Audrey is Five!

Well, it has been a week. There are now only 84 days until the big 4-0. I realize that I am doing good things with my life. The kids are all basically happy. They are doing great in school. Vince and I have a good marriage. Our bills are all getting paid. I have a great network of supportive friends and family. I am blessed. I know this. So blessed. But I am not where I want to be in my personal life. I want more energy. I want to get more things done. I have been in that magical place before, where I feel confident, full of life, "on-fire". I feel far from there right now, so I am going to keep working on it. In the mean time, some highlights from the past week.

On Friday, I met Shea and Karen in Salt Lake for shopping and dinner. I am so glad that we have kept in touch over the years, even though we are no longer neighbors. I miss those days of meeting in Shea's basement to workout, and camping, and shopping. Good times. Shea and Karen are a lot of fun and oh so stylish. They were so patient with me as I bought a scarf at Nordstoms. And they will be happy to know that I wore it to church on Sunday. I can't promise that the way I tied it didn't look dorky. But I wore it. No picture, darn it. Maybe next time. We stayed with my mom that night. The girls had a lot of fun playing freeze dance with Grandma.

Saturday morning, we went out to the farm to visit Uncle Jim and pick tomatoes. The kids were good workers. We picked a few bushel. Then we came home and made salsa. We made over 40 bottles and it seems extra yummy this year.

On Monday, we went to Penny's house to pick apples and grapes. My mom and Penny have been friends for years. She is just down the road in Bountiful. We picked several boxes of beautiful apples. They are still sitting in the garage. Yesterday, I made grape jam. Hopefully, I will make applesauce and apple butter tomorrow.

My Tuesday morning weigh-in was not so good. I was up a pound. I will keep trying. I know that better planning is what I am missing. But I am going for three days in a row with the exercise. Not giving up.

The highlight of the week was Audrey's birthday on Monday. She turned five years old. She opened presents from us that morning. She got a couple of board games and a new book. Vince took her to lunch at Dairy Queen and they shared a shake. We are having a big family party for her this Sunday. She is excited. She's never been able to have family over for her birthday before, because we have lived too far away. She is cute. I have been a little troubled that my baby is five and getting too big, so she assures me that five is still little and I don't need to worry. Here she is today. I sure love this girl.