The Cox Family

.....Question.....

2010-10-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

Question for everyone......Do you even look at my blog?? I don't ever post anymore because I don't think anyone even enjoys it...(but me). Lol. So, I just don't take the time to do it anymore. so if you actually look at my blog let me know. I would love to update it! :-)

Memorial Weekend

2010-06-10T14:47:00.001-07:00

We went camping down to Glendale Resivor (sp?) down in Preston with Derek's family. It was alot of fun going and relaxing. Here are some fun pictures of the weekend. This first one is of me on the pontoon out on the water. Being a little camera happy. Lol I had the bright idea to have Kim bring her pontoon behind me and we would try to get a picture of her behind me. It worked!! I am a smartie! Lol. So that is Derek sister Kim.

Little miss Skylar! She gets so dirty up camping! Love it!

Skylar, Evan and Braedon (Kim's son). Evan is actually sitting on Braedon's lap! lol

Skylar sitting on Braedon's lap! How cute! :) We had an awesome weekend! I am so glad we went with Derek's family camping!

Fishing at Birch Creek

2010-06-10T14:26:00.001-07:00

So for some reason I downloaded my pictures backwards! lol. So, you can see our day in reverse! These are pictures of the kids on the way home from fishing. They were pooped out!! Especially Skylar!

Here is a picture of Derek and Evan Fishing. Skylar and I only got to fish for half the day, because there were these nasty trout flies that were scaring Skylar to death! Not even joking! So, we spend most of the time in the truck....Fun fun!

It is hard to entertain a 2 year old in a truck with the windows up. Lol. So.....we ate! Haha. Here she is polishing off the bag of chips. Little stinker!

Here is a picture of Evan catching his own fish! He was sooo excited!

This is a fish that I caught and Skylar got to reel it in. She did not like that fish by her! Lol. Can you tell that she is a total girl??

The mighty fisherman holding his first fish her caught! He was so cute trying to hold onto that slippery fish!

I love this picture! All 3 of my favorite people waiting patiently for a fish!

Skylar sitting next to m while I was fishing. She had to be where mama was! Love it!

Evan showing me the fish eggs. What a cutie!

And the first picture finally! Lol. Here is Derek and Evan getting the fishing poles ready so we can go fishing! All in all it was a fun day. (Even though I had to spend a big part in the truck) Haha. It was nice to get out on one of the few days it was nice and catch the kids a fish!

Mother's Day 2010

2010-06-10T14:13:00.001-07:00

Every year for Mother's Day, we go on a picnic. This year we went out to Menan and BBQ'd hamburgers and played on the toys. It was a blast! This picture is of Evan and Eric on his longboard. It was Eric's first time having someone else on the board with him, and it went well! Evan couldn't get enough of this longboard. He had a blast. And little Miss Skylar is running to catch up.

These next pictures are of Evan and Skylar playing on the playground at the park. At first Skylar had to go down the slide with Uncle Eric, but she finally did it on her own. Now we can't get her off the slides!! Aren't they both soooo cute??

Vegas Baby!!

2010-05-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

So for our 5 year anniversary, we decided to go somewhere on vacation. I wanted to go to Mexico, but decided to pay off our truck instead. Kindof sad, but definantly the smart thing to do! So when I was trying to decide where to go, my sister in law Kim and her husband Brandon were going to to Vegas for their 5 year anniversary, so we joined them! And we each invited a couple to go with us! It was soo much fun. Here are a couple of pictures from our week. This first one is of me and Kim putting our hands on Shaq's handprints. Holy Cow! His hands are huge. IF you can see it right, his hands are atleast twice our size!!

This picture is of us at the piano bar in the NY NY hotel. This bar was AWESOME! (Even for people who don't drink!) This was probably the funnest part of the week!
We spent one whole day by the pool. Wish it could have been 2 or 3! This is a picture of Kim, me and Melissa Rhodehouse (Kim's friend) Loved loved loved the sun!!

