Pulled Over!

Today we celebrated two of my niece's birthdays at my sister-in-law's about 35 minutes away. All went really well actually! The kids didn't fight, nothing got broken and everyone seemed to have fun.

On the way home Jason tells me to get in the left lane and I think to myself, "Self, why would he want you to do that?" See - there's nothing to the left except a huge empty parking lot (like Sam's or something) that we used to drive by all the time and Shelbi would always say, "That sure would be a good place for someone to learn to drive!"

So, I slowly get the hint and quietly turn into the parking lot. As I pull in to the lot, stop, take off my seat belt and silently get out of the car, the kids start asking what we're doing there. Shelbi jumps out of her seat and in the front with nothing but a smile on her face! (Yes, she's only 11 but she's already taller than me and reaches the peddles well.)

I must say that she was ABSOLUTELY GREAT!! We did a lot of laughing but were very impressed with our daughter. As we were doing this, a couple of young boys in a very nice quad-cab Dodge truck pull in and start doing donuts!!! No biggy right? We've all done this. So we trade back and leave about the same time as them - as a police car pulls into the parking lot! Guess who this brilliant cop sees leaving - ME of course! So - I got pulled over for doing donuts today. ha ha! As soon as he walked up to my window I say, "It wasn't me!" Of course he looks in the van and sees a Jason, three children waving and one sleeping baby. He says, "I didn't think a mini-van would be doing donuts." Jason told him about the truck and where to go (not in that way!) and he left us with a smile. whew!