I heart my hubby

1. He spent all morning on the phone with the IRS. They said that Maggie didn't exist because of an inverted number in her SS number. She does exist and now they believe us. However we won't be able to get her as part of the stimulus package until next year. Good thing we weren't counting on it.

2. He is so cool that the Brethren church wants him to speak at the National Conference next week. He's going to kill me for talking about this. Want more details? Bug him on his blog.....www.stevencole.org

a couple of things

1.We took Maggie to the doctor today. She had to get her 4 year old shots. She was so grown up. She didn't even whimper as she got the shots. I was amazed.

2. She didn't pass her vision exam. We have an appointment on Wednesday at a pediatric eye doctor. I'm not surprised that she didn't pass. She squints her eyes at words far away to read them. The doctor said that she didn't expect 4 year olds to have perfect vision, however, her eyes were drastically different. In one eye, she got to the 5th line of the chart. In the other eye, she only got to the 3rd line. At least, we know that she looks cute in glasses. She loves to wear reading glasses!

3.My mom bought me a cookbook when I was about 10 years old. I loved it! I loved helping her cook in the kitchen. Unfortunately, I lost it in our house fire. I missed it, but didn't think about it until recently. Maggie wants to help in the kitchen. Guess what? Through the magic of ebay..................I got the cookbook that I loved in the mail on Saturday.

Lake Alpine (continued)

Owen, Maggie and Jessica being so silly. As soon as the picture was taken, they all ran to see the picture on the back of the camera. It's so funny that they all know that you should immediately see a picture!



Willie hiding behind a tree. I guess he was being incognito? He had so much fun on the trip! He loved the jeep the most. He laid in the snow and attempted to get in the water. He was so tired when he got home.








Daddy and Maggie fishing. They had some deep talks about important subjects like ear piercing and when she can get a cell phone!

Lake Alpine

We had a great time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We drove up to Lake Alpine after VBS on Thursday night. We met friends up there really had a good time. This first picture is of Maggie wearing a helmet!






Maggie loved this thing. It's like painting with water for the new millenium! There was a little water pen that painted the pictures over and over again in this little book. She's such an artist. She loves to color and paint. It was cute that even in the woods, she wants to color.





Isn't this a cute picture of Maggie and Jessica?! They had so much fun together (most of the time). They have a very competitive relationship, but generally have a lot of fun together.





Being silly again!

Yes, that's my husband!

I have posted some new pictures. You can see them here. http://picasaweb.google.com/coleminer77/LotsOfStuff

We have been some busy, busy people.

The first few pictures are our last days in Georgia. Maggie is wearing her "war eagle" costume!

Then, some pictures of Grandmother and Uncle Jonathan.

Then, we went to San Francisco with Tanya and Noah and their family. It was so much fun. Steven got picked out of the audience to hold a pole for this acrobat while she juggled fire.

I'm still here

I can't find the cord for my card reader and I can't upload pictures and I really don't like posts without pictures. Picky!!

I took this picture of Maggie today. She picked out this really pretty black dress with cut outs at the top of it.

We are super busy right now. I have so many pictures to post here. Maggie is going to Miss Brynn's preschool 3 mornings a week and is learning her letters and letter sounds. She is also going to VBS at night. SUWEET!

Steven and I took a CPR class and got our blood work done for our adoption paperwork. Now, we just have to get the paperwork from our doctor and turn it in. Hopefully, we will hear something very, very soon.

I'm not begging, really.

I don't know if people are reading my blog. I'm not begging you or being pathetic here, but I've noticed that I don't get any comments anymore. Even my husband noticed it. Hello? Is anybody out there?

A funny Maggie story: Maggie got some new rubber duckies yesterday. I saw them in the kitchen and yelled out to her, "hey maggie, where do you want to put your duckies?". No response.

I said: "hey maggie, do you want me to put your duckies in the bathroom?".
Maggie said: "no, mama, I don't want to take a bath".

I said: "Maggie, where do you want me to put these duckies?!"
Maggie said: "Mama, are you talking to me or to roomba?"