Oh.... Mom & Dad.... The First Teachers... a Child has.... The Special " TOGETHER" times... The "FAMILY"times.. The ONE on One Sharing and Teaching, Loving.. . and Giving, Sure is seen in this Precious Young Lady... A Little Princess for sure... A Young Lady... who with this family background is sure to grow up to be a WONDERFUL ~~ Wife, MOTHER and TEACHER herself... as she will follow in teaching her young ones.... LOVE, Kindness, Thoughtfulness, and the Blessed Gifts... are the ones that come with a bunch of thought and planning...not with the POCKET BOOK !!!!.... It is a Wonderful Thing, a Blessed Thing... when a Parent receives back from their child.... the Rewards of all the time put into training them to be thoughtful!!!!!! Thank You for sharing this special Gift and Story with ME!!! I appreciate you and your family !!!! Happy New Year 2008 !!!!! Looking forward to many more great~~~ Loving Stories from your family !!!! God Bless!!! Susie

Congrats! We have a new one baby coming in 2010 also! It is still very early for our DD...but they couldn't keep it a secret! LOL We are Nana & Papa! When the girls got bunnies years ago, they said we were grandpa and grandma....nope, don't like that so we went with Nana & Papa! Only prob, the other grandmother is called Nana also...and long before the kids met. :/ Oh well, they will figure it out quick! DH has a VHS to DVD gadget that he bought last winter. He has all of our old tapes now on DVD and we sent many to the neighborhood kids...that now have their own kids...from years ago when there were 15 kids in our neighborhood! Great fun, then and now! We haven't had our family Christmas yet, until the 9th then we will have all the kids together....to me, that is the best gift of all!!

Well, my answer sounds very shallow after squirrel's response. About five years ago, after I had already given DH my "list" and I knew he had probably already done his shopping, I came across a sapphire (my birthstone) and diamond ring in a store that I just looooved. I was with a friend who was shopping for something and I wasn't hunting for a ring, but had always wanted one. Well, I tried the ring on, drooled over it, and the salesperson was ever-so-helpful and wrote the info about the ring on a business card and said, "Give this to your husband -- you never know!" I held onto the card for a few days thinking, no, this would be too greedy... well, finally I gave DH the card and told him I was in love with this ring but I knew he'd probably already shopped, maybe it could be a gift for a future holiday, etc. Also, the ring cost more than what we usually would spend on Christmas gifts so I didn't expect it. But on Christmas morning, the ring was at the very bottom of my stocking! It was extra special because after many years together, DH isn't the type of guy who surprises me, but that was a fabulous surprise! I still wear the ring almost every day.

missmaggierock...they were only $10. at Gordmans....The beads are plastic...but I don't imagine all of it could be bought for that amount... But do you remember the one on Garden Junk that someone had made with that memory type wire and pieces of colored glass...I remember her telling what type of wire it was...but can't remember anymore what she said it was. I was looking for the old post but haven't found it. patti