Supper Sisters Take Kansas

Two weeks ago the Supper Sisters drove to Kansas for a surprise visit to see Erika in Wichita.  The Supper Sisters formed a group a little over two years ago to support Tracy during a tough time in regards to her health.  We now get together on monthly basis to laugh, support and celebrate life with one another.  Now instead of going out to dinner we rotate going to one another's houses for a home cooked 'supper'. We all look forward to it month after month. It never fails, each time we get together someone brings up how missed Sister Erika is now that she has started her life with Thomas in KS. We decided it would be great fun to bring Supper Sisters to her, road trip style.  We picked a date and called her hubby Thomas to help arrange our trip. Thomas told E that he had a surprise planned for her and she would need to take the day off.  The 6 of us girls were so excited for the trip we could barely stand it.  Every time we talked about the surprise all we could do was laugh envisioning the look on Erika's face when we arrived. 

In preparation for the trip we made tie die shirts and called her favorite restaurant to make dinner reservations.  When we finally pulled into her neighborhood (after our 6 hour drive) we parked a street over, linked arms in a long line and made flag out of her shirt by tying it to a stick.  Thomas called her at home and told her to go out front and as she did we started marching down the street chanting and waving the flag "Supper... Sisters... Erika!"  "Supper... Sisters... Kansas!" Ashley has the 'arrival' on video. 

We spent the rest of our afternoon catching up on her patio until it was time for dinner.  There is never any shortage of laughs with this group, which is one of the many reasons I love these girls as much as I do.  After dinner we put our PJ's on and hung out on the couch until everyone was beyond exhausted and ready for sleep!  We used the iPad photo app to take distorted pictures of ourselves.  Ashley put it best, although we could barely understand her in her fit of laughter; "there is so much joy in this heart right now".  Maybe that was a 'you had to be there' kind of moment :)

We woke up and had breakfast at a nearby cafe and then shopped 'til we dropped at a few of Erika's favorite neighborhood boutiques. After shopping we said our goodbyes. I couldn't help shedding a few tears, but who is surprised by that? Erika is like a big sister to me after our years of living together. We missed her before we pulled out of her driveway!  Here are some pictures from our trip. 

Love you E!

Supper Sisters Kansas 2013??  I think so!