Derek and I enjoying the sun!

Kim and me at the piano bar!

Derek and I on the gondala ride. This was ok.......definantly wouldn't recomend it. Haha. Just kindof a waste of money! lol

Another picture of us on the gondala ride.

Brandon and Kim on the gondala ride!

The girls getting our picture taken with "Johnny Depp". Me, Kim, Kerry and Melissa!

Derek and I standing on the skywalk that goes between NYNY and MGM. The strip is behind us!

All in all had an awesome weekend! Was excited to see my kiddo's though! Skylar was so mad at me all week though. I called twice a day to talk to them, and only Evan would talk. Everytime they tried to get Skylar to talk she would cry. Broke my heart! Then when we got home, Evan came running to me and Skylar pushed me out of the way and went to her dad! She was still mad at me!! It took her a couple of minutes, then she finally came and gave me a kiss. Enjoyed the break from reality, now back to the real world!

Coloring Easter Eggs

2010-04-03T09:58:00.000-07:00

The kids loooved coloring eggs! They thought it was the coolest thing! And yes I made them take their shirts off.......haha I think this is a cute picture of them "watching" their eggs......plus it displays a few that they had already colored.

She is a goof ball! I told her to show me her egg, and this is what she did.....

And this is what Evan did. They were so excited to color on their eggs, then see the writing appear after it was colored. Man, I wish I still had the curiosity and innocence of a child! Wouldn't like be alot more exciting??
Again I asked them to both show me their eggs, and since Evan put his on his head, Skylar had to do the same! I will admit, i was alittle nervous of them dropping them!! All in all, we had a fun time and can't wait for Easter to do all the other "projects" and egg hunt!!! Soooo excited!!

Happy Easter everyone!

Salmon weekend #2

2010-03-15T17:55:00.000-07:00

So we went up fishing to Salmon again this last weekend. It was another beautiful weekend!! Except for of course the one day that Derek's parents decided to drive up to go fishing with us. It is a 4 hour drive if you are driving hard, not pulling a trailer. So they came up Saturday morning, and only got to fish for like 3 hours! It was sooooo cold that day and the wind was blowing like crazy. So, here is a picture of them standing by the fire after we got done fishing. And I know it doesn't look cold, but it was!
Derek's mom Gail fishing in the freezing weather!!

One of the many fish Derek caught over the weekend. He caught 7 on Thursday, 5 on Friday and none the rest of the weekend. Awesome fishing!!

Here is Derek helping Evan net a fish a nice guy by us caught. Evan thought that was pretty cool!

And here is Evan reeling in a fish that Derek caught. He thought that was pretty fun!

Evan again reeling in a different fish. I think this was a fish the guy next to us caught and let him reel in.

Skylar and Evan playing in the sand on the beach we were fishing on . I like that fishing spot for that reason.

Derek, my dad, and Evan fishing. Evan was the smart one!!

Skylar playing in the sand.

We had an awesome weekend and are very grateful that we can go a couple times a year. I am very grateful for Derek who works hard so we can play hard!! I love you Derek!! Thanks for everything!

Salmon weekend #1

2010-03-09T12:54:00.000-08:00

So every March and October we go camping up to Salmon and go Steelhead fishing. I love it!! I love the scenery, the weather, the company, everything!! The weather up there is gorgous compared to home. On Saturday it was in the low 60's. Long sleeved shirts and no coats! Awesome! So here is a picture of Skylar and Evan in Izzie's dog house. The kids loved playing in there, and most of the time Izzie was in there with them! While we were up there it was Skylar's birthday, and my parents bought her this wagon. I love it! I have wanted one for my kids for a long time. So this was really convienient so we could go on walks. The other 2 kids are my friends Daphne's kids. Wyatt and Peyton. This wagon load was pretty heavy though. Especially when we would have to go up hills!

The kids playing in the wagon again!

