Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Hayden and Peyton's Christmas Programs 2011

Just click and enjoy...they're hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=P0o7FnMHMFk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlHBWoMAzF8&feature=player_detailpage

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Mamama

Today marks the 5th anniversary of Mamama's death. I cannot believe it has been that long. I still miss her so much and wish she could be here with us. We love you Mamama!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Bragging Rights!



Mindy and I finished the Rock-n-Roll FULL Marathon (26.2 miles) in 4:58 (hrs/min) yesterday!!!! It was Mindy's 2nd marathon and my very first full!!! We rocked it!!! We finished our half-way point (13.1) at 2 hrs 6 mins!!!! It got sooooo hot and they were hosing us down every mile or so. Five people collapsed and one person even died during the race, so needless to say, we are thankful to have finished as well as we did and our hearts and prayers go out to those families of all the injured. It's just terrible. I didn't realize running was so dangerous.
In spite of all of that, I am so proud of us!
Yay Team Spindy!!!
Love,
S:)

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Birthday Josh!!!!!

Have a Happy Halloween Birthday Josh!!!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Happy 2nd Birthday to Gage!!!

I know this pic of Gage is a year old, but I'm at work and don't have access to all my newer pics and I wanted to post his Happy Birthday message since I'm already a day late doing that! ;P We want to wish Gage Michael Kinkaid a Happy 2nd Birthday (yesterday)!!!! We love you!!!
-Cox Fam :)




Monday, October 17, 2011

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever

My favorite professor from Graduate School, Dr. Debbie Lopez, passed away last Friday, the 14th. She was not only an inspiring teacher, but she was a warm and caring friend. She had such a passion for life and literature. Keats was her favorite poet (she made him my favorite poet too) and I remember that she never could quite manage to get through any of his poems without getting choked up. This selection was one of her favorites. She touched so many lives and inspired so many of us to become teachers ourselves. Thank you, Dr. Lopez for being my Chair throughout my MA process, thank you for being my teacher so many times, thank you for setting a fire in my soul that makes me want to never stop learning. You will be greatly missed.








A Thing of Beauty (Endymion) by John Keats

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Strokes are Scary

Tuesday night my dad had a stroke. He has been in ICU for two days and his BP is very high. We are all in shock and trying to deal with everything. Hunter came to SA to be with us and that's been great. I'm sorry if I'm rambling; I'm still wrapping my mind around the fact that Daddy has had a stroke. I'm so grateful that mom got him to the hospital when she did and that the doctors got to him when they did. We know that evrything could have been a lot worse than it is. Thank God that it was caught when it was. Please keep daddy in your prayers. I pray that he continues to get stronger and healthier everyday. We have a long road ahead of us.
Love to all,
S

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Happy Birthday Poppy!!!

Today is Poppy's 71st birthday!!! We love you!!!


Monday, September 5, 2011

Congrats Uncle Mike and Aunt Mindy!!!!

Last week in Cabo on Aug. 28th, Mike and Mindy goy engaged!!!! We are so, SO happy for them and cannot wait until their wedding day!! We love you guys!
-S:)




Sunday, August 28, 2011

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Colschen

Congrats to cousins Michael and Lena who tied the knot yesterday! Many blessings to you both :)




Happy 4th Birthday Addison!!!


Happy Birthday (yesterday) to our oldest niece, Addison! We love you sweetie!




Saturday, August 20, 2011

Happy Birthday John and Ashley!

The 14th was Ashley's birthday and the 16th was John's! We love you guys and hope you had great birthdays!!!




Thursday, August 11, 2011

Happy Birthday Casey!!!

Happy Birthday to our dear friend, Casey!!! We love you!





Saturday, August 6, 2011

Happy Birthday Uncle Hunter!!!

Happy 24th Birthday Uncle Hunter!!!

(8-6-11)
We love you!
-S:)

Birthdays Galore!



Happy 1st Birthday to Preston (8-2-11)

Happy 5th Birthday to Cate (8-1-11)

Happy 3rd Birthday to Grace (8-5-11)



We love all you babies so very much!!!! We hope you all had very special days!!!!

Love,

S:)

Monday, July 18, 2011

Cabo Trip 2011 at OneTrueMedia.com

Sunday, July 17, 2011

June thru Mid-July 2011 at OneTrueMedia.com

Here is all our Summer fun so far all the way through our July 4th Cox/Pointer/Joachim/Colschen Florida Family Vacation!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Happy Birthday to Mimi!!!

Yesterday was Mimi's birthday and we hope she had a wonderful day! We love you very much!
-S:)




Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Honey's Birthday!


Happy Birthday to Honey! We love you and hope you have a great day!!!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Camryn's 2!!!!

