I'm so happy you got some ideas!! That was honestly my hope for this video, that the ideas were less fads and more evergreen gifts, gifts that will always be great ideas for years and years to come!! 🥰
Your children and their friends are truly blessed. Unfortunately we do not have that much money to spend on our 3. But they appreciate what little they do get. God does bless us for our needs.
We are definitely blessed and are blessed to help others this time of year too. We always get angels from the angel tree and bless others as much as we possibly can ( I just don't vlog about it, it seems a bit off putting to me to include those gifts in my videos, I even feel cringy talking about it here) but my kiddos are always grateful to get what they get and also love giving to others too. I'm so happy you know that God supplies your needs, God is definitely so good! I hope you have a blessed Christmas this year 🥰
Great ideas. So helpful. Thank you! I loved the adventure fund. Personalized three for each of my grandsons. Also the sunglasses and blankets and needohs , just to name a few! ❤
Thank you!! I'm so glad you liked the ideas! 🥰 And yes, My kiddos are truly blessed, in so many ways but we are more blessed to have them, they're pretty awesome!
Just found this video!! Such great ideas! Thanks so much for sharing. You have really helped me for gift ideas this season. Can’t wait to see this years ideas!!
Such a fun video! Your delight in giving such thoughtful, useful gifts warms my heart. I can so relate to you and miss this from the days of having my kids at home. But thanks for more ideas for my grandkids!
Awe, thank you!! I'm so happy that you enjoyed it and I'm so blessed by your words! I do love giving and it's such a sweet time for me to spoil all my family!! I'm glad you got some grandkid ideas 🥰
You did great this year with presents! Especially with your kids and their significant others. .. my son is 22 and he has a long time (5 year) girlfrirnd.. she is so tough to buy for and not very fun to buy for (she doesnt really react to presents and is so picky - she comes across as ungrateful... i really struggle because i see so many things i think she would like.. but i check myself... it also isnt fun spoiling someone who isnt excited.. i found her a cool 40 year anniversary Barbie (from 1999) (she just started collecting them) and got her a few clothes and a pack of little gold hoops, etc.. plus lots of fun or fuzzy knee socks, ankle socks both thin and thick.. i love fun socks.. i found all of them at Dollar Tree this year.. My son got a lot of fun pajama pants
Thank you Robin! I hope that your son's gf did enjoy her gifts. Maybe she's just a bit of an introvert and doesn't really know how to show her true emotion and just comes off as ungrateful but actually is grateful? I hope that's the case anyway. It sounds like you try very hard to find things she would be happy with. Praying y'all had a nice Christmas! 🎄 Ps. I love fuzzy dollar tree socks too!! 🧦
LOL, All of their stocking "stuffers" don't fit into the stocking. I put what I can inside and then put the other few items next to their stockings. Only the first few items were for stockings too, the rest of the gifts were for under the tree 🥰
She is already loving it!! I was worried about the size for nothing! She's super happy with the bigger size! And yes, Says it's helping her drink more water!
A diffuser! What a great idea! I wish I would have thought of that! My kids are loving the big throws for watching t.v on the couch! You did great this year! It's so fun surprising the kids! I love the water bottle/cup! My daughter asked for one as a late Christmas gift and I think I am going to get all of us girls one! Thanks for sharing, Ivy!
Yes!! Riley is loving it already! The oils are pretty mild too, not over powering so I'd say this was a pretty good one! And you're so welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Watching this video in August 2024 as I'm looking for ideas for my teen sons and this video was extremely helpful. You have some very thoughtful gifts. Absolutely love it! ❤
Hey Ivy! I am so glad you did this video, I’m loving it and if I’m not mistaken I requested it!! I feel like I’ve been constantly saying this but I got sick again and was in the hospital again for 7 days I got out Christmas Eve! What a blessing! I love that Riley is wanting an adventure! Me too, I’m saving for a trip to NYC and a cruise with my wonderful boyfriend! I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Christmas! Love ya! The mama in you won’t ever go away (regarding phone charging) I’m 24 and my mom still has me on life 360 and the ONE time I didn’t have it on she called me to turn it on lol! 😊The rechargeable hand warmers are SUCH a great idea. My boyfriend uses the hot hands!
