Cox Crowd: Fall Break

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Fall Break

Wednesday after school, we left for Jerome. I had bought the kids a few fun things to do in the car from the Dollar Store, and they were a hit! I had seen people use cookie trays for lots of things, and decided to buy one for each kid for in the car. Crayons can't roll off of it, puzzles can be done, and best of all, the twins can play with their magnets! It was great! When they get a little older I will let them use dry erase markers on them! :)

Visiting Papa and Grandma is never disappointing! We had so much fun! The kids love playing in the yard, with all Grandma's fun toys, and helping Grandma clean. :)

On your marks, get set, GO!

Papa's yard is always radiant, but I love it in the Fall!

Rolling down the hill.

This picture is from Summer, but I had to post it. We had a sad morning Friday morning, when we woke up and the family farm dog was sick. King died a little later at the Vet. This was the most calm dog! I think it is the only dog Jace has liked in his life! RIP in King, you will be missed.

Friday morning, we left for Muldoon! Papa and Grandma's cabin in the middle of no-where. It is one of my favorite places on Earth! We rode 4-wheelers (or Jeep, as Jace calls them) all day Friday and most of the day Saturday! It was lovely! I'm not even going to warn you, just know there are MANY pictures! :)

Here's Danielle and her boyfriend, Dave. Aren't they cute?

Riding 4-wheelers on dirty roads is dirty business! :) I always love the "dirty pictures" we take after rides!

Danielle took Dave thru the puddle and taught him how to get dirty! :)

Dave

Lyss

Dani

Lyss

Dave

Lyss

Dani

These two loved sitting on the Jeeps. If ever I couldn't find them, I knew right where to look!

We have a dirty picture like this from when Josh and I were dating - the first time he came to Muldoon with us.

College kids being silly!

We all walked down to the river for a bit, and Dani, Dave and Lyss ended up getting in! Brrr!

I love this one! Dani's face is hilarious! It was cold!

Dani had her sunglasses on, so Dave had to rescue them from down stream!

In goes Lyss!

Then the crazies moved to the pond!

DUNK!

Jace and Sophie came back from their ride to see what was going on!

In goes Lyss! "It squelches!!!" Ha ha!

My kids were slightly appalled at the spectacle!

I found these two out on the 4-wheeler "zoomming" to themselves. :) Cute brothers!

Pop Pop and the boys. Sweet.

Twins missing. Check the garage....yep, on the "jeeps."

That night we had a fire and roasted marshmallows. It was so fun! Pops looks like he is having the time of his life, doesn't he? :)

Thomas wasn't feeling well that night, and ended up throwing up on his way into bed. I think he just had eaten too much junk that day. He was fine the rest of the trip. :)

Kaley considered herself Dave and Dani's third-wheel all trip. She was always right by them!

This picture is super cute of Gramma and Sophie. Also, Pops is grinning....still! :)

Yes, it's upside down, but that's how it was taken. :) We were all laying on one tiny tarp, downhill, looking at the stars, and trying to stay warm. All while keeping our ears open for signs of cougars. :)

This pool table is lots of fun, when you don't have kids. With all those sticks flying every which way, it's a miracle no one got hurt!

Here we are Saturday morning for our early morning ride! Brrr!

Drew and Em were there too, I just don't have as many pics of them. :)

My kids could throw rocks into this pond all day long! Josh impressed everyone with his rock skipping skills.

I just love having twins. These two are the funniest little friends!

We also helped Papa cut down trees while we were there. I think there were 11 in all! What hard work!

Dad would cut down the tree, the cut off all the little branches, we would take the branches to the burn pile. The trunk was cut into chunks and then split for fire work. We had quite the process going on! Every one helped!