Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! The past two weeks have absolutely flown by and I can't believe I'll be going back to work on Monday (Nathan and Jacob get one more day of vacation!).

We started the break with a short trip to the lake to have Christmas with the Coxes. Jacob always loves visiting the lake because there is lots of room to run around and ride his bike! Nathan worked the following week (with the exception of Jacob's birthday) so Jake and I spent time at home playing, baking and having fun with friends. Of course, we spent Christmas Eve with my parents and then enjoyed the quiet morning at home (also trying to recover from a terrible cold that has seemed to last the entire break!). In the afternoon, we headed to my parent's house to have Christmas with the Finkelstein family, everyone was in town this year including my sister and her family and it was just so fun to get all six cousins together! Nathan took this past week off and we had a great time as a family! He went on a short trip to San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl and Jacob and I enjoyed some time just the two of us!

All in all, it has been a wonderful holiday season for the Cox household! We are so looking forward to ringing in the New Year with some dear friends tonight and welcoming 2012, which will be so exciting! We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating tonight and that your new year is filled with lots of fun!

I couldn't resist re-posting these adorable pictures of Jacob from a few years ago!

2009

Merry Christmas!

2008

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Computer Time!

Jacob just loves to play on the new computer he got for his birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Jacob!!

To celebrate Jacob's 4th birthday we decided to visit ICE at the Gaylord Texan. This year's theme was Shrek the Halls, so we knew Jacob would really enjoy it! The drive to the Gaylord wasn't bad, but the lines were outrageous to just get in to the experience!! We first lined up to had over our tickets, then wound around to enter the ICE theater where they showed a brief film about how the exhibit was constructed. Then, following the film we lined up to receive our parkas to wear (it's a chilly 9 degrees!) and were on our way to the final line to actually enter! Jacob (all of us, really) were getting a bit cranky at that point and were ready for the fun to begin!
While there were a lot of people, and it was a bit chaotic at times, we all really enjoyed it and had a great morning celebrating Jacob's birthday! When we were finished at ICE, we looked around the main area at the Gaylord, which was decorated beautifully and then headed home for a delicious birthday lunch at Los Charros! It truly was a fun day and we just can't believe that our little boy is four years old!!

At the end of the Shrek portion of ICE, there was an entire manger scene set up with the story of the first Christmas playing in the background. Had it not been for the crowds, we could have stayed here quite a long time enjoying the majesty of the beautiful ice sculptures that celebrate the birth of our Lord.

Jacob was happy to be out of his parka and enjoyed the fountains at the Gaylord!

Flashback Friday!

December 2008

Four Year Pictures

About a month ago, we met up with our photographer, Terry, at Frisco Commons. It was a beautiful, cool day and we couldn't wait to get some great pictures to capture Jacob at four years old! We had never been to Frisco Commons and didn't really know what to expect, but it was wonderful! Trails led into a little wooded area that would be any four year old boy's dream! Jacob had a wonderful time exploring and didn't want to leave!

Deck the Halls!!!