When I heard about her visit several months ago, I got the tiniest germ of an idea - I like to think God put it in my mind, but perhaps He'd just as soon not take credit for this one. Either way, I pitched it to my two sisters to see what they'd think. Last summer, the entire family gathered in Shipshewana for the first ever Freelan family vacation. First time we'd ever all gathered with everyone - spouses, kid {there's only one} and the whole nine yards. I had a blast, so I proposed a spinoff of that fun...a sisters' day! A day for just the three of us to get together and do whatever we wanted. We didn't even have to have a true agenda...just a chance to be together as sisters.
{When you're the caboose of the family, as I am, you miss out on all that kind of stuff growing up, so you crave a chance to cram it in through a more organized fashion later.}
So I thought I'd let you peek at our first ever {and hopefully not our last!} Sisters' Day!
Julie had picked Lori up from the airport, so they were already together at Julie's house, so Wednesday morning, I got up and took my first "vacation day" in my new life role. I packed up my car and drove to Indianapolis to meet the two of them. Julie surprised us with matching shirts to wear for the day - and we did some little photo opps.
Shortly after we arrived, Julie told us she'd arranged a surprise for us, so we hopped in the car...
...and headed out for an unknown destination. That was fun! When we arrived at last...lookie!
Manicures for Julie and me...and a massage for Lori. What a great treat!!
After our fun at the salon, we grabbed lunch at Subway and headed back to Julie's house for a little poolside dining...
A couple of photo opps later...
...it was time for a pool party! I was beyond grateful that Indiana experienced a rare break in the rain for our day out...but by the time we got around to swimming, the day wasn't exactly warm. Thankfully the pool was heated and the water was actually much warmer than the air outside!
And after swimming...an attempt at recreating THIS gem. Please feel free to be jealous of my ROCKIN' bangs.
It started well...the recreation attempt:
And then...well...it fell apart.
Oh my word. What a fun day!! Even though we are not the traditional sisters, because I showed up so late, I'm really thankful for these two and all they have invested in me over the years of my life. And frankly, I think we got the best end of the deal, because we get to have fun being sisters without all the fights sisters have growing up together! :)
I hope this becomes a tradition in some way. It was such a fun day.
8 comments:
How fun!!! Can I be the fourth sister?!
What a fantastic sister day! Avi and I are 7 years apart so we make up for the age difference now doing fun things when we get to see each other!
Leslie - Of course! I heard a rumor that Julie has more of those shirts for some other event - so we can snag you one! :)
Tamar - I really think it's the best gig, don't you? The chance to be even BETTER friends when you're older?
What a fun day with your sisters! My sister and I are close in age (< 2 years apart) and we've been close since day one (or since I could actually interact with her!!). My girlies are a little over three years apart in age and I can't believe how much they enjoy playing together and being together. It makes my heart happy :). My sister and I don't live close to each other now but it makes those together times that much more special. I hope you can get together with your sisters often!
Maria - I used to be so jealous of people who were close in age to their siblings and had this fun close relationship, because that just wasn't our story. And it was a whole different deal when I was growing up and they were already grown and living adult lives while I navigated the awkward years. But now that we have more even life stations, it's really fun to make a new friendship that we've never known before!
This is great!
This is awesome and i so adore that you took photos like you did! Of course you did! :) i love the love and how you celebrate each part of life, Bekah. HUG!
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This looks like such a great day!!! I love that your sister got you all matching shirts. What fun!!!
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