Thanks for all the compliments ladies and gentlemen, I will be sure to pass along the kind words. I consider myself to be very lucky to be with her.
Sandi, yeah, that is probably exactly what she was thinking. 
Harry, so far I like the lens, it's a little slow and it doesn't really like low light. In daylight it performs pretty good. For the cost you really can't beat it. Hopefully I'll get around to editing some of the other shots I took with it and I'll be able to post some additional shots for you to see. I've had it for less than a week so I haven't really had a chance to get use to it yet, but so far I like it pretty well.