Emily’s 30th Birthday Party

When our mom finally convinced Emily to let us throw her a party, I stopped what I was doing (that silly research paper…it could wait) and began planning! I live for this kind of stuff. I asked if Emily had anything in mind as far as the color scheme and she said she really liked black and white polka dots with maybe a pop of color. So, I took that and ran with it! For the next hour that I procrastinated writing my paper, I found everything we needed…plates, napkins, balloons, cake topper, color coordinated candy, cups for the candy etc. I emailed everything I found over to my mom and she ran around and picked it all up and a couple other finishing touches along the way. She is the best…she taught me everything I know about being a crazy matchy party planner. We had so much fun planning it together for our sweet Emily!

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I thought having a photobooth at the party would be so fun so I looked up DIY backdrops on Pinterest and I found this one! So, I asked the best builder in all the world (Steve!) to help me out building the structure. Then, we stuffed away with tissue, set up the camera and voila…a photobooth! It was so fun to see everyone get creative with it and it’s such a fun way to document the party!

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^^Yes, that’s a pink and black bow on Ivy!

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It was such a group effort to make this party a success! We couldn’t have had that photobooth without Steve, our friend, Julia, brought the photobooth props, our friend, Tom, helped prepare many batches of the Pink and Grey cocktails, and our friend, Annie Banannie, whipped up the most delicious food! Thank you to everyone who helped out and to everyone who came and celebrated Emily! We had so much fun last night.

And to Emily: It’s amazing to me how much you have accomplished before this milestone and I can only imagine what is in store for you during this decade! I hope your 30s bring you so much happiness, success, and some of your best memories! I love you to the moon and back. Happy Birthday!

P.S. We missed you so much, Allie! Hurry and get your cutie patootie up here!

Happy Birthday Emily

Today, is a very big day. Because our Emily turns 30!!! That’s right…no more twenties for her!

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And it’s the first time since Caroline was 8 years old that she gets to celebrate Emily’s birthday with her because Caroline was always stuck in school across the country on December 14. But, not this year! So, she and our mom convinced Emily to let us throw her a big party to celebrate her. Because, my goodness, that girl deserves to be celebrated.

She is the oldest of the three of us and has always been a role model for her little sisters. She was the first to learn how to ride a bike,  to read, to write, the first to go to school…

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the first to graduate high school…

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the first to graduate college…

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and the first to follow her dream…

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And therefore set an example for us and showed her little sisters that following and living your dream is possible.  Which is exactly why Allison is out in LA following her dream of becoming an actress and why Caroline believes in her dream of becoming a wedding planner and wants to start her own business.

She is the most determined, hardworking, caring, and selfless person we know. She can accomplish anything she sets her mind to. She moves a million miles a minute. (It’s amazing to watch. We don’t know how she does it. She proposed the idea of her store and then painted, decorated, bought inventory, and set up shop all within 2 months. We’re telling you…a million miles a minute.) She is always helping someone else or thinking of someone else before herself. And we can only hope that we can grow up to become just like her one day.

She has been there for each of us every step of the way – supporting us, giving us advice, and loving us unconditionally.

We know that not every group of sisters out there can say this, and so we feel incredibly lucky to be able to say this…but the three of us are best friends. And we couldn’t imagine it any other way.

photo1 Words cannot accurately describe how much we love you and look up to you, Emily. We are so proud of you and are so lucky to call you our older sister.

So, here’s to celebrating you all day long! Happy birthday sweet sister!

Favorite Christmas Movies, Playlist and Traditions

It’s almost Christmas!!! 12 more days!!!! Can you believe it??  That means Christmas movies and the Christmas playlist are on rotation to get me in the Christmas Spirit!  There are so many wonderful Christmas movies… but the following ones are my favorite Christmas movies!

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Now my Ultimate Christmas Playlist! I just whipped up this Christmas playlist on Spotify.  It’s an upbeat Christmas playlist with a mix of new and classic Christmas favorites!

THE MILLY & GRACE GIRLS’ FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TIME TRADITIONS

– Decorating cookies and leaving a note for Santa

– Waiting at the top of the stairs until Patty and Bill tell us to come down!

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– Coloring in our Christmas Coloring Books

– Making Nanny’s Spaghetti

– Playing Bananagrams

– Going on walks all bundled up

– Cuddling

Here are some pictures from the last few Christmases!  I can’t even wait for another NANTUCKET Christmas!  I hope it is a white one :)

P.S. I said Christmas 15 times in this post. I CAN’T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS! …16

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