Updates on our very busy summer!

Well, as you all should know by now, our camera is still broken. So, no pictures of all the fun we've been having, but I am taking a few minutes here in the middle of the night to bring you up to date on where we've been and what we've been up to. I guess I should go back to the weekend of July 18, 19, 20 when we had a splendorific time at the Cox Family Reunion. It was our family's turn to make all the plans and set the theme for this year, and like everything else I do it all got put off to the very last possible minute; but it turned out to be great fun! Our theme was the Cox Family Olympics and we had a great time competing against one another in the games. We had originally planned to hold the Games at Helaman Hollow (church cabin in Scofield) but Girl's Camp would not cooperate with our schedule so we ended up going to Old Folks Flat up Huntington Canyon which was alot of fun. I would like to direct you to Matt's parents blog for lots of fun pictures and a little more details for those of you that are interested:) http://aroundthecoxcorner.blogspot.com/

After returning home from the reunion late Sunday night I spent Monday doing a little unpacking but mostly relaxing, boy was I pooped! Then on Tuesday the kids and I headed to Park City where my mom, sister and nieces were staying in a condo for the annual dance camp the girls participate in. We just hung out with them at the condo, enjoyed swimming in the pool, but mostly appreciated the chance we had to spend time with them and enjoy their company. We spent that night with them and on Wednesday we grabbed lunch and took the kids to play at the park. After eating as much as we could convince them to, the kids headed for the playground where Sadie immediately slipped and hit her nose on the jungle gym and ended up with a bloody nose. Once we got that cleaned up and back to playing for a bit they wandered through the park and got running down a grassy hill where Stetson tripped and fell, smacked his face into the ground and tried biting the tip of his tongue off. That led us to about twenty minutes of blood curdling screams and more drama than any room full of girls could ever muster up. We all survived it though and then had to go to the Village Candy Shoppe where an ice-cream cone and treats made everything much better. Afterward it was time to head back home to see our dear old dad, and enjoy watching him play ball.

Thursday, being the 24th was spent playing at the Legacy Center pool with our neighbors and friends, then a BBQ at Grammy and Papa's house. Which left Friday being a day filled with laundry and packing so we could go spend the weekend at Nana's house. We had tickets for dinner and a concert in the Wellington park which started at 6:30 so we were determined to get outta there by 4:00. We were pushing it, of course; but not by too far. Until we went out to the garage to start loading things into the van when Matt discovered Sadie and McCrae had emptied the gas can all over the garage floor. Boy, was he ticked?! Needless to say we had a huge mess that had to be dealt with, making us much later than we already were. I had my mom's dinner ticket along with ours in my wallet so she was anxiously waiting for us to get down there so she could have dinner with us. We finally made it to the Wellington Park at about 7:30 and was lucky to find they still had a small line of people waiting to be fed, so we jumped right in behind them. But, mom was nowhere to be found, I borrowed a friends cell phone and called her cell phone only to get nothing but her voicemail. So we went ahead and got our dinners and hers as well, which ended up being so delicious. We hung around visiting with friends for a while and eventually headed to mom's house at about 9:30. When we got there we found her there, and she was hot to trot. She'd been waiting there for us the whole time wondering where we were and calling Matt's parents to see if they knew when we had left. Oops....our bad!!

Well, then on Saturday I took the kids to watch the parade and get their own little stash of candy after which we had to hurry over to Huntington for Grandma Coxes funeral. It was really nice and we thoroughly enjoyed visiting with family. When everything was wrapped up over there we hurried back to Price to make an appearance at my mom's Cowley Family Reunion, and then Matt had to head back home with his parents. The kids and I have been staying the last few days at my mom's house, and boy have we been running like crazy!

Sunday was the typical, go to church, have a big family dinner, and cut hair for my aunt and uncle. On Monday we met our good friends, the Powell's at school lunch; then we went to the Helper pool to play. Our kids have so much fun together, we really miss not living close to them. Then that evening we went up Spring Canyon with some of Cody and Heather's friends to do some rock climbing, roast hot dogs on the fire and have a big group FHE. The kids really loved it, except for Sydney who swung backwards and hit her back side on the rock wall--Ouch! Tuesday was spent helping Nana scrub blinds and wash windows; then Sydney went to play with her friend Kelcee while the rest of us went to Racquel's house to get my highlights done and play with our cousins. After returning to Nana's house Sydney got to play with another good friend, Makenna, while we fixed dinner and mowed the lawn--then we got to go to Cold Stone for a yummy treat. Wednesday will be our last day here and we're going out with a bang! We'll be meeting Cody and Racquel and all the kids for school lunch in Helper after which it's back to the pool for more fun in the sun. I for one will be staying out of the sun though, since I ended up getting a little too cooked when we were there on Monday. Then it will be time for us to head back to city life, but more importantly we'll be heading home to be with our dearest Dad! It's been alot of fun spending this week with my family and some of our old friends, but I'm sure it will be nice to be home again and get back to our normal way of life--as crazy as it is!

P.S. Some pictures of the kids rock climbing may be posted from my mom's camera at a later date, so check back real soon.