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Sorry for the inconsistency… you would think I would have time to update this more often. We have kept very busy since March. Let’s see… in March Mac was 6 months. Now he is 9 1/2 months. He is moving – from one cheek, to the other (and no that is not the cheek on his face!!!) He gets on his knees and goes backwards, but has only gone forward a few times. He has 6 teeth and has taken his second trip to CA and first to OK. Some of his firsts… he is sucking through a straw, what a blessing (since I have been forgetting his bottle!) He turns over at night in his crib, and we finally had to lower it. He is going to be an older cousin in Oct and/or Nov. Of course his teeth have all come in starting Easter Sunday. Some of the days he has experienced for the first time, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day. I do realize he has no concept of that but we have enjoyed each of those days with him.

As mom I have kept really busy. I started selling Tupperware – can’t remember if that was on the last blog or not. I have 8 Piano students. I worked in Vacation Bible School at the beginning of June and Krystal helped me with the class. We had 1st & 2nd graders. It was fun and we had one student come to know the Lord. If you think about it his name is Owen Moore and his father died the Tuesday after VBS. We know that God brought them to TX from Las Vegas so that they would have this chance to hear the gospel. Pray for the family. Since then I have been spending a few hours a couple days a week in the office of Hill Country Plumbing, yes this is where Colie works. I have been answering phones, filing, and whatever else I can do to help. I have enjoyed that! But since those hours are spent in Wimberley I have been having to work extra hard to get things done at home!!

Colie is doing so well at work that people are asking specifically for him to the boss! That is good news!!! Of course it means he is extra busy too. But he still enjoys it and is doing a great job.

Before heading out to CA we took a long weekend and went up to visit family and friends in OK. We left Friday morning and got to Edmond at about 4:30 or so. We spent the evening with Janet Sokoff (AKA Aunt Nanny – even though she is really a cousin). Then on Sat we headed out to the Blackwells in Chandler. Matt’s parents have a beautiful place in a pecan orchard. Matt, Trina, Tim, & Kalyn came down so we had a wonderful visit with them. I also had a friend from my time in Chicago who lives in OKC who came up to see me (there at the Blackwells). We came back on Monday and on our way home we stopped for dinner. When we were done we were waiting for the bill and waitress came back to tell us that it had already been paid. We never did figure out who had covered it. Our California trip included Birthday celebrations (Heather turned 21) and also Mother’s Day. It was nice to be there. Colie worked with Brandon doing air conditioning, something different and challenging for him! He really enjoyed that. When we came home from CA (on Tuesday) Trina was here for a visit, she came in as a surprise for Mother’s day. On Thursday I picked up Tim and Kalyn from the San Marcos airport also for a surprise visit! On Sunday they left and Katie came in so there was a lot of family time right then! Since then my cousin and his wife came down from Dallas for their anniversary trip. We met them in Driftwood for dinner then went down with them to their hotel in San Antonio. They also came and spent the night at our house before they left town. After they left town another friend I knew from Chicago was here in the area so we got together with them for dinner. So as you can see it has been very busy, but we have had fun with the family and friends who have been around.

6-26-07 Mac is now Crawling forward as well as backwards…..