Happy Easter

Well here's to another busy week. We have been watching the family car wash again while Deven's parents are in Australia for his dad's work. We don't mind helping out but it keeps Gracie and I busy. We still tried to squeeze in some Easter fun. Gracie went to her first primary activity. They had an Easter egg hunt at the church. She had fun gathering up some Easter eggs. We finally got to die Easter eggs on Sunday afternoon. This is the first year she has really gotten into it so it was a lot of fun. Of course the Easter bunny found her, she woke up really early to see what he left her. With Deven's parents gone we had a small Easter dinner with Grandpa Dell. But it was fun. He told us lots of stories and we always enjoy hearing about his adventures. We had a simple but great Easter and hope everybody else had the same. So Happy Easter everyone!!! Love the Cox's

Road Trip

Road Trip.... We haven't done one of these in our family for a while so we were excited. We were heading back to Arizona for Lisa's wedding reception down there. Gracie and Sarah were so excited when we pulled into Phoenix. It had been a long road trip but they had there sun glasses all ready, and nice weather it was. I had been looking forward to some sun for a long time. We got to go back to Phoenix zoo which was a big hit for all the kids. The rest of the time they spent at Uncle Matt's house swimming and working on there golfing skills. They couldn't get enough of the good weather. But by the time the reception rolled around Saturday afternoon, Gracie crashed and slept through half the reception. It was a lot of fun to road trip it with my whole family of course the kids had their moments, but they did pretty good. We only wish we could have stayed longer there was so much we wanted to do and lucky us hit a huge snow storm on the way home, that really made Deven and I miss our home in Arizona this was our favorite time of year there.

Happy Birthday Gracie Girl

Well it is hard for us to believe, but Gracie is 4. We had a small party with Deven's family and close friends. Gracie chose a unicorn party. Time has flown by. I still remember how small Gracie was when we started medical school and we kept saying Gracie will be 4 yrs old when you graduate. It seemed so far away and I thought we would never be done with school, but time has flown and Gracie really is 4 and we really will be done with school in a couple of months. As I look back on this journey I can't believe all that has happened and all that hasn't happened. We are just so thankful each day that we have at least been blessed with Gracie and love all of her personality and all the joy that she brings into our lives. We love you Gracie, Happy 4th Birthday!!!

Lisa's Wedding

Well it's official Lisa is now Mrs. Liljenquist. We had quite the weekend as my little sister got married. It was a lot of work, but so much fun. She got married in the Manti temple and in the same room Deven and I got married in. It was a cold day, so I didn't get all the pictures I wanted to cause Gracie was freezing and just wanted to be held. But it was fun to spend the day with the family. I had to show the picture of Lisa cutting her cake, because the cake was made by my sister Sharon. She is so talented, it was her first wedding cake and it turned out GREAT!!! Congratulations Lisa and Matt.

Happy Valentines Day

WE JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, LOVE DEVEN, SHIRLYN, AND GRACIE

The Beginning of February

Well we are excited to be in the month of February. We have had a busy week. We started the week off with a huge snow storm, and spent one night just taking in all the snow, it snowed all day long. I can't believe how much snow we have here. But I sapose it is a good thing we need a good winter. But this weekend was a really nice change. The sun was out all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I wanted to spend all afternoon outside enjoying the semi warm weather and the SUN, I love the Sun!!! Gracie got invited to a princess party this weekend and she was so excited that a princess came and visited. She talked about it all day, it is amazing how fascinated she is with princesses. Finally on Saturday night we decied to try out the ice skating rink. We thought we should take advantage of this, since I don't think there will be ice skating in Hawaii. Gracie had a blast, it took her a lot of convincing and a lot of warming up but by the end she was catching on and could hold her own around the rink, of course we had to hold her hands but it was so fun to see her and watch her confidence grow.

I've Been Tagged

This is actually a lot of fun. I have had a lot of fun reading everybody's answers. It was also fun to take a trip down memory lane.

1. Best thing you cooked last week. Well I have been working in the evenings and so I have left the cooking to Deven. I think the last thing I cooked was spaghetti and it was probably a couple of weeks ago. I am happy to say that I will be done working in just a couple of weeks and I am so excited to start cooking dinner again.
2. If money, time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and with who? I would love to go back to Italy and spend all the time that I could enjoying the entire country, especially the food and the laid back life style.
3. When was the last time you cried? Well I have been quite emotional this past week, Poor Deven, and I can't blame it on pregnancy. But I cried when I heard that President Hinckley passed away- may be that is why I have been emotional this past week.
4. 5 things you were doing 10 years ago? It is crazy to think this was all ten years ago- seems like just yesterday. 1- I hanging out at Snow College with fun roomates and friends, then I got to go to BYU with some of those same awesome people. 2-I was working at at small Physical Therapy Office in Ephraim, UT. 3- I was crazy and did my first and only year of summer classes at BYU. 4- I married off 3 of my roomates ( There was only 4 of us) 5- I was the FHE leader of our student ward- Cheesy as it was, this turned out to be my favorite calling in college)
4. 5 things you were doing 5 years ago? 1- I met and married Deven 2- Went on my first trip to Italy 3- Moved to Caldwell, ID 4- Was working as an athletic trainer at Emmet High School (I loved that job) 5- We were applying for medical school
6. 5 things you were doing 1 year ago? 1-I was living in Glendale, AZ 2- I was loving Deven's new schedule in medical school, he started rotations and I got a husband in the evenings and on the weekends 3-I got to do a lot of traveling 4- I moved back to Utah to be by family 5- Gracie started pre school (What a busy year )
7. Seven of your favorite hobbies. 1- I love running 2- sewing 3- Spending time with Deven 4- I love hanging out with my sisters - this year I have enjoyed cathing up with Sharon since she has been out of the country for so long 5- Going on family walks and bike rides. 6- Visiting with family (We ar so glad we have got to be by family this year - Gracie has loved it) 7- Playing with Gracie - she has a lot of energy and loves to keep me involved in her play
8. Five favorite foods 1- Ravioles (Deven's home made ones) 2- Cheesey Patato soup ( I have been craving this since it has been so cold) 3- Sushi 4- Cesar Salad 5- Yogurt Chicken (Yummy)
9. Five places you've been ? 1- Italy 2- San Fransico 3- England 4- New York City 5- Hawaii
10. Five favorite memories? 1- Marrying Deven 2- Having Gracie 3- I have so many great memories from College I can't even begin to tell, I think about all the roomates that I had and I have to laugh, so many good times. 4- Living by Lisa last year before we moved back to Utah, we were both addicted to Gilmore Girls and took Gilmore Girls night very seriously. 5- I have a lot of great memories with good friends from medical school- we had some good times. ( I miss the many days we spent at the pool while our husbands were studying)

People I'm tagging: Rashelle, Stacey, Julie, and Becka