Grandpa and Evan fishing! I love this picture! Funny thing is Evan only had on a bobber and a sinker on his line. It was perfect! He thought he was fishing, and we didn't have to watch him real close incase he got a bite. We may have to put a worm on his hook this next weekend though. He had a hard time with everyone else catching fish and he didn't!

Derek and his first fish of the weekend. All in all he caught 5, had to put one back because it was a wild and not a hatchery fish. This is the only picture we took. I wasn't with him when he caught his other 4 and I had the camera!!!

I am sooo ready to head back up to Salmon this weekend!!! Wish us luck!

Skylar's 2nd Birthday!!!

2010-03-09T12:37:00.000-08:00

Busy busy weekend! We went to Salmon for the weekend, got home Sunday at 4 and had Skylar's birthday party at 7. Which isn't so bad, but I had to make her cake for her. So if it doesn't look good.......that's why. I was in a hurry! Evan wasn't feeling too good on Sunday, so he is being kindof goofy in this picture. I wanted to do a Minnie Mouse theme, but it is hard to find anything birthday stuff that has minnie on it! Everything is Tinkerbell and Princess stuff. So I found these cheesy Mickey ears. They look kinda dorky, but oh well!

Here is a picture of her cake. It didn't quiet turn out like the cake in my head, but it worked. The pans I bought were pretty thick, so I assumed the cakes would be that thick. But they weren't. I guess I didn't put enough batter into them. So the layers were small, but overall I think it turned out pretty cute.

Skylar and Grandma before her party started!

Happy Birthday baby girl!!! She is at the point where she is putting sentences together. It is way cute to hear her talk. She thinks she is as big as her brother (which she almost is) but there is a big difference in ability to do stuff. She sure tries to do everything he does though. She loves to take off her clothes. Don't ask me why! She is always walking around with no pants on. Or she goes through her dresser and pulls out all her pants/shorts and tries to put them all on. I have had friends who have girls who are obsessed with clothes and shoes and necklas's and makeup, but I am suprised at how it is pretty much in little girl's DNA to like that stuff! She always is pulling my shoes out of the closet, putting on makeup when mommy does, she now has to pick out what she wears (funny but frustrating). She puts a smile on my face every day and she definantly is my little princess!!!

Winter Fun

2010-02-19T12:57:00.000-08:00

So other than Christmas, we really haven't been doing much. And I don't want to post Christmas pictures in February!! :) But we sure have had fun in the snow! (Except for Skylar! She doesn't like getting all bundled up and going outside). One of our favorite spots to go sledding is out on my grandparents driveway. They live out on the Menan Butte's, so their driveway is a perfect sledding area. This picture is of Skylar and my grandparents. She didn't want to go sledding. Even though we tried once. She cried the whole way down! Here is my little man making snow angels. He LOVES playing outside in the snow!

My little princess!! Doesn't she look cute??

Here is Evan getting pulled back up the hill! He loves sledding!!

Our one attempt to get her sledding. She wasn't too happy with me!!

We hope everyone's winter is going good!! It's almost springtime!! YAY!

Gingerbread Houses

2009-12-16T13:33:00.000-08:00

Every year we go out to my parents house and make gingerbread houses. They aren't real gingerbread though. They are wood cut outs that you can just wash up and re use next year. Anyways, so this is a picture of all of them. It goes Evan's, mine, Derek's, Dakota's and my mom's. They all turned out really cute! I made Evan's out of grahm crackers. It turned out way cute!! And Derek's......well, Derek has alot of fun making these as you can tell. He added a second story on his house :-)

Evan's cute little house, mommy and daddy's mansion!

Dakota and my mom!

And cute little Skylar! Isn't she adorable?? She didn't make one, but she sure ate enough candy, Probably as much as would go on a house!! Gotta love her!

