We all know the economy is in the crapper… Jobs are being lost, retirement accounts are shrinking… Now is the time for all of us to revert to a more common-sense approach to living… The Simple Life, if you will. We, the Cox’s, being relatively recent purchasers of a modest acreage (or Landed Gentry, […]

They faced-off several months ago on the basketball court… Now cousins are once again rivals… this time on the diamond! Kennedy and Kylie epitomize the “Bedlam” style rivalry that is Luther v. Jones, whether it be on the hardwood or the freshly-groomed sod. Kylie claimed victory in round one of the T-Ball Tsunami, […]

Kennedy had a ceremony tonight at Girl Scouts in which she (and the other girls) held flowers that represented certain qualities of Scouts and received a pin.  They then sang songs such as, “Poor little bug on the wall…” and other not-so-contemporary songs.  They even sang a couple that I sang when I was in […]

K. is the queen of questions. Her latest? Why does the Tooth Fairy bring me golden dollars and Makinlee paper dollars?

I didn’t even know there was such a thing at Luther Elementary School, buy K. came home from school today with a Tshirt on that said she was a member. So far this year, she has read enough books (and passed tests with 100% accuracy) to amass 100 AR points. Congrats baby! We’re so […]

Kennedy lost tooth number three (all on the bottom, strangely enough), during her math lesson at school yesterday.  I told her that she should have raised her hand and created a “number sentence.”  Kennedy has 22 teeth; if Kennedy lost one tooth, how many teeth would she have?  She got a big kick out of […]

Kennedy’s first Tball game of the season was tonight in Jones.  It was FREEZING!!!  Our team didn’t win, but that didn’t stop the girls from having fun.  It took an inning to get back into the swing of things, and boy did they.  Kennedy plays third base this year, mainly because she can throw the […]