Can it get any better?

Ben and I didn't have much going on at work last week, so we took off Thursday evening and spent the long weekend in Kansas City. Sometimes it is just so nice to get out of town! Plus, my future-sister-in-law had her bridal shower yesterday, and I couldn't miss that! Danny graciously let us invade his house for the whole weekend and we had a great time!

Friday, while Danny was working, Benj and I went to a travel agent and booked our vacation. We are taking a cruise to celebrate Ben's graduation! We are so excited about it; I just can't even tell you. This looks like it will be the best one yet! We are going to 5 places in 7 nights with the ports of call: San Juan, Puerto Rico; Bridgetown, Barbados; Castries, St. Lucia; St. John's, Antigua; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; San Juan, Puerto Rico! Click the link to see our cruise... http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/cruiseDetails/itineraryAndPricing.do;jsessionid=0000R1olnwZmiZohWUeTGyKq3yC:12hbioe0u?packageCode=AD7SCSJI&sailDate=1080525&date=20082&selectedCurrencyCode=USD&promoType=&hasSenior=&hasMilitary=&state=

There was a really cool music store next to our travel agent that we went in to check out, too. Ben has been wanting to learn how to play the guitar, so we stopped in. We found such a great deal. They had a used guitar for only $75 and it looks and sounds really nice (for a beginning-to-learn kind of instrument.) Last night he learned his first three chords and he says his fingers hurt already!

We did some other little shopping and enjoyed the evening with Danny. Then on Saturday, we just messed around most of the day. Here's some fun we had at Cabellas....

Can you see Danny??

We went out to eat that night with our friends Matt and Laura, too. It's always fun to hang out with them!

Does my eye look funny to anyone else?? Who am I winking at, anyway?

Moving on...

On Sunday, we had a bridal shower for Danny's fiancee, Vicki. I am so excited to have a sister-in-law and Vicki is just wonderful! We couldn't be happier for Danny and Vicki. Their wedding is May 23, less than a week after Ben graduates, so it will be a busy week for the Schrant family! The shower was lots of fun. The lady who hosted it had a beautiful home and did a really nice job with the food. Vicki got tons of great presents and we even played a little game to see how much Vicki knew about Danny. (She was very knowledgeable and got almost all of them correct....if you were curious!) Here she is opening the gift from Mom Schrant and the next picture is her after the shower holding her bow bouquet with Danny.

Then, when we got home last night I went over to spend some time with my good friends, Lauren, Laura, Elsie, Melinda, and Teresa. We made cookies and Elsie was trying to teach us how to dance (good luck to her!)

So, I just don't know if we could have had a better weekend. We had fun with friends & family. I got to do some shopping. Plus we planned a great vacation! I mean really...Can it get any better??