Gift #4- Love thy neighbor

I'll start by telling you, we love our next door neighbors. They are 1 of 2 of the original families that have lived in the culdesac since we moved in 9 years ago. They are always super friendly, never hesitant to offer help in any way they can, they are respectful & just great people.  Over the years we've had the pleasure of getting to know this family & watching their 3 girls grow up.  They are the type of neighbor that you feel ok with asking to borrow a cup of sugar from ( we've actually borrowed random things like this from each other a few times). We feel very lucky to have them next door, and I realized yesterday that we don't express that to them enough. Working the strange hours that I do, I don't see them often, mostly just on weekends, so the timing was great!  I've had a small obsession with baking lately, so decided to bake them some cookies. My first delivery attempt, no one was home, so I left the cookies on the porch. A few minutes later I decided not only would the cookies possibly melt in the scorching heat, but it would be nice to deliver in person & say hi. Attempt #2, still not home but it was getting late so I decided since they'd probably be home soon I'd just leave them. As I was walking across the lawn back home, they pulled in the driveway. So it was meant for me to deliver in person after all!  We had a quick conversation & went about our evening. Them, with cookies in hand. I, with the genuine appreciation in my heart for awesome neighbors!