Tag: Family
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The Great Outdoors
Well we somehow pulled it off. We managed to squeeze in a quick camping trip to Yosemite a midst what has been a crazy busy and somewhat stressful summer. And I’m SO glad we did!! Instead of the whole Cox fam this year, it ended up just being our little family, and my sister Joanne’s…
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Celebrate Good Times…
Today was Mother’s Day. Here’s what I got: a sleep in, breakfast in bed actually made by the kids, two bouquets of flowers, a heart shaped Lego “cake,” a coupon from Danny for “being nice to Jake,” a hand-drawn, framed portrait of myself saying “I Am The Coolest Mom,” a flower shaped magnet with Danny’s…
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Happy Valley Vacay
First of all – what has happened bloggers? It seems like nobody is updating and nobody is commenting. I worry that people are too busy facebooking and tweeting to blog. LAME. I love blogs the best. Sooo if you are still reading this – speak up! I’m feeling neglected. But either way – this is…
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Auto-tune this Title
One day I aspire to write software as cool as autotune. An engineer who originally created software used to statistically analyze geographical features for oil/gas exploration, realized that similar algorithms could be used to process audio tracks and make even limited singers hit the correct notes. Other entertainers (rappers) playing with the software found that…
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Lazy Goodness
This is how the fam spent most of the day today – watching TV, in our jammies, under the blankets, and all crammed into our queen size bed… I HEART GENERAL CONFERENCE. Big breakfast, no early meetings, no church clothes, and crazy spiritual soup for the soul!! I love you technology for giving me the…
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A Beautiful Day
We had a busy weekend. Sunday was LJ’s baby blessing at church so we had a lot of family from both sides come into town. I was pretty nervous about how the day would turn out… These were the constant concerns running through my head: How will I fit 25 people into my small house…
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Thanksgiving… in December
I hate being late! And Thanksgiving was soo long ago. Everyone is totally over it and on to Christmas – but oh well. Here is my holiday post anyways… We made the long drive to Utah (thank goodness for DVD players and cheap gas!) where we stayed at my parents’ house for over a week.…
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Spilling the Beans
We kept a tight lid on this secret up until about a week ago – since then, there have been a few leaks. So we’re happy to now pull the plug and share the good news… Nef baby #3 is on the way! Almost 12 weeks along the way, to be exact. We’ve nicknamed this…
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Stars and Stripes
Well our post about the 4th is showing up on the 10th – but what can you do? Better late than never. We had a really relaxing, fun, LONG weekend – thanks to the fact that Brent not only had Friday off from work, but Monday as well. Score! We still don’t know why –…
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Witty title about Aspen Grove goes here
We have been traveling of late. Some reportage concerning our recent trip is here and here on my brother’s blogs. To those unfamiliar with BYU’s Aspen Grove Family camp, it’s located just up the canyon from Sundance (Robert Redfords ski resort area). Concerning the camp itself, Tami likes to think of it as a land-locked…
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Pretty Pictures
One of my bestest and funniest friends, Wendy, is the genius behind Blue Lily Photography. She was nice enough to take time out of her BUSY schedule and shoot some family pictures for us about 3 weeks ago. I’ve been wanting some Blue Lily photography in my house for a while, but I just kept…
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Why Do We Camp?
We generally camp at least once a year. And when I say camp, I mean in the dirt, in tents, around a campfire, without easily accessible showers. We use Coleman stoves for most of our cooking and have to be meticulous about storing all food and anything scented (toothpaste, lotion, etc.) away from our tents…