This past weekend we had a special treat: my Aunt Marge, my mom’s sister, had flown in from Jacksonville and we had the opportunity to visit with her for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. The last time we saw her was at Taylor’s graduation “reunion†in May, 2008, so it had been awhile since our last visit. Trey and Crisana are always excited to see her as she is the one who made Trey’s “blankie dinosaur†and the ultra-cute doll dresses for Crisana.
Since Crisana had a movie date with a friend, I went alone to meet Mom and Aunt Marge at the Allen Premium Outlets down the street for some good shopping. By the time I got there, they had already been to Wilson’s Leather and bought a beautiful red leather jacket for Aunt Marge and were well on their way to filling up a dressing room for each of them. I joined them in the search for more clothes, and we had a grand time putting outfits together and finding great deals.
We managed to each find something – or, rather somethings – to take away with us, and I was especially thrilled to find that I can now wear size Medium tops…and size 12 pants. We headed back to our house to visit with Matt and the kids. Trey had been out dutifully selling his Cub Scout popcorn, and Crisana returned shortly from the movie, so we had time to enjoy visiting together before dinnertime. And, of course, we had to get at least a couple pictures.
Crisana is holding her American Girl doll Ruthie, who happens to be wearing one of the dresses that Aunt Marge made for her.
We managed to get a picture of all of us using the self-timer and Matt’s new tripod. Not bad for the first time!
We enjoyed a nice dinner as a family at MiMi’s and then said good-bye for now. It was a short visit for sure, but it was nice to see Aunt Marge again…and we look forward to hopefully seeing her again next summer with a possible trip to Florida.