You sure did lol!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And Girl!!! Bless your heart! I am praying you get well and stay well, please take care of yourself! Especially so you can make your dream trip come true! And yes, we love life 360 for our kids and having her phone charged is important for knowing where she is LOL! The hand warmers were a hit!! They get super hot! ❤️
Great ideas for all the teens in your life! I got my mom and sister that blender last year for Christmas and they love it :) Would you be able to share where you found the belt buckles? I have a couple people in my life they would be perfect for! Thanks for all that you do 💜
I'm glad to know real reviews on the blender, she's not tried it out yet but I think it's going to be a hit! Here is the link for the belt buckle cowderry.com/products/metal-oval-cowboys-belt-buckle Shipping was quick and I got a discount for ordering 2! The quality is great and the boys loved them! They were a hit!
How cool!! I love knowing where people are watching from!! I hope you were able get some ideas that helped you with your gift planning!! Thank you for watching! Have a blessed day! 🥰
No way, you're right on time LOL!! I don't upload them until after Christmas each year since my family members watch my channel so they're kind of intended to be seen the following year :) Thank you for watching and I'm so glad you got some ideas!! 🥰
How cool that he shares a name with my son (spelled different but still cool!! Ayden) Here is the link 🥰 GOBUROS Basketball Bag, Soccer... www.amazon.com/dp/B0C26Y5L65?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Thank you for the tip!! I'm still trying to figure this TH-cam thing out! They were both from Amazon, here are the links!! Diffuser: a.co/d/7Q4Senw Handwarmers: a.co/d/ghqgIYt
I was really enjoying this because it was bringing me a family style comfort. You see my husband passed away 2017 and my mother six months later then in 2022 I lost my only child my 19-year-old son to Covid. Two weeks ago, his dog died my last piece of my once beautiful family. So I might just be over the top with grief. But i’m going to share this with you anyway just to think about. When you pulled out the knives after all the gifts about Faith, and mentioning about hunting. Death is death therefore murder is murder. The grocery industry kills all of our food and then throws it away because there’s not enough people to buy the amount of animals they’re killing before it spoils. Hunting is not necessary. Gving your child a weapon like a knife on a belt that could be stolen and used to hurt somebody else or an animal. Its sad because I don’t think unless you’ve experienced repeated loss in your life that one can true understand the value of life, in all of its forms. So I’m trying to share what I now understand. Any day is wrong but the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus it seems wrong to provide the next generation with weapons. This is not a ment to come across in a tone of judgement please 🙏🏼 know that as truth. I am not one to judge, as a sinner myself. I’m sharing my humble thoughts and understanding to others to pause and think of how we should upholding the changing world with our faith. We don’t need to kill animals for food any more. Jesus would never havecondoned hunting as a sport . I don’t think you can truly understand until you see the life leave the eyes of someone you love you , then you begin to recognize it in eyes of everyone even in nature and the “sport” of hunting is just a needless slaughtering of the animals that live in this world with us. Their presence on this planet makes it a more beautiful place for us. That’s a gift from God. Animals are raises their own young just like you. If hhis helps one person stop killing anything, thank you ❤
First and foremost, I'm so sorry for all your loss, I can certainly relate and I do know that it's devastating. In the same tone you mentioned of non judgement I want to reply to your comment. My faith and our family hunting go hand in hand. Scripture tells man to have dominion of all the land and to maintain it, as you can see, Jesus not only condones it, scripture tells us to do so. Conservation and hunting are a very important part of this. If animals weren't hunted, they would destroy ecosystems by becoming over populated and graze away all vegetation causing a huge imbalance to their habitats and the food chain in general. Additionally, areas that do not allow hunting have a huge influx of animal to vehicle accidents due to the high amounts of deer population. We don't just hunt for sport, we hunt to provide food for our family and as far as stores throwing away food, that's extremely sad and has a lot to do with our world's view of everything being disposable. Stores could certainly do better to not over produce or even better, donate short dated items to the millions of hungry people in this country instead of throwing them away. Also, the health factor of harvested deer is far greater than eating processed and antibiotic loaded meats sold in stores; venison is our primary source of meat. Finally, yes, animals do have 'families' but they're nothing like human families. Hunting seasons are set to ensure babies have been born and are old enough to survive without their mothers, most of which are already leaving their mothers by this point anyhow, no longer nursing but fending for themselves. I hope this has helped you have a different view of hunting in general. I don't think it will change your mind but I do hope it's given you something to think about and consider. Thank you for reading and I wish you well.
