A Day With My Best Friend…

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.  ~Isadora James

As I mentioned in my last post, I spent this last Friday with my sweet sister.

We've been trying to plan a day together for months, but "stuff" has been getting in the way until now.

You know the "stuff' I'm talking about...children's commitments, illness, financial stresses, blah blah blah.

My sister and I have such a strong bond (as I'm sure most sisters do) so time spent together is a treasure.

We don't live close enough to see each other weekly but we do attempt to get together for a "sisters day" about once a month.

It doesn't even matter what we do when we're together, it always ends up as time well spent.

Sharing stories about our kids latest adventures, mishaps and accomplishments...telling each other about personal struggles & triumphs, and of course laughing so hard we almost pee our pants (we're just a couple of comedians underneath it all).

This time we decided to meet at her house first and chat for awhile. She was eager to spend some time with little guy.

If you know little guy, he is hard to get a good photo with - this was the best photo we snapped of him and sissy together...so funny!

After little guy and Sissy had a chance to bond over crackers, we headed over to the mall to bond over clothes and accessories.

It just doesn't get any better than shopping with your sister. Of course little guy had to tag along, but thankfully he had a great time too.

He kept us on our toes and helped us eat our fries at Red Robin (which has THE best chicken-guacamole burgers EVER. yum!)

I decided we both HAD to have matching sweat suits (or I guess they're called lounge outfits now) from

So cute - gunmetal grey with jewel embellishments on the hoodie and sides of the pant legs.

Since they're matching, we had to make a plan that she will wear hers on Christmas Eve Day and I can wear mine on Christmas Day.

(we didn't want to look all "twinsy") Hee Hee.

Once we'd had a chance to shop and eat and cruise through Brighton (and if you haven't been there lately, you've GOT to check out their latest collection of handbags - they are so cute!), we headed on back to her place so I could spend a little time with her girls before I headed back home.

Doesn't this picture just scream "We're having a GREAT time!"

of course the girls had to get in on the action too and snap a shot with their little cousin...

I can't really put into adequate words what it means to spend time with her and her family. I look up to them for so many things - they are a wonderful spiritual family, close and loving....I am so thankful for them.

I hope that all of my blog friends have someone in their lives that is this precious to them!