Prepaid Credit Cards

I was thinking the other day about how often I use my credit and debit cards, and wondered how people without credit histories (teenagers, for instance) get by with buying items online, etc. That's when I remembered that more and more people are starting to use some form of Prepaid Card">. In fact, I even got a rebate from buying a new cell phone and it came in the form of a prepaid Visa card instead of a check. How great is that! I don't have to make a trip to the bank and I can start using it immediately.

I think in a couple of years when Buddy gets his first job, I'll set him up with a prepaid card so he can get used to managing his money that way.

La Semana Culture Camp

As some of you readers know, we are an adoptive family. Our kids were born in Guatemala and we adopted them when they were 10 and 13 months old. One of the things we do to maintain a connection with their Latin American heritage is to attend La Semana Culture Camp each year. This day camp is for kids adopted from Latin America and their families. This year there were approximately 450 kids there between the ages of preschool through high school. Over 150 of those kids were from Guatemala. We are so fortunate to have La Semana a local event for us - it takes place at a Catholic Church about 50 minutes from our house. We usually come home the first two nights and then stay in a hotel the next two nights. It gets tiring to drive home every night, and the kids have a blast staying at the hotel.

You can learn more about La Semana at La Semana