Mistletoe Madness and Yaya Yuletide

We should probably call this Mistletoe Yuletide and Yaya Madness. That's really what it was! Ha! But I prefer the alliteration in the title.

Well, this was it. The weekend that the Yayas wait for all year. Mistletoe Marketplace! This year, the Yayas made reservations at the Johnson hotel pretty early. They arrived in town Friday afternoon, and we met at Mistletoe because I was already there taking care of my own shopping. We spent all night Friday night there, and we spent all mid-morning shopping at Mistletoe on Saturday.

We met the blonde from Any Blonde Can Cook cookbooks. She was having tooth trouble, so our resident tooth Yaya, Sherra, fixed her up with great advice!

Kristin and I also found a favorite spot to hang around. We literally spent probably an hour looking at all the designs in Art by Amy. Kristin ended up designing her own pieces of jewelry...and some for ME! This is Amy (I guess) and Kristin designing my necklace! So cute! I'm going to pretend I didn't see it, because it's a Christmas gift.

I was also VERY tempted to ask Hope from Days of Our Lives to pose for a picture. But, I figured I should probably buy some of her jewelry first. So, no picture with Hope. Sad!

The boys did not join us at Mistletoe. While we finished our day shopping around Renaissance, Dogwood, and Tar-jay, they spent their day eating at Buffalo Wild Wings, going to the Apple store, watching football, and napping. They were both just grateful to have someone other than a Yaya in town. Ha!

Lee watching the football game

Russ resting from all the Yaya noise!

Now, this is where the Yaya Madness comes in. Evenings with the Yayas are never dull! This weekend was no exception. Of course, we missed Yaya Hope, Yaya Natalie, and Yaya Vicki. But, the Yayas were in close contact via text messaging, I believe, throughout the weekend. Friday night, the boys went to bed. The Yayas came alive! Ha! We talked, joked, and watched 27 Dresses. I played music from my iTunes playlist and watched it all unfold.

Yaya 2, 5, and 1
(This is based on age. I learned that this weekend.)

Yaya Sherra and Yaya Teri dancing

Mama laughing at the scene

We also did a lot of eating! Friday night, we ate at the newly reopened Stix. I think we all voted that Bonsai is better, but it was good! Saturday night we ate at Bonefish Grill, where a generous man from our church (and also did Russ's jaw surgery) covered our meal. What a nice surprise! We were thrilled, and the food was fabulous! Today, we had brunch at Julep. It was, as always, exceptional!

The weekend was so much fun! Thanks for the company, Yayas! I can't wait for your next road trip to Jackson!