COKE FAMILY

Happy 11th Birthday Haley

Haley turned 11 years old on Tuesday and we're still in shock. She has a big year in front of her. Haley is in her final year of elementary school and her last year of primary at church. Most of the time she and Laura are referred to as one of the "little girls". This is not something she is fond of. Being the youngest is not her favorite thing and being the only one in elementary school doesn't help.

On her birthday, Haley had the day off of school, got her room decorated and when we got home from work she was "decorated" too. Krystal put make up on her, did her hair and put a happy birthday crown on her head.

Haley definitely loved the attention and feeling older. Krystal asked if she was now allowed to wear make up to school and both dad and I said, NO. We're hoping for at least a couple more years before that happens.

Overall it was a great birthday filled with horses: she got a stuffed horse, two horse books, some clothes and a pink ipod. To finish the celebration she had ~~an icecream cake~~ (only after it was put in the freezer by mistake) an amazing chocolate cake. I think she is still surprised by the ipod but very happy to be celebrating the first birthday of the year in our house!

Happy Birthday, Haley......we love you!

Happy 18th Birthday David

David turned 18 on the 18th, his golden birthday. He has been waiting for this day for a long time. The thing he is most excited about is that he gets to vote during the next Presidential election. It is hard for us to get him to smile, but this day it was hard for him to keep the smile off his face.

David's gifts included a laptop, Nike shirts, M&M's and

a leaf with a hand made card from Haley.

He was very surprised and appreciated everything, that made it even better!

This year David asked for an ice-cream cake. I think this is the first time that one of the kids got to pick the kind of cake they wanted. It was a yummy cake and we had so much fun. He was able to enjoy dinner with two grandmas, the parents and his sisters.

Happy Birthday, David.....

we love you so much and are so excited for what the first year of adulthood has in store for you!

Look who's driving now!

Krystal before the test

Grandma let Krystal borrow her car for the driving test. This is the car that she was the most comfortable in.
The man giving the test at the DMV was a big guy, he asked Krystal did you pick the smallest car you could find for the test? It was very entertaining watching him squeeze into the car.

When they were gone and came back quicker then the other person taking their test that left right before I was scared! Figured she ran a red light and he told her to get back to the DMV. They stayed in the car for a while which made us even more nervous. When they walked back into the DMV she was all smiles. He said congratulations and went on his way.....so all was good! Woo hoo

Krystal after the test waiting for her picture

Dad and I both went to the DMV and then took went our separate ways. Krystal posed for me while we were at a red light. Don't even think dad noticed. Nothing but braces for a couple of days. Grandma even let her borrow the car and she drove to school that day. Congratulations Krys.....and watch out world.....here she comes!

Halloween 2011

This year we only had two trick or treaters. Laura and Haley were in full spirit and came home with tons of candy.

Laura a scary pharaoh mummy and Haley a cotton tail bunny. They were creative all by themselves this year and pulled things out of our costume boxes to put their costumes together.

Wouldn't you know they were the only two who wanted to carve a pumpkin this year. This has always been the highlight for the kids (me). So as we were thinking of creative things to do we pulled a stencil from the internet. The two little girls cleaned out the pumpkin and outlined the stencil.