@@IvySueandYouthank you for your condolences, and thank you for sharing your thoughtful views on the issue with me. It definitely gives me a different perspective I do appreciate that. ❤
I normally do these more as a guide giving ideas than providing links as I don't have affiliate accounts with many brands and it takes a long time to find links. HOWEVER, I would be more than happy to send you links for items you might be interested in :) I tried to mention as many stores as I could as I filmed but I do realize I missed some. Thanks for watching!! 🥰
I guess I need to look up pre teen ideas for my 13 and 14 year old. They have no interest in body care or make up products lol, but their friends would be. They don't even want clothes SMH. I'm glad they aren't growing up too fast or too focused on their appearance, but they also don't have a huge interest in toys. It's a hard line to walk lol.
I have some older videos from a few years ago when my kids were preteen you might want to check out. I feel like most of my gift ideas are pretty timeless and would hopefully give you some ideas for your preteen as well. Let me know if you want me to link the videos for you! Merry Christmas.
Thank you!! He's a pretty cool kid and we are so blessed that he loves Jesus! We've tried our best to teach them what we can but we tell them all the time, we want them (both my kids) to choose Jesus because they love him and not because we tell them to.... And they do!! Such a blessing! Thank you for your comment 🥰
Games are so classic for sure!! I wish we had somewhere to keep out and assembled, we had to take it apart when we were done playing but I can definitely see it getting used a TON! Thanks for watching! ❤️
Yes, I've heard that but I have a separate email address and everything I use for those kind of shopping sites. Thank you for your concern and for watching this video 🥰
@katemiller, LOL, do you realize EVERY COMPANY you do business with sells your information??? Temu does not steal anything, they work the exact same way as any other company you do business with as far as your information! That’s the silliest accusation I’ve ever heard. I for an IT company in the fraud unit. It’s perfectly safe to shops from Temu, the safest way to shop from ANYBODY is by credit card or PayPal. Check your statements every month, you don’t have to worry about fraud, your credits company will handle it, if that were to ever happen, PayPal will handle it as well:
You think basketball shoes smell bad.. you should smell hockey skates and hockey gloves..lol.. ugh.. Even having my son's hands in the car (and his hockey bag zipped and in the trunk) - the smell is intolerable... Ugh . And my son grew up with his dad being one of his coaches.. so he knew to take everything out of his bag as soon as we got home and spray it,etc.. His teammates - blahhhhh..hockey smell is the worst...lol..
OH My!! I can't even imagine!! Bless your sweet heart! Praying you survive the stinky years!! You know what they say... apparently we are gonna miss this some day LOL! Thank you for watching and commenting! Have a blessed Day and Joyous Christmas! 🥰
I came across your video for ideas for teenagers, and I’m sure you’re a lovely lady with the best of intentions but……….I’m unbelievably shocked with the gift of a knife disguised in a belt buckle…….. In the UK this would be an absolute NO!!!!!!!……I’m in no way trying to suggest that your nephews have any thoughts of misuse…… but surely no matter what is legally allowed to be carried, you would not want your son or nephews to carry a deadly weapon on a day to day basis. I’m sorry but I’m horrified that you think this is an acceptable gift 😡
I just want to preface this before I get into my reply that I have no hate or shade for the comment, I actually appreciate it. That's one of the great things about this platform, we can learn about and from each other. 🥰 I think one thing you didn't take into consideration was cultural differences between the UK and the USA. In American, we use knives as tools, not weapons (obviously not everyone, but most), and especially us here in the more rural parts of the country. These boys have carried knives in their pockets everyday since they were 6 years old. Working/living on a farm you need a pocket knife for many different things such as clearing a trapped animal, cutting twine off haybales, whittlin' a toothpick and so on (that last one was me being silly but I think you get the point). Myself and my daughter also have and carry knives so it's not just the boys. Our kids also hunt and use knives for various needs while hunting. I totally understand how this is foreign to you but to be horrified is actually puzzling to me since it's a very normal and very acceptable thing for us to have and give as gifts. I hope this helps clear up why I would give them as gifts. 🥰
LOL!! I WISH!!! We just put money back from every check for Christmas and then thankfully Scotty and I both also get a Christmas bonus, we are certainly blessed!! 🥰
Why did you do boys and girls in one video you should have just done one for boys and one for girls some parents only have girls and I only have two boys thanks
@emmaevans4919 I do have videos where I split them up and those videos just didn't do so well. I have found that my age group gift guides do better. Check out Becky at a Place to Nest if you just need girl gift guides, she only has girls.
