


Friday, Crystal's birthday! We celebrated in the evening. Four of us, Mark and I, Crystal and Aaron drove to Wichita to eat at Olive Garden, Yum! Then bought a Midnight Chocolate cake at Coldstone Creamery for her cake, another yum! We took it back to Karmen and Eric's place (they were gone for the weekend) where she opened her gifts. I think her favorite was the $$$cash from her grandparents. The gifts we brought weren't quite right, wrong size on one and different taste on another. We made it up the next day on a girls shopping trip, exchanging the gifts for better ones. Crystal and I did some Christmas shopping as well. Later that night Mark and I headed back to the bus for the overnight trip home. The weather was great all weekend and the the trip went well, even the long bus ride. We were glad to be able to be there for her birthday and to spend time together.