Christmas In September

Some of you may remember Christmas Dani's graduating year, I told of the deal we made with our children when they were little. We told them that if they graduated with a 4.0 (or close to it) and stayed out of trouble then we would make sure they had a car when they went to college. We made this deal hoping it would give them something to use to prevent peer pressure when it came to certain activities high schoolers may get into. We also were hoping it would mean scholarships and therefore could afford a car payment since we wouldn't have to be paying full tuition for college.

Well, Alex has done great and does have that GPA, as well has stayed out of trouble. We knew we couldn't surprise her at Christmas as she has kind of been expecting it. So, we went out this weekend and found a car she really wanted, with all the things she was hoping for and a deal we couldn't pass on and voila, Christmas in September. She knows her Christmas will be small and I imagine we will be wrapping that car brochure in a box, just to remind her at Christmas about her early present.

Here it is...... it is a Mitsubishi Lancer. It is rated one of the safest cars in its class. Happily, it has front, side, and knee air bags. She is more excited about the sun roof and spoiler. ha

Congratulations Alex, on your GPA, scholarship that is coming, and of course on earning your car. You have made us proud!!