Show & Tell Friday

For Christmas '06, I gave my sister Cathy a calendar with events that I had planned for us already written in. A couple of evenings of babysitting so her and her fiancee could go out to dinner and/or a movie, dates to go yard saling, sleepovers with the kids, movie dates, lunch dates, etc.

When she got to the month of April, she read through it, then turned the page. Half way through May, she paused, looked at me with that "deer in the headlights" look, and flipped back to April. "IS THIS FOR REAL?", she screamed. I nodded, and she began to cry. About 2 months before Christmas, I had made arrangements with our other 2 sisters, Cathy's fiancee, Frank, and my husband, David, so that the four of us could have a "SISTERS WEEKEND" together.

So, last April, my sisters and I went and had our "sisters weekend" in Atlanta. We decided to have it at Barbara's in Atlanta, GA where she is in The Salvation Army Officers Training College to become a Salvation Army officer. With Dawn living in Florida, and Cathy and I here in VA, Barb was the "about halfway" point.

I wanted to have some kind of theme for our weekend but wasn't quite sure of what. Then it finally hit me ...............let's have a Christmas theme. I e-mailed my sisters and let them know what I wanted to do. They just LOVED the idea. We were to each bring 4 gifts, one for each of us including ourselves. The only thing was, they HAD to be homemade, and they all had to be the same but could be somehow personalized for that person. This way, when we were to look upon this gift, we would ALL be connected! (At least that was our thinking!)

Well, when we arrived at Barbara's, we were just thrilled. She had decorated her apartment and had even put up a Christmas tree.........AWESOME!!!!

This is what our sister Barbara made for us. Barbara picked out a specific scripture verse for each one of us and put it in at the bottom. When I read mine, I couldn't believe it........unbeknownst to her, she had put in my favorite verse. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL? I just LOVE IT!!! If you notice there are only three of us in the picture. Unfortunately, Dawn was unable to attend due to work issues.

Who says Christmas only comes once a year!!!