Sunday, November 30, 2014

Annual Sister Christmas Shopping Day 2014

The annual Sister Christmas Shopping Day is perhaps one of the best traditions we have started!
Every year, just after Thanksgiving, we head to the north side of Indy to get most of our strategizing and buying accomplished for the holiday season!

We always meet at Paradise Bakery first for breakfast and gift strategies!
Of course this usually turns into three hours of talking, coffee drinking, and coupon trading!



Then we head over to the Castleton Square mall for shopping at a few of our favorite gift-buying spots!



Our first stop is always the iconic Macy's!  We love to get mom's jewelry gifts here!
We also checked out some new makeup for Natalie's sensitive skin and a professional purse for Ashley's new job!



This was Jack's first time on the shopping trip!  He loved watching all the people!
He was very well behaved (as always!) and dressed for the Christmas season!



After we tuckered out Jack, we finished up our shopping at the mall and headed to Buca for a birthday dinner!

It was so great to celebrate our birthday with Natalie and Jack!
There were plenty of leftovers and our shopping lists were all but checked off!

What a great twin day! 

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Thanksgiving at Emily's 2014!

This year we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a little bit early because grandma was in town!
Grandma was still at Wellbrooke for rehab, so we took the opportunity to have everyone over to Emily's for a feast!

The table was set with pumpkins and turkeys!  Mom sent many a decoration!
Also, Emily got to use her new wedding china!


The family gathered around the great table and baby Jack was excited for his first Thanksgiving!

Baby Jack and great-grandma had some nice one-on-one time!


Jack loved his turkey bib!  What a cutie!


Everything tasted wonderful, from Greg's turkey on the Green Egg to Emily's pumpkin pie!
Some people even had to take a power nap! LOL!


It was so great to have the family together for Thanksgiving!
Everyone enjoyed the time together and the classic tastes of our Thanksgiving recipes!
Baby Jack was adorable in his First Thanksgiving onesie, and we cannot wait for next year when he can actually taste the food!

Great twin day!