LOL, this is actually from last year. I don't put up my gift guides until after Christmas for exactly that reason though!! I put them out afterward, knowing they won't likely get viewed until the following year but it has seemed to work well all these years. I think almost everything, if not everything, is still available from year to year. Plus if the exact item isn't the basic idea still works pretty well. Thank you for watching, I really appreciate it!🥰
Need to, no. Want to, yes! I'm typically a no mom all year long so I love getting to spoil my kids at Christmas. They're amazing kids and it's a blessing to be able to get them so much. Also, I shop sales and clearance and find deals when and where I can. We budget and save to be able to have a nice Christmas. I know big Christmases aren't for everyone but this is how we do Christmas and to each their own.
Did she ask you to pay? If not, it REALLY shouldn’t bother you how others choose to spend their $. And not for nothing, she’s pretty darn frugal & gets a lot of bang for her buck. Even at Christmas some folks just can’t feel JOY. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.
Thanks for the shout out! I’m so glad you were able to find something from my gift guide!
Of Course!! I love gift guides and love giving credit where credit is due for sure!! Thanks for the idea! ❤️
I love your stop action intro! Great gift ideas for teens!
Great gift ideas, gives me ideas, I’m watching this in 2024, I finished my Christmas shopping for this year but great ideas for next year.
I'm so happy you got some ideas!! That was honestly my hope for this video, that the ideas were less fads and more evergreen gifts, gifts that will always be great ideas for years and years to come!! 🥰
Your children and their friends are truly blessed. Unfortunately we do not have that much money to spend on our 3. But they appreciate what little they do get. God does bless us for our needs.
We are definitely blessed and are blessed to help others this time of year too. We always get angels from the angel tree and bless others as much as we possibly can ( I just don't vlog about it, it seems a bit off putting to me to include those gifts in my videos, I even feel cringy talking about it here) but my kiddos are always grateful to get what they get and also love giving to others too. I'm so happy you know that God supplies your needs, God is definitely so good! I hope you have a blessed Christmas this year 🥰
Great ideas. So helpful. Thank you! I loved the adventure fund. Personalized three for each of my grandsons. Also the sunglasses and blankets and needohs , just to name a few! ❤
Oh yay!! I'm so glad you found so many ideas!!! Thank you for watching!! 🥰
Wonderful gift ideas! Thank you. Btw, your kiddos are so lucky!
Thank you!! I'm so glad you liked the ideas! 🥰 And yes, My kiddos are truly blessed, in so many ways but we are more blessed to have them, they're pretty awesome!
Just found this video!! Such great ideas! Thanks so much for sharing. You have really helped me for gift ideas this season. Can’t wait to see this years ideas!!
Yay!! I'm so glad you found some ideas!! 🥰 Thanks for watching!!
Such a fun video! Your delight in giving such thoughtful, useful gifts warms my heart. I can so relate to you and miss this from the days of having my kids at home. But thanks for more ideas for my grandkids!
Awe, thank you!! I'm so happy that you enjoyed it and I'm so blessed by your words! I do love giving and it's such a sweet time for me to spoil all my family!! I'm glad you got some grandkid ideas 🥰
Lots of great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lynne!! I appreciate you watching 🥰
You did great this year with presents! Especially with your kids and their significant others.
