Sunday Drive

Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads that we know! The picture to the right is of Jason's gifts from Elijah - he made him a paper tie, a #1 Dad ribbon and picked out an elephant card. It was all really cute. We just returned from a lovely Sunday drive. Our plan was to drive out to Las Colinas to go eat at a restaurant called Bahama Breeze, which was where we ate for our anniversary this past January. It was really good food and Jason had a cow over their yucca fries, so that's where he wanted to go. We drove 30 minutes to get out there and they had closed the place down - frustrating and disappointing! We decided while we were all the way out there that we'd take Elijah to see the famous Mustangs of Las Colinas and get his picture with them. So we drove to those and the fountain around them that makes them so cool was turned off, so we didn't even stop. Elijah still thought they were neat looking as we drove by, but I was getting more frustrated that my plan Father's Day plan was not working out like I had hoped. Jason said that he'd always wanted to go to eat at Boston's, a new sport's place owned by Babe Laufenburg, so that's where we ended up.....right back by our house. :-) By the time we got there, we had been driving around for over an hour and were really hungry, but the food was good and we enjoyed ourselves. So much for MY plans. God is showing me every day that His plans are far better than mine and that I don't need to get so frustrated when things don't go the way I had hoped. This second picture above is when Elijah was born and in the NICU, just a few weeks before Jason's first Father's Day. It's hard to believe that this is his 4th one and to see how much Elijah has grown in the past 3 years!!! I knew before Elijah was even born that Jason would be a wonderful father. Girls, you know how when you're younger and you imagine one day being married to a wonderful handsome man that will cuddle and play with your children? Jason far exceeded my expectations - Elijah lights up when he gets home and loves being with his daddy. Jason, someone is watching every move you make and I'm so glad that God is the one continually guiding your every move!


Last Saturday we heard that Boz the Bear was going to be at Family Christian Store in Richland Hills. Elijah LOVES Boz and so we decided to take him out there to meet him and get his picture with him. If you don't know Boz and you have preschoolers, check out the website here. It is the cutest Christian show and not annoying at all - the characters are cute, the music is cute and the lessons are great! My brother-in-law co-created a computer animation company called ReelFX in Dallas and they teamed up with the people who created Barney to make this show. We are lucky, since we are related to Dale, to get lots of free Boz stuff! This picture above is of Elijah and his aunt Lauren (or Laur-Laur) as Elijah calls her. Lauren is Jason's little sister who's going to be a junior at OC this fall (I can't believe it!). She came down to spend last Saturday with us and went with us to see Boz. Elijah always has tons of fun with Aunt Laur-Laur! This picture is from the spring when we went to see her in Spring Sing at OC.

The latest news in our family is that Jason's little brother, Brad, is now engaged to his girlfriend of one year, Nova. They are getting married next June 7th, on Jason's birthday, at Lake Travis near Austin. We had them over for dinner and a game of 42 last night, and are so excited that Nova is going to be part of our family!!! Nova, we love you and are so happy you will officially be a Cox now - we just hope we don't scare you off! :-)

I will try not to wait so long in between posts next time - it is birthday month around here and so we are busy, busy, busy! First Jason's, then my niece turned 13 last week (Katherine, you are making me feel so old!), then my dad's and sister's next week and then mine the next. Add Father's Day in there and that makes for a very busy and expensive month! Happy Father's Day again - hope you enjoy the blessing of your children!