Christmas Shopping

Are you done Christmas shopping? I am NOT. You know, when the girls were little (and I say that cause I'm talking about Jenna and Ashley, who are now 19 and 20) I use to be finished with my shopping before Thanksgiving. Then, we added Lauren to the mix and I still did good to finish around Thanksgiving. BUT, they got older and we added Harley and Mallory to the mix and I got slower. It would be early-December before I finished. Now, we have added a son-in-law and granddaughter and a long-term boyfriend and I'm wondering when I'm going to finish shopping.

Here's my problem - my children are girls. I have a general idea what I'm getting Ashley and Jenna (I'm finished shopping for the other 3). I even have Catie's gift all wrapped and under the tree. In fact, I can't wait for Christmas for her to open it so I can play with it (it's a castle with princesses and a prince and a carriage!). I don't have a clue what to get Nick and Jessie. They're boys. And as previously stated, I have girls. Yes, I have a husband who isn't much more than an overgrown boy child himself, but he's not any help in buying for the guys since his interests lie in hunting and fishing only (if it's got camo on it, it's a winner for my Hubs). Do you have a suggestion as to what I can get them?

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