fun with ben.

my bff from my days at luther college, (soon to be dr.) benjamin w. reynolds, came to visit me! and, boy, did we have a great time.

kelly, me, and ben all ready to go white water rafting.

you can't tell from the photo, but i was terrified for my life. luckily none of us fell out of the raft (all though there were several close calls) and we all came out of it amongst the living. 

rafting did not stifle our appetite for the great outdoors, so we also went for a hike.

and we got lost.

but at least we had this amazing view! 

then ann got married.

and we all had a really great time.

especially mike and rebecca.

yep, those are two glasses of wine she is holding, folks. there is no messing around when it comes to an open bar. 

my classy date got jiggy. 

these fruit tarts were probably one of the top ten best things that ever happened to me.