Have I mentioned that I come from a large family? I have 5 sisters and 1 brother. We are a pretty close bunch. One of the things we have always found the time to do over the years is to get together for 'girl's' weekends once or twice a year. When we were a little younger the rules used to be "no kids, and no men" - just us girls. In recent years we have sometimes turned our 'girl's weekend' into a siblings weekend so that we can include our brother.

And most of us have adult children now - and so we have allowed some 'kids' along as well.

This weekend Sara has her first appointment at David's Bridal in Portland Maine to try on wedding dresses. She most likely is not ready to purchase a dress yet. We don't even have a venue yet), but they offered her a discount on a purchase if she made an appointment (from the Bridal Show) and so we are going just for fun. A couple of my sisters are coming (Sara's aunties), and two of her cousins, and my son's wife Nicole. We thought that we could take this very 'girlie' thing to do, and turn it into a fun girl's weekend. We have a hotel room for the night in Portland. We'll make a weekend of it.

It also happens to be my brother's 60th birthday, and so he will meet up with us for dinner and drinks later in the day. We are kind of a crazy bunch, and whenever we all get together there are LOTS of laughs and goofiness.

So looking forward to a 'girlie', 'wedding-themed' weekend, with some multi-generational family fun thrown in, and a birthday celebration for my brother.

This could go in a lot of different directions...
I hope I don't cry (too much) the first time I see Sara in a wedding dress. Will post some pix of our weekend next week!