sNOw SCHOOL day!!!!!!

What can be better than not having to go to school and getting to be with my kiddos at home.... snow! I have never in my life (that would be all &%$#! years of it) seen snow like this. It was gorgeous coming down with flakes the size of my palm and it was amazing when it settled - 1 ft. in our yard! We did have the BIGGEST SNOWBALL FIGHT EVER. Jackson built a fort to hide behind, Grace was more to using the scream and run to attack method and Maddie... well, we found her accessorizing the snowman which was hand crafted beautifully with the help of our incredible friends Shelli and Brett who grew up in Nebraska and knew how to handle all this. Walker held his own during the snowball fight even sneaking up on adults and pelting them in the back ... and then running for his life. It really was amazing.
We also did a little hillbilly snow sledding on a deflated plastic swimming pool and plastic tub lids due to the fact that NO ONE OWNED A SLED. The kids thought it was the bomb.... and they can talk about how hillbilly it was when they are older and blaming us for tacky things in their lives such as this.I love it! Great Memories.

The Cox Birthday Rounds.... Finale

Well, it is finally here... the finale of the birthday rounds - Jackson. We celebrated with a weeknight trip to Waco for a Baylor Men's Basketball game, which we won.... yes, we won.... and actually we have been winning... hmmm.
Turning 11 this year, just looking at our first born reminds me that time is ticking and going to be running right out my door before I know it. Of course, his father keeps telling him that he is moving out the minute he turns 18 and being ever mindful of when his birthday is, Jackson has concluded that he will have to finish his last few months of Highschool in a tent in the backyard or at Mimi and PawPaws. Jackson is our ever present reality check as he is the first to experience so many things. Some things Mom can handle, i.e. pitching for the little league championship, and some things Mama can't handle, little blonde girls on my doorstep. Don't even get me started on the fact that I am supposed to let him go to middle school in a matter of 7 short months. Gross. God really should erase all of one's memories of middle school so you can more easily send your young ones off.
Jackson loves pizza and hamburgers and rather not have to ever eat any vegetable. He loves fishing, sports and just being outside. If he could live with his cousins... he might consider it.
When I look at Jackson I see that same face that I was completely bewildered by the night he was born. I see the one who has always had my heart and brain as putty in his hands. I see the oldest of four who is torn between being the cool oldest one or just a kid in our family. I see a kid whose full life already has so much more ahead of him. I can't wait to see what God is going to do... and yet... I can.