Thats pretty sweet. Gifts always have more meaning when somone puts a lot of time in them. One of the best gifts i ever got was a recipe book my mother made, it had over 500 recipe's all from the family. Some of the recipes dated back several hundred years.
Complete with pics and the family history stretching back generations.
Oh yah, and that camera you got her is a good one. Its the HP Photosmart M415 right? i got the same one.