Happy Birthday sweet Camryn!!! Camryn's 2nd birthday is July 1st! We hope you have a great birthday and we'll see you at the beach soon :)
We love you!!!
-S, D, H, and P :)



Thursday, June 23, 2011

An Anniversary, a Colonoscopy, and Heart Disease

Hello all. I hope everyone is continuing to have a wonderful summer! Things have certainly been interesting at our house lately. First of all, Davin and I celebrated our 8th Wedding Anniversary on Tuesday! Wow! Unfortunately we couldn't really celebrate as I had to get a Colonoscopy the next morning very early. Nice, right? Lol! I had to have several doctor appointments once school ended because I kept putting stuff off so I wouldn't miss work. I have been having some heart and stomach problems, but I think we are finally settled about everything. As for my stomach, the doctor says I have a spastic colon (spasms which have been causing a lot of pain) and likely microscopic colitis. We'll find out for sure once the biopsies come in. As far as my heart is concerned, I have high blood pressure and benign tachycardia---just an irregular heart rate. SO the doc has put me on beta blockers for the BP and cleared me to resume my marathon training, THANK GOD! I can't WAIT to run 10 miles tomorrow!!!!!! Davin and the kids are doing well. Hayden is just as sweet as ever and Peyton is LOVING her glasses! We're getting ready to go to Florida with Davin's family in a week and the kids will have LOTS of fun with that! Right after Florida, Davin and I are headed to Cabo, just the two of us! Sooooooo excited! Well, that's pretty much all that's going on here :) I'll post Florida pics if I can before we go to Cabo!
Love to all,
S:)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Father's Day 2011

Happy Father's Day Daddy!!!


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Peyton's "Gwathes" (glasses)!

Peyton has strabismus (a wandering eye--her left one) so Cousin Jennifer (also our Optometrist) prescribed glasses for her for 6 months to see if her left eye gets better. She LOVES her new "gwathes" (glasses)! Lol!
Love,
S:)




Thursday, June 9, 2011

Happy 28th Birthday to Aunt Angel!!

Yesterday was Aunt Angel's 28th birthday! We love her so much and hope she had a wonderful day!




Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Rest of the May Birthdays

Happy Birthdays to my Aunt Catherine and my friend Stacey on May 17th :) And a very Happy Birthday to Unle Mike on May 18th (the big 3-0), and Aunt Mindy on may 23rd. We love you all!
-S:)








Sunday, May 15, 2011

April and May Birthday/Celebration Catch-up :)

I have been a horrible blogger lately! I have had quite a bit going on concerning the job hunt for next year and also having some medical stuff to take care of, that we should find out more about soon. Buuuuttttt, in the meantime we had one birthday in April and we have started the crazy birthday month of May and I wanted to post belated birthday wishes to those who have already had their bdays! We love you guys!
Love,
S:)



Happy 29th Aunt Taryn! We love and miss you!



Happy Bday to Aunt Peggee! We love you!


Happy Mother's Day 2011

Happy 30th Bday Uncle Heath! We love you!

Happy 30th Birthday Aunt Denisha! We love you!














Saturday, April 23, 2011

Hayden and Peyton's Easter Fun :) at OneTrueMedia.com

Friday, April 15, 2011

Hayden/Peyton Fiesta Parade 2011 at OneTrueMedia.com

Welcome, baby Forrest! Congrats Courtney and Phil!

Hello all! Our good friends Courtney and Phil welcomed their first child, a boy named Forrest, into the world on April 13! Here are a couple of picture of the new family :) We are so happy for the Wallgren/Schoenfeld families! Love, S;)

Proud Papa:)

Proud Mama:)

Monday, April 11, 2011

Happy 6th Birthday Connor!!

Today is my Godson, Connor's, 6th Birthday!!! I cannot believe he is SIX!!! Crazy!!!! Happy Birthday! We love you!

Friday, March 25, 2011

Happy 28th Aunt Erica!

Yesterday was Aunt Erica's 28th birthday!!! We all had so much fun at her birthday dinner last night! We love her very much! Happy birthday!
-S:)


Saturday, March 19, 2011

Kade and Kynlee's 1st Bday Party!

A Birthday and an Anniversary :)

Yesterday was Papaw's birthday and Aunt Amber and Uncle Carson's 5th Wedding Anniversary! We hope everyone had a wonderful day! We love you all very much! Muah!
-S:)

Happy Birthday Papaw!
Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary Aunt Amber and Uncle Carson!



Monday, March 14, 2011

Happy 1st Birthday to Kade and Kynlee Hays!!!!

