I cannot believe the twins are 13. I can vividly remember the day we found out we were having twins. Bob told his mom that she had prayed too hard and there were two babies. My own mom immediately felt attached because she too is a twin. After Leah and Jennifer were born my grandmother and I now had an even stronger bond because we were both the mothers of twins. We shared stories that were sometimes completely the same and other times worlds (and years) apart. I am so thankful that she was able to visit with the girls as babies and as toddlers before she passed away.We had to plan the opening of presents so that Maria could watch via Skype. Leah and Jenn would be traveling to Luxembourg to play volleyball on the 15th so we let them open their gifts on the evening before their 13th birthday.
Above is Maria sitting right at the table with us and below are all of us around the dining room table.
Nana and Papa sent cards (filled with good old US dollars!) and Aunt Kirstian, Uncle Brad, Valerie, Joe and Tom sent cards written in French! They are very cool.
In order to include Maria, we did all of this partying at 10:30 at night. Bob had just got off a flight from Zurich and Maria had just returned from a class at Purdue.
The week before all this, Bob had been in the US. I sent him on some errands to buy birthday gifts. He was to buy converse tennis shoes, Hollister t-shirts and jeans from American Eagle. Does it look like any of those things were in the packages you saw above??? You guessed right I am sure. He brought back fruit roll-ups, Oreo cookies and 2 very special gifts. Watch the pictures below to see what our two wonderful 13 year olds got for their birthday. 
They got iPads!!!!!!!!
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