-=> Quoting Gaylen Hintz to Nancy Backus on 04-18-08  23:55 <=-

 GH> That's true... I'm still waiting patiently though. :)

Yah... me too... :)
 
 NB{at}>> too...    This particular niece, though, is the oldest
 NB{at}>> girl of a family for which hubby and I have been "guardians
 NB{at}>> of record", per my sister's will... if anything were to
 NB{at}>> happen to both the parents, we were to be getting the kids to
 NB{at}>> raise... so we did (and especially I did) put some effort
 NB{at}>> into making sure that they knew us a bit better, just in
 NB{at}>> case.  :)

 GH> Always a good plan... just in case though hopefully , for both the
 GH> kids sake and the parents, that won't have to happen but it would
 GH> still be a great plan to be close to them. :)

So far it hasn't happened... and things got put in place back when there
were only 2 kids... so about 25 years ago or so...  :)  This is the
family that I think I was telling you of in Memories a while ago... with
10 kids...    Part of the effort I made was to be down to help my
sister after each birth... so the older kids (ie all but the new baby)
each time got to actually interact with me for the week or so I'd be
there.  They've learned that I try to be consistent and fair... and that
they can't get away with stuff.  I figured that at least was basic stuff
that it would be a good thing not to suddenly have to establish.  

Cute thing is... the kids are well aware of the will and what it says...
and there have been times where I've been there to hear their discussion
about how it would work out, generally logistics-wise, like, where would
we put all those kids in OUR house...  the most creative was a treehouse
to be built in the backyard, with an access to our second floor.  

The youngest is 8 or 9... the oldest 4 are now full adults (over 21),
and the next in line is just 19 and in the Marines, so the numbers of
who we might get are diminishing quickly enough.  :)

ttyl       neb

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