Happy 18th Birthday Meg!!

It's official!  Meg became an adult at 11:07 a.m. today.  It was an 18th birthday that she will not soon forget as she spent it with the senior class on the last day of their week long trip to Chicago.  It started with late night greetings from so many of her friends and early morning greetings as well.  A group of them went to breakfast together and had fun celebrating Meg.  Nick gave her a set of pins that were perfect for the day and besides a long train trip back to Bethany, it was a wonderful day!

Since Meg was hungry when she got back to Goshen, we decided to have dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings.  As Doug and Cam had already left for Bloomington we were the only ones home this evening.  It was nice to spend so much quality time with Meg and I was happy to hear about all of her adventures.  It was obvious that she had had a lot of fun on the trip and had made the most of the opportunities given to her.  Although there were a couple of the stops on their agenda that she didn't like as much as others, all went very well and she was very glad for the experience.  It was sad for her at times as she thought about how much she missed having Shawn with them, but that was to be expected.  She did get to spend a lot of time with Nick, Grace and Phillip which made the trip very memorable.  She liked so many of the activities, including Whirly Ball and the Sports Comedy show, but in the end said that "A Bronx Tales" was her favorite.  As she headed to bed tonight I was so happy for her.  She had a wonderful birthday and a fantastic week with her class.  What an awesome way to start her 18th year.