Kristin is Driving

It took 2 months after she turned 16 but she finally got her license yesterday.  The holdup was because she had to complete her driving time with the instructor before she got her blue slip she could take to the DMV.  It took so long to drive with the instructor because he was backed up from people from this past springs drivers ed class that hadn't done their driving time yet.  They were given preference before the students that took drivers ed this fall.  Anyway...we took her to the DMV yesterday and voila!  She now has her license!  

It's a graduated license.  The first 6 months she has to drive with a supervisor, someone over 25 that has held a license for at least 5 years.  The next 6 months she is allowed to drive by herself but can only have one other person in the car with her (excluding immediate family) and she can only drive between 6 am and 10 pm.  One year from now it becomes a regular drivers license. 

We didn't let her drive home from the DMV for a few reasons.  1) It was pouring down rain.  2) It was during the beginning of rush hour traffic.  And most importantly 3) Paul and I were late leaving for his work Christmas party and didn't want to deal with a slow driver!

So today we let her drive.

She drove Paul's car to his parents' house first, my parents' house second and then back home.  Tomorrow she can drive my car to church and back.  There's nothing like starting her off in bigger cars and back roads!