Vacation Day 2
Woke up to a beautiful sunrise this morning. It’s amazing that with no alarm set, I was wide awake at 6am.nBraden and I went for a mountain bike ride. The trails are short and pretty easy. We fired up the Coleman stove and had bacon and eggs for breakfast....
Vacation Day 1
We left San Angelo at 1:00pm (right on time) headed to New Mexico to start our family vacation. We loaded the camper and pickup with enough stuff that you would think we were moving to New Mexico. Our first stop is Brantley State Park (only $14 per night). We...
New Mexico
Spending a couple of days with my parents in New Mexico. It snowed 12-18 inches a couple of days before we showed up so our car wouldn’t make it up the road to my parent’s cabin. We parked the car down the road.nnWe took the kids out sledding this...
Battleship
nnWhat we did before there were video games. nnThe kids are enjoying a nice game of battleship at Nana’s house. nnNana doesn’t have a PlayStation, Xbox or Wii. It’s old school but lots of fun....
Our House
nnBraden and I mowed the yard this morning. Fall is here for sure. We have six oak trees in our yard and the leaves never stop falling. Mowing this morning was more like vacuuming than cutting grass....
Sleepy Kyndal
nnKyndal has been sick this week. I think the medicine caught up with her. She fell asleep at the table doing her homework....
Bye-bye Facebook
Well it has been too long since I last updated. When we got back to the USA, I started using Facebook as a way to update and pretty much neglected the blog. Facebook continues to be a major frustration to me. I like to use Facebook as a one-way...
The Mother Lode
New English teachers from the USA showed up yesterday. My sister sent some goodies with them. We put most of the boxes back together for the picture. A good portion of the candy has already been devoured. Thanks Beck.nnnnWe now have five teachers here and the new manager for...
Happy Birthday Braden
Braden Perry Cox is 14 years old today. As a teenager, you can’t really get as excited as you used to about the big birthday party and all the new toys you hope you will get; however, our 14-year-old was up at 7 this morning and waking us up...