Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Costa Vida y dieciséis

 Cole turned sixteen on May 11th.  He wanted to go to Costa Vida for dinner.  Grandma, Grandpa, Riley, Lindsay, Ryder, Ruby, Rydge and Adrienne joined us for good eats. Some of us went to see The Avengers after dinner too.  Cole has grown up so much these past few years.  Even just looking at his face he looks so old, not wrinkly old just mature old :) He is such a help around the house. He willingly does most of what we ask him too :)  He's doing so well in school, he took a practice ACT this year and they projected his score to be a 34 when he takes it next year.. That's quite a score, I know he can achieve it!  He took his first AP test for World History this year too.  We just got the results in the mail and he scored a 4!  5 is the highest so we are pretty stoked about that!  Let's get some more college credit for $95!  I hope he knows how much we care about him and how much we want to teach him how to handle things on his own. We want him to be a responsible problem-solving adult.  Those are some great skills and are not easy to come by... they take hard work!  He's on his way to getting there.  We are so glad he is a part of our family. He's come along way from our little Cole-y bug!  Love you Cole!


 
 Ruby, Tenley and Adrienne, trying to get Ruby to look at me was a chore!



 Cole, Maddy and Ruby
 Cole and his group date for his 16th birthday.  He had this planned for probably two months before his birthday.  Cole took Allison Simpson, Preston and Alea and Lindy.  They met another couple there at the movie theater.  So, even though they are all 16 and legal for dating, no one had their license long enough to be allowed to drive with other kids in the car so they had to get a ride.  As I was pulling out of the drive way and looked in my mirror with these kids I just had to say, "So, is this how you all imagined your first date going?"  I couldn't resist.  I was quiet the rest of the way, but I so wanted to follow them in and buy a ticket for the same movie just so I could observe. They saw The Avengers and loved it! Preston's parents brought them home and they came back to our house.  We all disappeared, but I had set the kitchen up for them to make milkshakes.  Ice cream, syrups, candy bars, fruit, etc...  They all had to be home by 10:30 so it was a short night.  Norm drove Allison home, with Cole, of course.  I think it was a fun night for everyone, but I'm sure they had pictured it a little different in their minds.

So, this is tossed in on Cole's birthday page, but it's really Mother's Day.  They were all making me Cafe Rio Salads for our fantastic Sunday meal.

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