Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Three Sisters Hit the Town

My sister, Adela, and I try to get together a few times a year to eat out and window shop without any of our 9 children in tow. Our wonderful, loving, sister-in-law, Jennifer, who lives in West Virginia got wind of Adela's visit and wanted to be in on the fun. Not wanting to leave her out, we decided to go ahead and invite her to come along! We haven't seen her in awhile, so we greeted her when she arrived with many kisses. She was very tired from traveling, but ready to hit the town with us.



We hopped in the van and headed off for Ruby Tuesday for a yummy lunch. The A/C in Adela's van wasn't working too well. Jen felt a little warm.


Due to all Adela's suitcases, the only spot available to sit was in the car seat. I don't think she was very happy being squished in there.


Adela had water with lemon. Jen had never tried that before, so they shared the drink. Jen found it a little sour.


I shared my artichoke and spinach dip with Jen. The artichoke gave her gas.


We left the tip on the table and headed out to window shop. In our hurry, we left Jen behind! I had to go find her.


At the store we tried on hats...


...and shoes...


...and Jen tried on this beautiful wedding dress just for fun. Poor Jen couldn't get the dress zipped up in the back!


We headed over to Home Goods next, where we promptly lost Jen. Couldn't find her anywhere. Adela paged her. We were worried!


She must have been very tired because we found her sleeping on this comfy bed.


Within 10 minutes, we lost her again! We were pretty frantic this time!


After looking everywhere, we found her cornered by this cute little old man. He was fairly smitten with her.


We had a great time and are looking forward to our next sister's afternoon on the town!

15 comments:

fitncrafty said...

You must have read Flat Stanley! fun post, Love the shoes!

Jennifer said...

Oh my gosh!!!!! I am so tired from all my shopping and traveling. My kids were so lost without me! Austin was ready to pull his hair out(the little he has left). Glad to be home. Now it's back to reality!!

Love to ya all,
Jennifer

P.S.
I can't believe you guys did that. How cute am I??? HEHEHE

Allana Martian said...

You are such a good sport, Jen!!! We loved having you go along "with" us!!! We are waiting to hear from the other sister. She'll want to go next time. (Heather!) Love you and miss you, Jen!

fitncrafty, no, I haven't read flat Stanley. I'm assuming it's a book?

fitncrafty said...

Flat Stanley is a kids book.. it's pretty fun.. check it out and read it with your kids.. it will make you laugh about your shopping trip too!

a tom said...

LOL way too much fun. So glad you got home okay Jenn before Austin became bald. =~) Love you all. Next time ALL the sista's need an outing. hehe

Unknown said...

You girls are too funny! And that looked like a ton of fun!

Anonymous said...

MY girls still know how to have a great time, make fun memories and make your mom lol till the tears roll. What fun. love all my girls, MOM

Allana Martian said...

I'm in shock!!! A comment from my mother!!! :-) Thanks, Mom. Now I feel loved! Sigh!

Aaron and Heather said...

lol...crap,...I forwarding a good pic,...I think i may have one around here somewhere,....no way like the one we used of Adela way back when,..with the forks....remember?, lol...Very cute yall,...glad you had a great weekend!


pssssst...guess what time it almost is???

Tracy said...

Hilarious! Please oh please take her somewhere else!

Florida Bozone Bunch said...

You have a great sense of humor. I would have loved to have seen you guys snickering through the stores. It all sounds like a blast.
By the way, I did not use a filter on my camera. It was steamed up and I grabbed the moment. I wish Lydia's clothes had matched but she had changed her outfit for the third time from playing in the mud and I allowed her to be mismatched. I am interested in getting a filter. I will have to ask you about those details at some time.

Misty said...

Thanks for the good laugh! Makes me want to go on a shopping trip with my sister! :-)

Wonder what the fellow shoppers were thinking?? LOL

Kara Plank said...

This is funny! Maybe this is an alternative to taking my husband shopping! BTW, James, Jon and Andy (my husband) are all brothers. Their mom (Rachel) and Sam DeWolfe's mom are sisters. Andy and I get together with Joe DeWolfe and his wife more often than any of the rest...

Tracy said...

LOL! :)

JenLo said...

Hee hee! You guys are so mean!