And my favorite little boy!! This is his first year making houses and he is just so proud of his house!! At first when we put frosting on, and had him grab some candy, he asked "what do I do?? Put these in my mouth??" Haha. After we explained that the candy goes on the house, he had alot of fun making this. It is still out to my mom's, and he keeps asking me why it isn't at our house. Poor little guy! :-)

Santa is coming to town!!

2009-12-16T13:25:00.000-08:00

So every year, Rigby does a little Chrismas parade and Santa comes to town! So I decided to bundle up the kids and take them out to the parade. Evan loved the parade, and Skylar didn't. Sigh! It would be nice for them both to be on the same page! :-) Anyways, after the parade we went to see Santa. In this picture, Skylar is doing pretty good, but as soon as I try to put her on his lap with Evan, she freaked out! Evan on the other hand was super excited. This is the first year that he finally get's it. When Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he just said "I don't know." Then Santa started asking him what he likes to do, and he said he likes vroom vroom cars. So now anytime anyone asks him about Santa, he says "Santa is going to come to my house and bring me presents. He is going to bring me a vroom vroom car!" Too cute!! Good thing he is getting some cars!

Craft Fair

2009-11-08T21:31:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure how many people even look at my blog!! :) But this is worth a shot I guess?? Just wanted to let everyone know about the Craft Fair this coming Saturday (14th) from 10-5 at the Rigby High School. I have a booth in it, the first time ever doing that, and I am a little nervous! Hope it all goes well!! Anyways, come enjoy the fair and stop by and say Hi! By the way....there are over 90 vendors!!

Halloween

2009-11-04T21:00:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of pictures of my adorable kiddo's!! Incase you can't tell, Evan is a pirate, and Skylar is a tulip fairy. Of course I had to put long pants and shirt on them though, which isn't fun. We went to our ward Halloween party and the kids had a blast. They had a costume contest, and Evan won for the 3-4 year olds. He was sooo excited! That night when we came home and got ready for bed and were saying our prayers, after every sentence, he would say"and eat lots of candy." Derek and I made the mistake of laughing the first time. He didn't stop after that. He always puts a smile on my face! I am totally in love with my kids! Hope you all had a fun Halloween also!

Busy Busy

2009-10-22T19:27:00.000-07:00

As some know, I have a business making wreaths and blankets. Well here is one wreath that I just got done making for my sister-in-law. She had some stuff come up and ended up in the hospital for a week and these are the flowers that people sent to her while she was there. I am way happy how this turned out!! I dried some flowers that I have never dried before and some of them didn't turn out good, but some of them turned out AWESOME!! I am way excited about this wreath and love it!!

I was looking at facebook one day and one of my friends had a website posted and I went and looked at it and it had these cookies on it. I thought they were adorable, so I had to try them out! They aren't perfect, but not too bad for my first time. I am definately going to be making more of these. Let me know if you want to know how to do these. (Incase you can't tell, they are spider webs with little spiders on them.)

And last but not least....Dakota's 14th Birthday! She loves loves soccer, so we decided to get her and us some Major League Soccer tickets for her birthday. She didn't have a clue we were going. We picked her up from school at lunch, drove to Utah, went out to eat at the Mayan, went to the soccer game, stayed the night, went to Cabella's the next morning, had lunch with my brother Brandon, and headed home. The game was alot of fun and we had really good seats. We were about half way between mid-field and the goal, and 5 rows up. She had a blast which made it all worth it. Quick trip though!!

Banana Bread and Blueberry Muffins

2009-10-09T13:07:00.000-07:00

We had a good morning this morning!! We woke up and made blueberry muffins for Daddy for breakfast. Yummy!! Then we made some banana bread to take around to some friends. (Hope they turned out good, I didn't even try any of it before I gave it away!) Evan wanted to lick the beater, which at first I thought was kindof gross where it was bread, but then I thought, well what the heck. If it is gross he won't eat it. Suprise!! It was pretty yummy! Skylar has a doughy dirty face and then add muffin crumbs to it. Too cute!! Like her forehead?? Haha! Poor girl!

