a happy, happy day.

Yesterday was fantastic. I woke up at a reasonably early time and went to my Barney family reunion--which brings the decendents of my mom's Grandparents, Frank and Naomi Rae Barney togeher. We had a little 5K, which I thought would be a joke for me since I have not run for one full month and it has been 6 months since I've been able to run three miles. But, I decided to buck up and run the whole time--very slowly. And I may have been behind a 6 year old and her dad the whole time, but I did finish and never walked, despite my wretched IT band giving me problems.


I had to leave the family reunion a little early so I could go to Park City with my best friend and do some intense back to school shopping! It's true that Whitney and I have had some ups and downs, but we always end up being friends again, and I know it's because Heavenly Father wants us in each other's lives. So we got to have a fabulous talk as we drove (and got a little lost) to Park City. We had a delcious (and enormous lunch) at Cafe Rio which was so fun. Kudos Whit on that one. :) The shopping was very kind to both of us, and we each found some fabulous deals on the things we needed. I bought three pairs of very nice jeans, which was a HUGE deal. I have always struggled seriously with buying jeans that fit my awkward body type, but I'm getting really good at it lately, and I scored that is for sure.


Unfortunately we had to cut our shopping a little short so I could go babysit. It was a really good babysitting job. In about a week I'm going to stay with these four kids for 6 days while their parents are in France. I'm really excited to get to take a week off of my job and make more money than I would make there, and stay with these CUTE kids. The job last night was my first time babysitting them, and they were so good for me. They are adorable. So I'm even more excited about this job.



I feel so contented and happy right now. Having such a great day can make a HUGE difference. I'm so excited to wear my new skirt to church today, plus I got a letter from my wonderful friend Spencer who has been in the MTC for almost two weeks. I'm getting closer and closer to moving out, and my birthday is in three weeks from today (for anyone interested, I desperately want a new camera for my birthday...since I washed mine. I need a camera to document college).