Gift #160- Candy Corn

Candy Corn and the sweet little sticky hands that dug around in the cabinet and found her mama's candy stash. 

Gift # 159- A Good Pair of Jumper Cables

My Dad bought me a pair of jumper cables just like the ones pictured above for my 16th birthday!  I still carry around those cables.  They are here in Japan with me right now and I may or may not have had to use them yesterday at the post office after leaving my headlights on all night and day.  My dad must have sprung for the good pair of jumper cables because I always get compliments on them from my rescuer.  I blush and say thank you very much just as if they had told me that they like my new purse.  On more occasions than I care to admit, that pair of jumper cables have gotten me home.  A good pair of jumper cables.  A wonderful gift.

Gift #158- A Red Sparky Vest

I wore a red Sparky vest very similar to this one when I was Macy's age.  My Aunt Bobbie was my Sparks leader.  She was always very generous at signing off on my Bible verses.  Thanks Aunt Bobbie.  I love seeing Macy and Sam in their vests on Wednesday evenings.  

Gift #157- Ki-Ka-Yard

Hank planned a very thoughtful and romantic dinner for us on Saturday evening.  His favorite restaurant here in Iwakuni is called Kikutei (or meatfest!)  He recreated Kikutei for the two of us in our own little backyard!  The kids called it Ki-Ka-Yard.   It was delicious and so very heart-warming.  We even had live entertainment-  Sam came out and gave us a demonstration with his light up sword!  I don't think that the sword demo was a part of Hank's original plan, but it certainly added a little something extra!  Thank you Hank.