I can't believe these two lil munchkins are already a year old! They are so precious and we know that their mommy and daddy (and grandparents and aunts and uncles) are so proud of them! It's been so much fun to watch these babies grow and I look forward to celebrating more of their birthdays with them! We love you Hays family!
Muah!
-S:)

Our Baby is TWO!!!

I cannot believe that our baby girl turned 2 on March 9th!!! Time really does fly once you have kids! I can still remember every detail of the day she was born. We knew she would complete our family and she did in every possible way. She is our last baby and we are trying to treasure every little "baby" moment we have left with her since we won't experience those again until we're grandparents, lol! We are so blessed to have our little Peyton Sophia! We love you sweet pea!
-S:)

Peyton's 2nd Birthday Fun!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

My Birthday...ugh

Well, yesterday marked the beginning of my very last year in my 20s! 29?!?!?! I can't be 29; I just turned 25 a little while ago didn't I? Oh my gosh...next year...30. I refuse to turn 30, so I'll just turn "twenty-ten" instead. Why is it that once you have children your life seems to go by so much faster? I can't believe I have a FOUR-year-old son and an ALMOST TWO-year-old daughter! That's just nuts! Anyway, even though I wasn't happy to turn 29, once again, my family and friends made my day so special and I know that I am so blessed to have you all in my life! Thank you so much for making another year of my life so wonderful :)
Love to you all,
S:)

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Happy 36th Birthday Aunt Amber!

Aunt Amber had a birthday yesterday and we hope it was a GREAT one!!! I would have blogged yesterday, but it was nuts here in SA with all the "rolling blackouts" and whatnot...jeeez. Anyway, Happy Birthday to Amber! We love you!
-S:)

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Hayden's 4th Birthday!!!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Happy 4th Birthday Hayden!!!

Well, our little man turned 4 years-old yesterday! I cannot believe that we have a four year-old. It seems like yesterday we were holding him in our arms at the hospital :) He made us a family four years ago and we really can't remember what our lives were like before he came along. He wanted to go eat at The Magic Time Machine last night for his birthday, so we took him (again). He LOVES that place. This weekend we'll spend time with lots of family and have a SUPER-FUN birthday party tomorrow, so check back for more pics!
Love to all,
S:)

Hayden's Birthday cookie from his new girlfriend,
Lara Croft ;)
Hayden with Lara Croft

I tried to get a pic of them together...didn't

My FAV lil man :)



My guys!




Hayden with his blue potion







Saturday, January 22, 2011

Fun Weekend with Mommy... I hope!

This weekend, instead of doing our usual stuff we do (errands, board games, playing outside--weather permitting) I thought the kids an I could try something new while Davin is out of town again. Last night, Mindy went with me to take the kids to eat at The Magic Time Machine Restaurant and they LOVED it! I had never been there before (so of course, the kids hadn't either), and all I knew about it is that there were different theme areas around the restaurant and that the staff all dress up like storybook characters, movie/tv characters, superheroes, etc. We were seated in Tinkerbell's Tree house and had her as our waitress and the kids thought it was awesome! They REALLY loved their "potion" drinks (as you can see in the pic below) because they bubbled and steamed, hahahaha! So, today we are going to attempt to go see Tangled...just the kids and me. I'm nervous, but hopefully we'll all make it through alright. I'll keep you posted ;)
Love to all,
S:)


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Gearing Up for Hayden's Transformer-themed 4th Birthday Party!!!

Hi everyone! I hope your 2011 is off to a very good start! As soon as NYE was over, I had to start putting together Hayden's birthday party! We're REALLY excited about his party this year because this will be the first party of his that won't be at our house. We're having it at a super cool place called, Pure Fun (http://purefunparty.com). It's kind of like a Pump it Up: it has bouncy houses, slides, cool trikes to race, play houses, a party room, etc. We invited all of Hayden's friends from his class at school, so we might have quite a few kids in addition to all the cousins who will come anyway. We're hoping that lots of Hayden's friends and most (if not all) of our family can come. All I have left to do is order balloons, get party favors, and get the cake! My friend Christina is making his cake and I KNOW it will be amazing! She is truly a culinary artist! Anyway, we hope to see you all there!
Love,
S;)

Check out Hayden's invite below!!!!


Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy 2011!!!!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year! We all had a great time and are very much looking forward to what 2011 holds in store for us all!

Amber and Carson NYE 2011

Davin and me NYE 2011






Hayden's Day with Honey and Poppy

Hayden spent the night and day with mom and dad this past week and had LOTS of fun! He played Ants in the Pants, did puzzles, played dominos, dinosaur bingo, and even shaved with Poppy! Enjoy the pics below!
Love to all,
S:)

Shaving with Poppy





"Yay! I won Dinosaur Bingo!"



Honey messed up :(