My "big" little girl!!

2009-10-09T12:57:00.000-07:00

So this first picture is of one of Skylar's owies. (It is on her top left of her forehead.) Recently she thinks she is a big girl. Miss independant!! She likes to feed herself and doesn't like to sit in her high chair anymore. Which is ok. Well, the other night she was sitting at the table (a tall table) and she fell off her chair. It took me a while to figure out why she had 2 lines going accross her forehead on her goose egg. Then it came to me!! It is the grout lines of our tiled floor!! I guess she basically fell flat on her forehead. I hate it when this happens!!! Makes you feel like a bad mom.....even though I know I couldn't do anything about it.

This picture is of another owie she got 3 days before the other one. I am not sure what happend with this one exactally. Her and Evan were playing on my treadmill and she must have fell and hit her eye. Poor girl!! She is only 19 months and she get's hurt alot more than Evan who is 3!! I think I have my hands full with this little girl!!!

Oops!!

2009-10-07T14:53:00.000-07:00

So I forgot to post these pictures on my last post. But while we were camping, my aunt bought these different halloween decorations for the kids to make. Totally adorable!! So here are some pictures of us putting them together and some of my kiddo's finished products. Love them!!

Our most recent camping/hunting trip

2009-10-07T14:33:00.000-07:00

These two pictures were of all the kids on Grandma and Grandpa Greats new toy. The kids were adorable!! And in next 3 are Evan and Skylar playing in the creek. At first they had clothes on. Then Evan wanted his shorts off, so Skylar did also. Then he wanted his shirt off so Skylar did also. He tried taking off his underwear, but didn't let him get that far. Lathered them up in sunscreen and let them play. They were in the water the majority of the time.

This was a loooong camping trip. 12 days. Yep you saw right 12 days!! Derek took a week off of work (which is 4 days) then add his 2 weekends in it which are 4 days each, add them together and you get 12 days!! I made a deal with Derek, I would not complain about his humting this fall if he would finish remodeling our basement. So no complaining here. I am not sure I am up for anymore camping this year though. So I think our Salmon Steelhead fishing trip is out. Which is a highlight of my year. But oh well.....I am ready to stay home for a while!!

Time flies when you are having fun!

2009-10-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

So I don't have alot of fun stuff to blog about. No vacations, no parties.....all we have been doing all summer is camping. Which is a blast. Here are a couple of cute pictures. These two are of Skylar. Dirty like always. But adorable none the less.

So Grandma and Grandpa B bought this new blind to use for hunting. The kids loved it. It was like this new fort that had windows and a door to look out of. They were hilarious!

And this one is of a different camping trip, but this is the only picture I took that weekend. Wierd. But this is a cute one. Evan's face is all chocolaty. Yummy!

Evan's Birthday Party. (3rd)

2009-07-28T09:51:00.001-07:00

So my little boy turned 3 this month. :( Makes me sad. Oh well. Anyways, he wanted a Mickey Mouse theme. I had to go buy some toys to put on his cake, and I think it turned out really good. We had some friends come over and play in the pools and slip n slide and had pizza and cake and ice cream. It turned out really good. Thanks to all that showed up.

Derek's Suprise BBQ B-Day Party!

2009-07-02T20:24:00.000-07:00

So it is Derek's birthday today!! Happy Birthday babe!! Well he is working today, so I decided to do a suprise party for him. I looked in his phone and found all of his friends phone numbers and was in contact with them all week while he didn't know.... Alot of fun!! I planned a BBQ tuesday night and invited all our friends and immediate family members. Derek's mom and dad got him out of the house for me so I could set things up. With the help of my mom, we got it all done. He was sooo suprised when he came home and saw all of his friends' vehicles infront of our house. All in all I think we had about 25-30 people plus kids who were all in swim suits playing in the swimming pools. As for his birthday present... I just bought him a riding outfit for his dirt bike. He looks pretty good in it!! :) It was a good night. Thanks to all who helped me in planning this suprise and to all our friends who made it over. We both appreciate it all!! Love you babe!! Happy Birthday!

