Wendy Jump Roping

Wendy's new thing lately has been jump roping.  She loves to go outside and jump and jump and jump.  She gets so excited.  I love watching her!

 

New Beginnings

I can't believe Emily will be turning twelve this year! I was able to attend New Beginnings with her this evening and she was so excited to meet all the young women.  Now she just has to wait 5 more painful months until she can officially exit primary.

 

Emily's Murder Mystery Party

Emily was invited to attend a murder mystery party for her friend's birthday party and she had so much fun.  She played the part of a fisherman and papa let her borrow some of his gear to dress up.  

 

Valentine's Day

I love Valentine's Day.  Letting people I love know just how much they mean to me doesn't seem to happen as much as it should.  The girls had fun waking up to see what surprises were waiting for them.  The funnest part of the day happened to Emily though.  For the first time she received some valentine's chocolates from a boy at school.  She is growing up way too fast!

 

Spirit Week

Emily's school had spirit week.  She dressed up so fun for the crazy hair and Disney dress-up days.

 

Sealing

What a wonderful day!  I was able to attend the temple with my family today so see my sister be sealed to her husband and her family become a forever family.  I was also able to witness Lorenzo be sealed to my parents.  It was an amazing experience.

 

Junior Company Practicing

Emily absolutely loves being part of Downtown Dance's Showteam.  Her dance teacher posted this photo on Facebook and I just had to share.  They practice and work very hard and it definitely shows in the way they perform.  I am very excited to see them dance during the upcoming competition season!

Lunch in Twin Falls

Today is the anniversary of Amy passing away.  I knew it would be a hard day and didn't want to stay home being sad, so I made plans for Mom, Melinda, and I to meet Alisha in Twin Falls for lunch.  It was a quick trip but it was nice to get together and talk about all our happy memories and moments with Amy.

 

Emily Ski Trip

Emily's School does an awesome ski program each year.  We just had to pay a small fee and she was able to go on four ski trips with her classmates.  Each trip included a class that taught her all the basics.  On her second trip LeeRoy drove and met her.  They had so much fun spending the day together.  Having LeeRoy with her helped Emily to be a little braver and push herself to try things more.

LeeRoy's Close Call

LeeRoy was pulling some equipment up a mountain for work today we he suddenly lost traction.  He said he could feel his truck start to slide backwards but there was nothing he could do.  He thought about jumping out of the driver's side door but was afraid he would get caught and pulled under the truck if he jumped too close, and go down a steep embankment if he jumped too far.  Thankfully he stopped sliding just short of going over the edge of the road.  So thankful for miracles that keep my family safe!

Reinlisted

It's official, my oldest daughter will graduate high school before I'm out of the National Guard. I just re-up'd for another 6.

Emily High Honor Roll

I am so proud of Emily.  She works so hard in school and really makes her studies a priority.  She was proud to tell me that she had made the high honor roll.  Way to go!

Whiskey

Wendy's favorite Christmas present by far is her seatbelt buddy. She named her Whiskey because "that's a cute way to say whiskers". She then proceeded to tell all my family how car trips are so much funner and more relaxing with Whiskey!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!  I was determined to ring the bells waking up the family this year but sadly the girls beat me to it.  They were so excited to see what Santa had brought them and when they walked into the living room there was nothing but smiles for the rest of the day.  I loved seeing them get just as excited over presents they were giving as ones they received.  Most of the day was spent hanging out together playing with new toys and baking.  It was so nice and relaxing.  In the evening LeeRoy's family and my family came over for Christmas dinner.  We made the table as big as possible and just managed to squeeze everyone it.  It was perfect!

Christmas Eve

The girls were so excited when they woke up the morning of Christmas Eve so I was glad we had fun things planned to make the day go fast.  We went to my mom's house  and had a lot of fun.  We ate tons of food and she let the girls open up their gifts from her.  When we got home they were able to open their Christmas Eve pajamas and we cuddled up and watched Twas' the Night Before Christmas.  Then we tracked Santa on Norad, laid out cookies, and the girls placed their stockings.  It was an exciting night and Wendy was almost shaking when we tucked her into bed.  This was Emily's first year being on the other side of the magic and she did such a great job making it fun and memorable for her little sister.

Elf Antics

Our elf-on-the-shelf has been busy this year and up to his usual antics.  Here are some highlights!

Cox Family Christmas Card 2013

Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!

Call Family Christmas Party

Today was our annual Call Family Christmas party.  I was so excited because it has felt like forever since I have seen Alisha and her family and we had planned some special, matching t-shirts for our husbands to wear.  They were actually pretty excited about it too and we had a great time eating, seeing Santa, and catching up with everyone.

It is crazy to think how much has changed with all of us in just a year, but those changes have really made me cherish these moments with family more and more.  I am so thankful for every single one of them!

Dear Santa

Dear Santa, I hope that you have a Blogger account and see this picture of my family cleaning the church at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning - Oops! How did our Christmas list get in the picture? I am sooooooo embarrassed!

Poor Wendy

I received a call from Wendy's school today telling me she had gotten hurt at recess and since school would be out in a half hour anyway I decided to go and pick her up.  When I went into the office this is how I found her.  She had been running to the doors and smacked her head into a pole.  She had quite the bump!  We thanked the secretary for taking such good care of her, checked her out, and headed into her classroom to grab her backpack.  As soon as we walked through the door several kids from her class came to give her coloring pages and hugs wondering if she was okay.  It was adorable.  After we left she just hugged me and thanked me for coming to get her and I promised her that I would always be there when she needed me.  It was a special moment.