In the Last Five Days...

...The boys and I went for a family hair cut! 

Each of us had an appointment to get our hairs did, and for each of us it was a necessity... we were all victim of a little too much party in the back! 

But all of God's good and great gifts require a little patience don't they? Fine with the Cox boys... they've always got some business to tend to. And Mommy is always up for a photo-op... we were quite fine waitin' our turn!

Justin, Caden... I'm ready for ya! 

The boys decided that chivalry is SUPER overrated... so the DUDES went first on Saturday!

Cade-man was up first! Snip, snip... buzz, buzz...

This was Justin's first time to experience a Caden haircut... and Caden wasn't too thrilled by the time we were finished... no matter how many tricks Mommy had up her sleeve!

Poor little teary, snotty, passy-fied boy! :)

...We traveled to San Antonio!

Remember that business Jusitn was tending to earlier? Well, that business took him to San Antonio this week, so Caden and I decided that we'd hop a ride and spend some time with KK and Albi. Not that we need an excuse to go visit, of course! :)

San Antonio was good to us... we had lots of fun, ate lots of good food (as always), saw all of our favorite Evans' (minus Aunt Emily) and even got to go to the BIGGEST and BEST rodeo in the nation! Not bad, eh?

BUT, of course, we wouldn't be the Coxes and I wouldn't be Katie without a little D-R-A-M-A! It's only right... and fair that all the fun gets evened up with a few not so fun things!

If you know me well at all you know that at times I can be a little clumsy... like the time when I fell running around the Baylor Football field my freshman year. Or that time that I slipped on the stairs coming out of Chapel. Or like the other time when I dumped over a lounge chair at the pool and landed in the bushes.

Or like the time when I broke a plate on Super Bowl Sunday 2010! Yep... crash and burn! That poor plate didn't even see it coming! 

Or like the time when I tried to mute the TV because I swore I heard Caden crying through the monitor and while trying to step off the treadmill to focus on my muting and the monitor I missed and ended up crashing onto the MOVING belt and then was thrust against the wall, forced to roll off of the MOVING treadmill sideways to escape it's wrath... 

Yah like that time...

That I fell of the treadmill...

Sobbed...

And ended up with a picture that looked like this...

And let me just say that the picture does not do the UGLINESS justice... not even close.

OUCH! Is. all. I. have. to. say! Oh my!! It was scary... like how in the world will I ever get off of this thing, scary! And poor, sweet KK... she thought the worst when she heard me bound down the stairs in SOBS! She was convinced that I had received a call... a bad call... like someone ahd an accident and was injured and hurt or worse...

And in fact someone HAD had an accident and WAS injured and worse, but it was just me and it was just a run-in with the treadmill and while the treadmill definitely got in some good shots, I think I still won?! I'm walking... I eventually stopped sobbing... and my treadmill burn has succumbed to the power of Dermaplast! And these things are certainly worthy of a victorious celebration!

...And we went to the San Antonio Rodeo!

With my bum-knee in tow, Caden, KK and I decided to brave the cold weather and visit the San Antonio Rodeo on Tuesday. The weather was actually quite lovely with more sunshine than we had seen in WEEKS so a little nip in the air surely wasn't going to spoil our fun! 

I must say that I have been to a few rodeos in my day, but the grounds of the San Antonio Rodeo are by FAR the nicest, cleanest, coolest grounds EVER! We had such a fun time. I was in awe of the culture of the rodeo. I so enjoyed seeing all of the kids and their families who set up camp outside the pins of their animals, waiting for their turns to show their stuff in the rings. 

I loved hearing a grandma tell her sweet grand daughter who couldn't have been older than 8 how well she showed her hog! "You showed that Hog! You showed him!" AND those were her words... I could never make up something so great! 

And can I just say that there is something about a man in wranglers with poop on his boots... honestly, there is! I've always been one who prefers a guy who drives a pick-em-up truck, but if he steps out in boots and wranglers... DONE! In fact, the night I first realized I liked Justin he was wearing his boots and wranglers and we were two-steppin' at Southern Junction! Whoo-whee!

But I've digressed...

Back to the rodeo...

We didn't actually get to go to the rodeo because that is WAY past Caden's bedtime. But we went and participated in all of the daytime fun like...

The petting zoo...

I was kind of freaked out (okay really freaked out) by this llama! She/he was a very intense creature of the wild... 

And Caden got to ride on the plastic horse!!

And see the HUGE horses... bigger than a Clydesdale! We even found one named Hank, just like Caden's horse!

We visited Elsie the cow... 

She started peeing as soon as Caden started petting her... and if you have never heard a cow pee... well it is LOUD!!

And we did a bunch of other fun things that are not pictured...

Ate a yummy snack, took a fun picture at the AT&T booth, watched the Swine Races (SO FUN), visited all of the booths, bought some lip enhancer lip gloss (courtesy of KK the sucker!) and RAN WILD!! Caden was TIRED and so were KK and I after it was all said and done!

What a day at the rodeo we had!!

Our trip to San Antonio ended with a pretty low-key day and a rainy trip back to the Rock! We are so glad to be back in our home, but not because we didn't LOVE every minute we spent in San Antonio. We just like home. 

A huge thanks are in order to KK and Albi though!! Thank you for rearranging your routine to host the Cox Circus! We appreciate the meals, the tender lovin' care and of course the fun! You two are still full-time parents... gotta love it!! We love you!!! 

Friday we hit the road again for Waco to celebrate Paps' birthday! .

Stay tuned!