Lisa, I'll get the VKMOTGG & a few other goodies out right away! I would love to try the Fleabane Daisy! Thanks so much! Maureen, Thank you for the nice comments! VKMOTGG is short for "Variegated Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate". Here's a few pics. Theresa "KMOTGG bud" "MG & VKMOTGG" Neat Variegation!

Absolutely stunning dog. The pictures prove what a wonderful life he had with your family. I cried. Thanks for showing us the compassion of a family member you certainly loved. I know he will be missed. Trin

No, socks, it was later in the calving season, around the 1st of May. Never thought of that being and "Easter" themed story, though. :-) Further to that story, because he was a twin, he was a smaller calf, too light weight wise at weaning time. We had 10 "little" calves, that we kept over the winter and two of them were red angus, the one in this story and a little heifer calf, also a graft. The rest were all black angus. I named the two reds Desi and Lucy, cause they were always the ones in trouble. Little "$_it" disturbers. Desi could unlock the corral gates, let the 10 of them out with the dry cows. It took a lobster claw clasp on the end of the gate chain to keep him from rubbing the gate lock open. They were in the back pen all winter, and every morning when I went to grain them, he was the one who left the bale cage and stuck his head through the fence, bawling at me to hurry up. He always wanted his head scratched when I was opening the gate, and then had his head in the grain bucket the whole time I was trying to pack it to the grain trough. If I gave him a swat to get him out of it, he would run in front of me and give a little kick, never actually hitting me, like he was trying to tell me, that is what you get for taking your sweet time getting here. What a character he was!

I am so glad, Sue, I know everyone will enjoy it! Funny you mention the cost. When I first embarked on this, I was thinking it will be a big impact present where the gift is our time not the cost. Yikes, even with the 50% off, each book was $200 OMG. I didn't really expect that, but after all the work putting it together, I wasn't going to go back and trim. I may regret making them so large, 11x14, but I know i usually like photos to be bigger. I also fell for that very pricey for that "lay flat" upgrade that allow you to do those "centerfold" shots. Heck, i actually fell for every type of upgrade they offered, including a storage box. And then I have the engraved USBs and those boxes. But oh they will be so pretty. I actually went with this one because I liked the idea of putting a photo with it. They also have them in navy, grey, and Tiffany blue. I was upset that I had to switch my product to Shutterfly, but I have to give them a big shout out. They have added so many features to their books, and so many options for designing them. Plus, they still had my photos on there from 2005, though I had not done business w them in years. In some cases, they were photos i did not find anywhere else in my files. Whew. One of the best parts of making the book was doing the captions, and adding in things like scans of their footprints, their baby announcements, etc. I also commissioned DH to write a letter to each of them talking about the day they were born and their first few years. He did a wonderful job, brought tears to my eyes and made me laugh, too. We finished yesterday. Finally. Annie - love that tree! we do have a few photo ornaments, but a whole tree! Fab Running - Even from book 1 to book 3 i got better at it and fancier. There are soooooo many options and embellishments and features. And if you have the right dates on your photos, the autofill feature is a great start. Enjoy!