1. Proud owner of a new driver’s license, 2. Birthday cookie cake with chocolate chip lettering, 3. Chocolate mustache, 4. “On Joy” from Something Beautiful for God, 5. Put on a happy face 🙂, 6. My jumbo mug makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland, 7. Photogenic food #Publix4Pork, 8. Dinner in the works #publix4pork, 9. Braised Pork with Peppers and Onions #publix4pork
As most parents who’ve “been there” will tell you, once the initial fear of your teen driving wears off, it’s mighty handy to have an extra driver’s license in the family. Because of the spacing of our oldest kids, we’ve had kids that could drive leave for college without another teen driver to take up the slack. Twice.
On Friday our third son turned 17 and got his license—an eventful day! Unfortunately for him, our oldest son had a wreck the night before, so there isn’t a spare vehicle. We’ve done some interesting maneuvering with the ones we have this week!
What about you? Do you have a teen driver and does it make your life easier or more stressful?
What did your camera phone capture this week?
My daughter will be 18 in a few months and still doesn’t have her license yet…..although she has been practicing. I am sure she will get them soon….and yes I am a little afraid.
I hope your other son wasn’t hurt.
~~Renee
Renee, our second son was almost 18 when he got his license. I don’t think they should get them before they (or we!) are ready.
Happy Birthday! Congrats! And, I am building up my courage and my husband has been practicing with it-won’t-be-long-until-she’s-15yo. Beautiful peppers! yum 🙂
When our youngest, a girl, got her license; I somehow thought of a fun way to get those practice hours in and learn how to read a map at the same time. I made a list of addresses, an ice cream store, a fabric shop, random places all over the area. From home she had to find the first address on the map, drive there and find the second place etc. She is a good driver, if a little fast, and when ever she is with a group she is asked to find out where they are and where they are going. She is not afraid to go to new places because she can read a map. Of course now there is GPS. But when we were in downtown Chicago the high rises blocked the signal and we had to pull over and do the map thing. Have fun with your new driver.
EEEK! A teen driver just scares me! LOL, I’m sure yours are fine 🙂 I didn’t drive until I was 17 although I had a permit when I was 14. My dd wants to get her permit soon (in OH you have to be 15.5) but we have a rule that the kids must wait until their 16th birthday. I think my kids will be good drivers…I hope…and I’m looking forward to having a relief driver on long trips 😉
PS- Not all of my photos in my post are from my phone but I think 10 or so are. I didn’t specify which are which though. Hope that’s okay {don’t kick me out!} 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Our last, child, and only son, just received his license. Our children are 19, 18, 18, and 16. They have been driving on our farm with straight shifts for many years. My dad has taught them, and taught them well, I must say. He is very particular, and has had many lessons on safety, and said if they can drive a straight shift, they can drive anything. What better place to practice than wide open fields? It does make it easier now, because the girls do some of the shopping for us as they are “preparing to be a help meet.” Congratulations on your sons’ license!
Always Experiencing Him,
Jody