.. my son is 22 and he has a long time (5 year) girlfrirnd.. she is so tough to buy for and not very fun to buy for (she doesnt really react to presents and is so picky - she comes across as ungrateful... i really struggle because i see so many things i think she would like.. but i check myself... it also isnt fun spoiling someone who isnt excited.. i found her a cool 40 year anniversary Barbie (from 1999) (she just started collecting them) and got her a few clothes and a pack of little gold hoops, etc.. plus lots of fun or fuzzy knee socks, ankle socks both thin and thick.. i love fun socks.. i found all of them at Dollar Tree this year..
My son got a lot of fun pajama pants
Thank you Robin! I hope that your son's gf did enjoy her gifts. Maybe she's just a bit of an introvert and doesn't really know how to show her true emotion and just comes off as ungrateful but actually is grateful? I hope that's the case anyway. It sounds like you try very hard to find things she would be happy with. Praying y'all had a nice Christmas! 🎄
Ps. I love fuzzy dollar tree socks too!! 🧦
Maybe ur son's girlfriend is very ungreatful and only likes expensive items. U can't please them. Don't let her ruin ur Christmas.
You have so many different brands in the US. But great ideas. Thanks
I love learning about cultural differences!! That's honestly not something I would have thought much about!! Thank you for watching and commenting!!🥰
What r u going to wrap for under the tree? Woooooow, they have a humongous stockings😅👍🏻🤗
LOL, All of their stocking "stuffers" don't fit into the stocking. I put what I can inside and then put the other few items next to their stockings. Only the first few items were for stockings too, the rest of the gifts were for under the tree 🥰
I love my knock-off Stanley cup even with it being 40oz. Helps me get my water in throughout the day, and it stays cold for way over 24. hours.
She is already loving it!! I was worried about the size for nothing! She's super happy with the bigger size! And yes, Says it's helping her drink more water!
Great ideas!! Thank you
Thank you for watching!! 🥰
Hey where did you find the belt buckles? Please and thank you!
@lindaalderman Here ya go 😀!!
cowderry.com/products/metal-oval-cowboys-belt-buckle
@@IvySueandYou Thank you !!!
Merry Christmas 🎄
Thought I would add I’m new to your channel and from Canada B.C.
Oh Yay!! I love knowing where y'all are watching from, always so neat for me to hear!! Thank you!🥰
Love the gift ideals and your son has good taste in his football team I have always been a chiefs fan
YES!! We have been Chiefs fans since before it was cool to be a Chiefs fan LOL!!😂 Thank you for watching, I'm happy you got some ideas! 🥰
A diffuser! What a great idea! I wish I would have thought of that! My kids are loving the big throws for watching t.v on the couch! You did great this year! It's so fun surprising the kids! I love the water bottle/cup! My daughter asked for one as a late Christmas gift and I think I am going to get all of us girls one! Thanks for sharing, Ivy!
Yes!! Riley is loving it already! The oils are pretty mild too, not over powering so I'd say this was a pretty good one! And you're so welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Fun ideas and I Love the Gilmore girls items!!
Oh yay!! So glad you enjoyed 🥰
Thanks for all the awesome ideas
I'm so glad you found some ideas!! Thanks for watching! 🥰
Watching this video in August 2024 as I'm looking for ideas for my teen sons and this video was extremely helpful. You have some very thoughtful gifts. Absolutely love it! ❤
Awesome!! I'm so happy you got some ideas! Thanks for watching 🥰
Hey Ivy! I am so glad you did this video, I’m loving it and if I’m not mistaken I requested it!! I feel like I’ve been constantly saying this but I got sick again and was in the hospital again for 7 days I got out Christmas Eve! What a blessing! I love that Riley is wanting an adventure! Me too, I’m saving for a trip to NYC and a cruise with my wonderful boyfriend! I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Christmas! Love ya! The mama in you won’t ever go away (regarding phone charging) I’m 24 and my mom still has me on life 360 and the ONE time I didn’t have it on she called me to turn it on lol! 😊The rechargeable hand warmers are SUCH a great idea. My boyfriend uses the hot hands!
