Valentine and Baby Days

So ever the sneaky one, I managed to surprise Brooke the day before Valentine's Day with her day of romance. I had the day off work for doing taxes, car tags, etc., but I also managed to find time to cook lasagna from scratch, spread rose petals across the house, buy flowers... make the house all pretty. Brooke came home and I treated her to a nice dinner, then we watched "The Holiday," which she has been bugging me to watch for weeks, months even. It was a good evening, and I think the last time I saw her as I've been doing Wizard of Oz every night since...





The day after Valentine's Day, Brooke went with Amy Heckman down to see Rachel, Bryan, and their new baby, Cross McAlister (I hope I spelled that right). He is a cute little thing with a full head of hair. And as expected, Brooke wants one of her own now. Check out these pictures of Cross while I get a paper bag...

Signs of things to come???? Maybe...... who knows??

Twenty Years Later

So i don't know who all has heard about this story, but I thought I would share it:

Christie and Bobby Baskin Found

When I was in the second grade, these two children were abducted by their grandparents. Unsolved Mysteries did a big story on it, there were sightings over the years, but for 20 years no one really knew where the Baskin kids went. Their grandparents gave them new names, Jennifer and Jonathan Bunting, homeschooled them, and eventually both kids went on to college and careers.

Can you imagine being in your late 20's (like me) and going to work one day like any other day, only to recieve a phone call from across the country from a detective telling you that the people you know as Mom and Dad are kidnappers and actually your grandparents? Everything you held to be true in life would be shattered in an instant! It would be like Jim Carrey running into the wall in The Truman Show.

I really pray for both the Baskin/Bunting kids and their true parents. I doubt there will be a teary embrace the first time they meet, the parents are complete strangers in the children's eyes. They are all victims in the situation, and the next few months I am sure will be incredibly difficult. However, how many stories like this end up even close to positive in the end? Too many times bodies are recovered or the case is never solved. They Baskin kids are alive! If nothing else, everyone who has been working and following this case over the years should be elated that they are simply okay.

This is all completely random, but rarely does a story as big as this hit so close to home... the person I sat next to in second grade is kidnapped and found two decades later! Wow...