Who would have thought?

This out fit makes me want to have summer every day...

When I see this picture it brings back a driving memory from her momma,
Lacey Lynn Schmidt.
I remember quite well all the girls going through drivers training and getting their license. I do not remember it because of the "hands on" care that I gave during this time. The driving part was left solely to their father. I just couldn't do it. The first time I tryed with Emi I felt like every time we met a car she would go towards it. Now, whether this was true or not - I can't say - it is just what my "mother eyes" felt. I believe the reason I remember this period of life so well is the feeling you get in your stomach each time they pulled away from the safety of our home.

Emi and Linsdey took their drivers training in Arlington and got their license for driving as soon as they could. They didn't drive a whole lot - but, they were allowed to use the car whenever they needed or had something planned. When it came time for Lacey to take her behind the wheel, she was not ready and she had no intention of getting her license. After some time her mother, despite her "mother eyes", did encourage her to get her license. It seems so important that you get that and have the freedom to go places you need to go when no one else is there to depend on. We did sign her up for drivers training in New Ulm and she took her classes and behind the wheel with Miranda. Before we knew it she had her license but still didn't drive a whole lot. In January of Lacey's senior year, she bought a green Chevy, signed up for classes at Ridgewater College, and that was kind of the last we saw of her.
The little green Chevy hit the road...
Lacey behind the wheel...
and if you need to get anywhere in Minnesota, or for that matter the United States...
just ask Lacey.
Who would have ever thought??