You sure did lol!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And Girl!!! Bless your heart! I am praying you get well and stay well, please take care of yourself! Especially so you can make your dream trip come true! And yes, we love life 360 for our kids and having her phone charged is important for knowing where she is LOL! The hand warmers were a hit!! They get super hot! ❤️
Great ideas for all the teens in your life! I got my mom and sister that blender last year for Christmas and they love it :) Would you be able to share where you found the belt buckles? I have a couple people in my life they would be perfect for! Thanks for all that you do 💜
I'm glad to know real reviews on the blender, she's not tried it out yet but I think it's going to be a hit! Here is the link for the belt buckle cowderry.com/products/metal-oval-cowboys-belt-buckle Shipping was quick and I got a discount for ordering 2! The quality is great and the boys loved them! They were a hit!
Could you by chance link the oil diffuser?
Here ya go! And it's on black Friday deal right now! a.co/d/5QcWatz
Watching from South Africa in September 2024. As I dont know what to get my son 17 now for his birthday and Christmas. Thqnk you for the ideas💛
How cool!! I love knowing where people are watching from!! I hope you were able get some ideas that helped you with your gift planning!! Thank you for watching! Have a blessed day! 🥰
Great ideas for teens!
Awe, thank you so much and thanks for watching! Have a blessed day! 🥰
I am a year late in watching this! LOL! But thank you...great ideas!
No way, you're right on time LOL!! I don't upload them until after Christmas each year since my family members watch my channel so they're kind of intended to be seen the following year :) Thank you for watching and I'm so glad you got some ideas!! 🥰
Where did you get the sports bag? My great grandson ( Aidan) plays soccer and he is 13
How cool that he shares a name with my son (spelled different but still cool!! Ayden) Here is the link 🥰 GOBUROS Basketball Bag, Soccer... www.amazon.com/dp/B0C26Y5L65?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Some great gift ideas! 🎉
Thank you! 😊 thanks for watching 🥰
I wish you had mentioned where you got some of the things. FYI diffuser and hand warmers etc...
Thank you for the tip!! I'm still trying to figure this TH-cam thing out! They were both from Amazon, here are the links!!
Diffuser: a.co/d/7Q4Senw
Handwarmers: a.co/d/ghqgIYt
New to your channel. Subscribed for more gift ideas. The suggestion for the basketball backpack was a winner for my athletic grandson's.
Thank you for subscribing Lyssa!! I'm blessed to have you hear and I'm so glad you found a gift idea!! 🥰
Great gift ideas! Especially love the Christian ideas!
Thank you!! Yes, I love giving faith based gifts, it makes it so special and personal too!! 🥰
We get the Nike socks for way cheaper in TJMaxx
GIRL!!!!! You just changed my life!! I don't shop there often but I WILL be going to check it out this year!! Thank you so much!! 🥰
I was really enjoying this because it was bringing me a family style comfort. You see my husband passed away 2017 and my mother six months later then in 2022 I lost my only child my 19-year-old son to Covid. Two weeks ago, his dog died my last piece of my once beautiful family. So I might just be over the top with grief. But i’m going to share this with you anyway just to think about. When you pulled out the knives after all the gifts about Faith, and mentioning about hunting. Death is death therefore murder is murder. The grocery industry kills all of our food and then throws it away because there’s not enough people to buy the amount of animals they’re killing before it spoils. Hunting is not necessary. Gving your child a weapon like a knife on a belt that could be stolen and used to hurt somebody else or an animal. Its sad because I don’t think unless you’ve experienced repeated loss in your life that one can true understand the value of life, in all of its forms. So I’m trying to share what I now understand. Any day is wrong but the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus it seems wrong to provide the next generation with weapons. This is not a ment to come across in a tone of judgement please 🙏🏼 know that as truth. I am not one to judge, as a sinner myself. I’m sharing my humble thoughts and understanding to others to pause and think of how we should upholding the changing world with our faith. We don’t need to kill animals for food any more. Jesus would never havecondoned hunting as a sport . I don’t think you can truly understand until you see the life leave the eyes of someone you love you , then you begin to recognize it in eyes of everyone even in nature and the “sport” of hunting is just a needless slaughtering of the animals that live in this world with us. Their presence on this planet makes it a more beautiful place for us. That’s a gift from God. Animals are raises their own young just like you. If hhis helps one person stop killing anything, thank you ❤