Random pics

2009-06-16T15:37:00.000-07:00

So this is the last post today! I promise! Here are just a couple of cute pictures of my kids! Gotta show em off. I finally got skylar's hair into a pony tail. She looked ADORABLE I think! :) She is just growing up too fast. Another picture is both her and Evan sitting in their wagons in the kitchen reading books. It was rather quiet which usually means they are into something they shouldn't be, but this is what I found. I thought it was so cute. Anyways, sorry so many posts. I need to just keep up on it.

Hogal Zoo

2009-06-16T15:21:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we took a quick day trip to Utah to see my cousin and her baby (which is in Primary Children's Hospital). We went to Hogal Zoo and met up with my brother Brandon. The zoo was alot of fun. Evan really liked it. He is into animals right now. Skylar could have cared less :) She liked the animals a little I guess. She would point to them and talk, but No idea what she was saying :) I asked Evan which animal was his favorite and he said "oh, just the turkey's" Out of all the animals.....just the turkey's! Funny kid. After that, we went and saw my cousin and visited with her then took her out to dinner. It was nice haning out with her and catching up. We had such a fun day and the kids were exhausted they slept the whole way home! That's always a plus!

Memorial Weekend

2009-06-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

We went camping up to Medicine Lodge on Memorial Weekend. It was a blast. When we first got there though, there were HUNDREDS of cows in our camp site. I got a couple of cute pictures of the kids looking out the window at the cows. While Derek and I were trying to set up camp, we just left the kids in the camper to play. As I walked into the camper I saw Evan walking from my bedroom carrying a 22 rifle. Kindof freaked me out! I didn't know they were anywhere he could get to! Anyways, I asked him why he had the rifle and he told me that he was going to go shoot the cows. Totally funny! I had a hard time convincing him that we don't shoot cows. When I told him that he couldn't shoot a cow, he said ok mom, you do it. When I told him that I wasn't going to shoot a cow he said, Daddy will do it! He's a funny kid! That weekend had beautiful weather. Only rained a couple of times :) The kids had a blast and got FILTHY dirty. Especially Skylar. She is just walking, so she fell down alot. But what do you do?? Let them have their fun and give them a bath before bed time :)

New bathroom!!

2009-06-16T15:01:00.000-07:00

So we finally got our bathroom done. It's been done for a while, but I have been a slacker and haven't posted anything for a while. So here are a couple of pictures of the kids in their new tub! YAY!

My Birthday Suprises!

2009-05-02T10:06:00.000-07:00

So I haven't posted anything for a while, sorry!! And there is no pictures this time...sorry again!! So my birthday was last Saturday and it was an awesome day. Derek had the kids go to my parent's house for the night and he had my whole birthday planned and it was all a total suprise to me. We started out by having dinner reservations at The Cellar which was pretty good, but too spendy! After dinner we had reservations at Destination's Inn which is a themed suit hotel. It was a blast. We stayed in the "Rome" room and it was beautiful. There was big pillars all over the room, fountains, a big tub with lights in it, and a steam shower (which Derek loved and I hated). When we got there they had a bottle of Sparkling Apple Cider on ice for us and cheesecake in the fridge. It was way fun. As most of you know, the weather here on Saturday was nice, so when we woke up on Sunday I had flip flops a short sleeved shirt on and no jacket, but when we looked out the window it was a BLIZZARD! There was 2 inches of snow on our truck. Totally suprised with the change in weather. When we went to pick up the kids, we stayed out to my parent's house and played games for a while. Which is always fun. We met some friends and family up at Heise Pizza for dinner which was way yummy. Derek suprised me there with an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. I looove ice cream cakes!! I had such an awesome birthday with alot of supises. Thank you Derek for everything. I love you!!

