Dad was asking Kimball which twin was which in his deacon's quorum and Kimball said, "You can tell by counting their zits!'
Cox Chronicles
Party of Five
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Temple Sessions and Kimball-isms
More January Happenings
One morning I checked on Ezra to see if he was awake yet and I found him sleeping like this - his head totally off the bed.
Nate Bargatze!!!
An Unusual Weekend
The day we got home from the bnb I was getting food from the garage freezer and discovered water running down the garage wall. Lance cut away the wood and sheetrock to figure out where it was coming from, and I had to hire and after-hours plumber to come fix that which turned out to be the pipe where the two upstairs toilets connect together. There's a huge 10 foot long hole in my garage that needs to be fixed. We also discovered the leak was improperly fixed from the previous homeowner so there was black mold everywhere - along the wood, sheetrock, insulation, etc. Gross! I'm still waiting for my handyman guy to come fix that gaping hole.
While at the bnb we found the bathroom sink leaks a tiny bit when water is running. We still have to replace that sink. Ugh.
So it was an expensive weekend and a bit frustrating but everything worked out just fine in the end. One of those times when so much goes wrong that you just have to laugh and count your blessings.
Random January Photos
Cora thought this was the best prank, "Mom, come quick, the toilet is smoking!" It always makes me laugh.
After school about 4:00 I couldn't find Cora. I found her fast asleep with her hand still bookmarking her page.
Cox Legacy
John: "So I have a second cousin, Judy King who has visited my dad's cousin June Zimmerman in NC, and she keeps finding photos I have never seen before. These are a couple of classic looking photos of your great grandfather, George Cox. I have the squirrel rifle that's in the photo. The girl in the photo is Maude Smith, my grandfather's second wife. They married in 1918. These have been colorized."
Monday, January 8, 2024
2023 Recap
- Kimball was ordained a Deacon by his Dad and did a baptism session at the Spokane temple for the first time
- Sadly, Jason Koyle passed away unexpectedly, and I was able to travel to UT for the funeral
- CORA GRATUATED SPEECH THERAPY AFTER 9.5 YEARS!!!
- Ezra and I flew to AZ for a short Lynn Pettingill reunion and got to pal around with Grandma Julie and Grandpa Goofy
- We went to Twin Falls and surprised Grandma Cox for her 70's birthday with a surprise family reunion at the cabin in Elba. We helped hide Kempton's family until the big reveal. Attended the temple with Isom for his first temple trip. We also had Pettingill cousin fun swimming, playing catch with Grandpa Goofy, sleepover at Grandma's, easter egg hunt, family pictures, and attended the temple where Charity received her endowment.
- I fixed up and staged the bnb so it's all ready to rent out - it took me 5 months
- Ezra lost his first tooth
- Lance got his Kharmen Ghia up and running and entered into a few car shows
- Kimball had a fun baseball season
- Biked around Gonzaga campus, hiked Pitcher and Bowl, lots of swimming and hiking at Bear Lake, Liberty Lake, Spokane River, and everywhere in between
- Went to Twin for our annual summer vacation-lots of cousin fun, little and big kids' camps (Kimball's first time white water rafting), swimming in Brad's canal, and the BEST girls trip to Boise for a night
- Kimball got his braces off!
- Went to Silverwood and the Moses Lake Temple open house
- Cora had a sleep study
- Had a GREAT glamping trip to Copper Falls, ID
- Kimball started middle school
- Charity came to live with us
- Saw Martina McBride in concert with Charity
- Cut down a few huge Ponderosa Pines
- Found out Cora has mild sleep apnea which I'm choosing not to treat right now since it is mild. Also found out she has some sort of auto-immune-something where her body doesn't make enough antibodies to fight off upper and lower respiratory illnesses. Still on the road to figuring out answers for that.
- Had an AMAZING trip back to Charleston with Dad's siblings
- Savannah came for a week to visit Charity
- Lance and I saw Dear Evan Hansen, Riverdance, Puddles, the comedian Ryan Hamilton, and Les Miserables
Christmas Break Activities
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Merry Christmas!
I didn't take any pictures of Christmas day aside from the gifts Donna made for the kids, and Ezra's super long sniper rifle. It's so big it made me chuckle.
Christmas Traditions
I had also planned for the kids to make these ugly sweater Christmas ornaments but as I started to make Christine's, I quickly found it to be very time consuming, lots of tiny details, and too much cutting for little hands. But I think these ornaments for Christine turned out hilarious!
Christmas baking! The kids helped me make caramel, two batches of fudge, party chex mix, chip dips, gingerbread cookies, and a few others I can't remember. We're still snacking away at them, yummy!