First and foremost, I'm so sorry for all your loss, I can certainly relate and I do know that it's devastating. In the same tone you mentioned of non judgement I want to reply to your comment. My faith and our family hunting go hand in hand. Scripture tells man to have dominion of all the land and to maintain it, as you can see, Jesus not only condones it, scripture tells us to do so. Conservation and hunting are a very important part of this. If animals weren't hunted, they would destroy ecosystems by becoming over populated and graze away all vegetation causing a huge imbalance to their habitats and the food chain in general. Additionally, areas that do not allow hunting have a huge influx of animal to vehicle accidents due to the high amounts of deer population. We don't just hunt for sport, we hunt to provide food for our family and as far as stores throwing away food, that's extremely sad and has a lot to do with our world's view of everything being disposable. Stores could certainly do better to not over produce or even better, donate short dated items to the millions of hungry people in this country instead of throwing them away. Also, the health factor of harvested deer is far greater than eating processed and antibiotic loaded meats sold in stores; venison is our primary source of meat. Finally, yes, animals do have 'families' but they're nothing like human families. Hunting seasons are set to ensure babies have been born and are old enough to survive without their mothers, most of which are already leaving their mothers by this point anyhow, no longer nursing but fending for themselves. I hope this has helped you have a different view of hunting in general. I don't think it will change your mind but I do hope it's given you something to think about and consider. Thank you for reading and I wish you well.
@@IvySueandYouthank you for your condolences, and thank you for sharing your thoughtful views on the issue with me. It definitely gives me a different perspective I do appreciate that. ❤
Where do I get all this? I didn't see it listed in your description.
Hi Cindy! I replied to your other comment as well but If you let me know which items you're interested in, I'd be happy to send you the links!
I didn't see where I could order this stuff.
I normally do these more as a guide giving ideas than providing links as I don't have affiliate accounts with many brands and it takes a long time to find links. HOWEVER, I would be more than happy to send you links for items you might be interested in :) I tried to mention as many stores as I could as I filmed but I do realize I missed some. Thanks for watching!! 🥰
I guess I need to look up pre teen ideas for my 13 and 14 year old. They have no interest in body care or make up products lol, but their friends would be. They don't even want clothes SMH. I'm glad they aren't growing up too fast or too focused on their appearance, but they also don't have a huge interest in toys. It's a hard line to walk lol.
I have some older videos from a few years ago when my kids were preteen you might want to check out. I feel like most of my gift ideas are pretty timeless and would hopefully give you some ideas for your preteen as well. Let me know if you want me to link the videos for you! Merry Christmas.
Congratulations for raising a son who wants a Bible!
Thank you!! He's a pretty cool kid and we are so blessed that he loves Jesus! We've tried our best to teach them what we can but we tell them all the time, we want them (both my kids) to choose Jesus because they love him and not because we tell them to.... And they do!! Such a blessing! Thank you for your comment 🥰
I buy my teen son a new game every year. Bought the fosketball last year and everyone plays it even the adults. Sits on coffee table in game room.
Games are so classic for sure!! I wish we had somewhere to keep out and assembled, we had to take it apart when we were done playing but I can definitely see it getting used a TON! Thanks for watching! ❤️
Hi from Arkansas where y’all from for him to go to Arkansas basketball game
Hi!! We are in SW Missouri, about an hour from Fayetteville!! My husband and kids are actually going to the Razorback v. LSU game this weekend!!
I CANT FIND THE BASKETBALL BACKPACK
Here is the link 🥰 GOBUROS Basketball Bag, Soccer... www.amazon.com/dp/B0C26Y5L65?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
That’s a lot of stuff
It is!! I'm kind of a 'no' mom all year long so I love being able to be a 'yes' mom at Christmas!! 🥰
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Be careful on temu they are stealing peoples info and selling it. Loved all the other gifts thank you
Yes, I've heard that but I have a separate email address and everything I use for those kind of shopping sites. Thank you for your concern and for watching this video 🥰
@@IvySueandYoumy bank turned off mycard for ordering out of the country
@@IvySueandYou use prepaid( like Visa,etc
@katemiller, LOL, do you realize EVERY COMPANY you do business with sells your information???
Temu does not steal anything, they work the exact same way as any other company you do business with as far as your information!
