.
Ellie ate all the Crazy Bread she could get her hands on. (Cody's request for his 'special mission call dinner' -- Little Caesars.)
Everyone (rightfully) mocked Cody's Spanish accent.
There were ongoing disagreements on how to pronounce both Uruguay and Montevideo.
Star and Cody played the board game "Guess Who?" in Spanish. For Spanish practice and all.
People kept asking if all the excitement had put me in labor yet. (It had not. Still hasn't).
Then my sisters and I left to go walk around the store for an hour or so to try and kick start labor, to really make this a truly unforgettable day. Didn't work.
It was a lot of fun.
Congrats Cody! We're so excited for you!
6 comments:
That's so exciting and crazy because that's the mission that my sis in law comes home from in August. Maybe they can get together and she can tell him things he'll wanna know :) I think hers is the Montevideo West though so maybe it's not the exact same. Super cool!
What fun photos...your mom is going to love to look back at these! And you look fabulous, Miss 40 weeks pregnant!
It's hard to believe that Cody is old enough to go on a mission. That's so exciting!! He'll love it.
I love sharing exciting moments with my family like that. Such a blessing to be a part of a tightknit group.
I got all excited today because I work with a guy who's dad just left to be the new mission president in Uruguay! Turns out he's the Montevideo West mission though.
I'm so excited for him but man, end of October seems SO far away now. :)
well, as long as the baby comes before he gets set apart, right? HAHA!! C'mon baby! It'll happen before you know it.
p.s. Elder Cody will be a cute little missionary. :)
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