Guess who got pulled over today under suspicion of driving a stolen car?

Yes, cute little Codi – the girl who always drives the speed limit; the one who stops at stop signs (a rare thing these days); the one who’s never gotten a ticket in her life.

We’ve been driving a rental car recently while we research what kind of car we want to purchase next. Anyway, Codi was driving to work today when a cop car followed her from our driveway all the way toward the Lake O & Tigard line (about 6 miles) and then lit up his lights. Apparently someone at Enterprise switched license plates from one car to another (duh!), as the license plates on our car were for another Enterprise car.

Of course, Codi was not too happy about it. Enterprise apologized several times, inidcating that they made a grave mistake. Uh, yeah! Tomorrow morning they’re upgrading us to a newer SUV for no extra cost. =)

It’s late July and hot, ripe blackberries seem to be everywhere in Lake O! In the last two weeks, Laura, Codi and I have picked 4 tupperware containers full of them. Even alongside the railroad tracks in Lake O, the blackberry bushes are thick with fruit.

This morning I wanted to make myself a PB&J sandwich. I started putting it together, then found out half way through that we had no jam. Doh! But sitting on a shelf was a fresh container of blackberries. I grabbed about 30 of them and piled them about 2 inches thick on the peanut-butter side of my sandwich and topped it with another slice of bread. The result was an amazing treat, almost too good to believe! =)

“There are no easy answers … but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” – Ronald Reagan

This is, of course, a political statement, but it has everything to do with living life in in all personal, familial and social situations. Think about it.

Today is my birthday… #34! Codi planned a great surprise visit to an arcade/fun park in Wilsonville. It was awesome – we had pizza, played mini golf, rode go-carts, bumperboats (where we got into a really fun water fight with some Russian guys – Pavel & Anatoly) and then we had fun on the rock climbing wall and the bungee ‘slingshot’. Laura, Josh, Codi and I were all worn out by the end of the evening. It was a lot of fun! Thanks baby!