That’s the silliest accusation I’ve ever heard. I for an IT company in the fraud unit. It’s perfectly safe to shops from Temu, the safest way to shop from ANYBODY is by credit card or PayPal.
Check your statements every month, you don’t have to worry about fraud, your credits company will handle it, if that were to ever happen, PayPal will handle it as well:
I buy a visa card that I can put a set amount on that's reloadable. This way, you don't lose info.
You think basketball shoes smell bad.. you should smell hockey skates and hockey gloves..lol.. ugh..
Even having my son's hands in the car (and his hockey bag zipped and in the trunk) - the smell is intolerable... Ugh .
And my son grew up with his dad being one of his coaches.. so he knew to take everything out of his bag as soon as we got home and spray it,etc..
His teammates - blahhhhh..hockey smell is the worst...lol..
OH My!! I can't even imagine!! Bless your sweet heart! Praying you survive the stinky years!! You know what they say... apparently we are gonna miss this some day LOL! Thank you for watching and commenting! Have a blessed Day and Joyous Christmas! 🥰
I came across your video for ideas for teenagers, and I’m sure you’re a lovely lady with the best of intentions but……….I’m unbelievably shocked with the gift of a knife disguised in a belt buckle……..
In the UK this would be an absolute NO!!!!!!!……I’m in no way trying to suggest that your nephews have any thoughts of misuse…… but surely no matter what is legally allowed to be carried, you would not want your son or nephews to carry a deadly weapon on a day to day basis. I’m sorry but I’m horrified that you think this is an acceptable gift 😡
I just want to preface this before I get into my reply that I have no hate or shade for the comment, I actually appreciate it. That's one of the great things about this platform, we can learn about and from each other. 🥰 I think one thing you didn't take into consideration was cultural differences between the UK and the USA. In American, we use knives as tools, not weapons (obviously not everyone, but most), and especially us here in the more rural parts of the country. These boys have carried knives in their pockets everyday since they were 6 years old. Working/living on a farm you need a pocket knife for many different things such as clearing a trapped animal, cutting twine off haybales, whittlin' a toothpick and so on (that last one was me being silly but I think you get the point). Myself and my daughter also have and carry knives so it's not just the boys. Our kids also hunt and use knives for various needs while hunting. I totally understand how this is foreign to you but to be horrified is actually puzzling to me since it's a very normal and very acceptable thing for us to have and give as gifts. I hope this helps clear up why I would give them as gifts. 🥰
You must have a Santa gifting YOU $$$$$ for gifts👍🏻👍🏻😳 let me know where you found him👏🏻👏🏻🤗
LOL!! I WISH!!! We just put money back from every check for Christmas and then thankfully Scotty and I both also get a Christmas bonus, we are certainly blessed!! 🥰
Why did you do boys and girls in one video you should have just done one for boys and one for girls some parents only have girls and I only have two boys thanks
It’s called you tube😊
@emmaevans4919 I do have videos where I split them up and those videos just didn't do so well. I have found that my age group gift guides do better. Check out Becky at a Place to Nest if you just need girl gift guides, she only has girls.
@NancyinMich I'm not sure what you mean?
I hope your kids don't see the video before Christmas 😊
LOL, this is actually from last year. I don't put up my gift guides until after Christmas for exactly that reason though!! I put them out afterward, knowing they won't likely get viewed until the following year but it has seemed to work well all these years. I think almost everything, if not everything, is still available from year to year. Plus if the exact item isn't the basic idea still works pretty well. Thank you for watching, I really appreciate it!🥰
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I'm not sure what this means?
You evidently spend a fortune on your kids for Christmas. Do you really need to get them so many items?
Need to, no. Want to, yes! I'm typically a no mom all year long so I love getting to spoil my kids at Christmas. They're amazing kids and it's a blessing to be able to get them so much. Also, I shop sales and clearance and find deals when and where I can. We budget and save to be able to have a nice Christmas. I know big Christmases aren't for everyone but this is how we do Christmas and to each their own.
Did she ask you to pay? If not, it REALLY shouldn’t bother you how others choose to spend their $. And not for nothing, she’s pretty darn frugal & gets a lot of bang for her buck. Even at Christmas some folks just can’t feel JOY. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.