Bath Time!!

2009-04-06T18:26:00.000-07:00

So we are re-doing out upstairs bathroom, and until it is finished, the kids get to take a bath in the kitchen sink....FUN!!! They don't mind it. They actually think it is fun, but I can't wait for the bathroom to be done. If anything, I got some cute pictures out of it!! I'll post again and show pictures of them in the new bathroom. These are some stinkin cute pictures:)

Spring Fever

2009-04-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

So we went to Salmon the last two weekends camping. For the most part it was beautiful weather. The worst part was last week trying to drive home during a snow storm. It usually takes about 4 hours to drive, not pulling a trailer, but it took us 7 1/2 hours. My poor kids..... That's all I can say about that. Anyways, up camping we had Evan's bike tied to Dakota's bike so that she could pull him around and he could get up the hill. It was HILARIOUS!!! They finally got to the point that they could go without Evan crashing. Poor kid!! He had a blast though. I looove camping!!

Skylar's 1st Birthday

2009-03-20T19:37:00.000-07:00

So my baby girl turned one.... :( It makes me kindof sad how fast time goes. But the day was pretty good. We had two cakes (which were both super cute). One had tinkerbell on it, and then there was a small cake to match just for her. By the end of the night, she was covered in Hot Pink frosting. It was too cute. We ended up doing two different parties. It is kindof hard to have birthdays when the weather outside isn't good. So one night we did a party up at Heise Pizza and invited all the friends and their kids. Then on the night of her birthday, we did a Potato Bar dinner and invited all the family. It was fun getting together and Skylar got alot of cute cloths and some fun toys. Thanks to all who came. I LOVE YOU SKYLAR!!!! Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!

Becoming Child-like

2009-02-22T20:15:00.000-08:00

It is crazy how much a little boy makes you think about things. Somewhere in the scriptures it talks about become like a child. (I don't know scriptures very well, but you get the idea). I never really understood what it fully meant until I became a mom. For instance, the other day I was driving out to my parent's house and Evan made the comment "WOW"!! I asked him what he was talking about and he said "Trees are pretty". Which they were. It was one of those days when the trees were all frosted and it looks like a winter wonderland. I have always thought it was pretty, but when he said that, I looked at it differently. I looked at it through his eyes. How it would look seeing that for the first time. It totally changes the way you look at things. Now all the time, I watch my kids play and try to see what they are seeing, especially when they are seeing or doing something for the first time. It totally makes you appreciate EVERYTHING. I think that is the whole meaning of that scripture. Become like a child and appreciate everything, enjoy the beauty around us, take time to look at things and appreciate all that Heavenly Father has given us.... I appreciate more, and I am always in amazement since I have started doing this. Give it a try.....

About the Cox Family

2009-02-18T09:59:00.000-08:00

So I am just getting started with this blog stuff. I hope I can make my blog as cute as the ones I have looked at.....Hopefully. Anyways, I met Derek about 4 1/2 years ago and got married after 9 months of dating. Our 4 year anniversary is coming up in March and I can't believe how fast the time has flown. We have had alot of fun, and brought two precious kids into our family in the last 4 years. Derek's beautiful daughter, Dakota, is 13 and loves to play soccer. She lives in Rexburg with her mom and Step dad and goes to school in Idaho falls. Evan is 2 1/2 and is my favorite little boy. He is such a sweet heart and is one of my best friends. Skylar is turning one on March 6th, and it makes me sad. I can't believe how fast this last year has gone. She is mommy's little Princess and I love her to death. Both of my kids make my day. I can't believe how funny little kids can be. They are the funniest people I know. We live in Rigby and Derek works out to the Site. I am thankful for his job, which allows me to stay home with my kids. I am working on starting my own business, I will let you know about it more when I get it officially going. Hopefully soon. Anyways, It is good to look at everyone's blog and see what they are up to. I am glad things are going good for all my friends. Love you all