Hello all!

It is a beautiful day out here in Utah. The trees are in bloom, the birds are singing and I am not even all that bitter about being cooped inside at the moment haha. We are now officially more that halfway done with the show and that blows my mind. It feels like I have been working on it forever, but at the same time it all still seems new. Strange how things work that way.

For the next few months I am going to have to take special care with how I eat. I know that at times I can be an emotional eater and I am going to have to watch it now that my niece has a date set for her heart surgery. When she was born there was a hole in her heart and they thought that she might need surgery at the age of three months, but somehow it began to fix itself. However, it managed to fix itself too well and it began to grow an extra membrane. The good news is that she is now 7 and the surgery to remove the membrane isn't nearly as bad as the other would have been, but you still get nervous about things like this (we have the best pediatric cardiologist for her so that is nice).

How is everyone's week going so far? Karen, I am glad to hear that the issue has been cleaned up and congrats on the weight loss! Nancy, how is the new program going? Cari, hopefully things begin to smooth out for you soon. Nora, good luck with the wedding that is just around the corner! To everyone else, we miss hearing from you around here. Hopefully life is going well for all of you.

In case anyone needs to be cheered up a touch, here is a picture of our kick line.