Happy 15th Birthday Cole!!

Happy 15th Birthday Cole!! This year for his birthday he chose to go riding at Mt. View MX Track. So for the past few weeks that is what he has been looking forward too! It's written in bold letters on the calendar! Saturday May 22nd, Cole Riding @ Mt. View MX Track 9am-4pm! The day came and so did the rain :( The Track closed due to too much rain!) It was a sad soggy day. I had been sick for a few days and still feeling not so great so I hadn't even gone shopping for his gift. For the past month he had been showing me exactly what he wanted online and bookmarking them on the computer. Well the computer had more than a few glitches over the past couple weeks and then got a severe virus that shut it down completely. So I did not even have that to go on. In my mind I figured I could run down to the Yamaha Sports Plaza down the street and find it there. Well, we went on saturday afternoon and nothing :( Strike 2) By now I am feeling like a pretty rotten Mom. His birthday is tomorrow on a Sunday which means over 3 hours of it spent at Church. (Real fun for a 15 year old) I mean don't get me wrong, church is a good thing but up to this point everything Cole had chosen for his Birthday has failed. Well I had at least found enough energy to make his favorite cake. White cake with Whipped Cream filling and Strawberries. He cut his own piece of cake....

At least he left 3/4 of it for the rest of us.
He chose pizza for dinner.

Saturday after striking out at the Yamaha store we came home and he went on the other computer and pulled up what he wanted. I ordered it for him. This is what he chose, new riding gear. It should arrive by next Thursday. only 4 days late. sorry Cole.

Monday came and to try to make up for my failures I picked him up at school and took him to Carl's Jr. for lunch.

He chose Carl's Jr. because their burgers are huge

And he Loves their real strawberry milkshakes!

It also had to be someplace close to the school. He only had 30 minutes for lunch.

After school I picked him up and we headed to the DMV. Yes, to take the test for his Driver's Permit. He had been looking forward to this for basically his whole life and wouldn't you know it his birthday was on a Sunday so he had to wait a whole other day to go. Well this is where it gets even worse... Cole panics when he has to wait to take a test. The DMV was busy and we had about a 45 minute wait for his number to be called. By this time I should have known to just wait and come back tomorrow. Well we get a lady in training to help us and help is the wrong word. She did not help at all. Jumping ahead... we had to come back the next day. Okay Day 2 at the DMV. The wait is just as long only this time we get a veteran lady that is not nice at all. Mean and nasty is what she was! Tells us all the things that the lady in training did wrong, and failed to inform us, and that he is still going to have to come back tomorrow. Cole passed his test 98% woo hoo... so today is day 3. After school today I am going to pick him up along with the required signed proof of enrollment paper from the schools office and he can finally receive his Driver's Permit that he should have gotten 2 days ago!

I tell ya, when it rains it pours! And by the way, it is still pouring outside!

Cole Happy Birthday. From the day you were born you have brought nothing but happiness to our family. You are a gift. You have so many talents and the ability to accomplish anything. I love you more than I have words to express.