I admit, I have absolutely nothing of consequence to blog about that has to do with weight and health, but I did have some fun times that I can share.

My husband was gone fishing in Chitina with his best friend from Tuesday to Thursday, and I was alone with the kids. However when he came back I discovered they had limited out (caught as many as our family permits would allow) and we have the best salmon in the world (Copper River Reds) packing our freezer for the year. I think between his two trips we caught 65 salmon, which is 130 filets (we eat one filet per meal, as a family). The Lord really blessed us with a great provision of free meat for the year and it will be a help in lowering our grocery bill. It was also good for Peter to get some time with his friend, who he rarely sees because he and his wife live in Fairbanks.

That evening, we went to a picnic for the local Republican Party. My MIL had a booth there (her senate primary is in three weeks!) and the girls got the spend some time with her, which was fun. We also got Callie to ride a pony that was there, and she loved it! Now this is a kid who is afraid of puppies and bunnies, and refuses to pet any animal or even be close to them. She had to be OUTSIDE the fence of the petting zoo at the fair because the lambs were too scary for her. So for Callie to not only pet the pony but ride it was amazing and we were thrilled. There was photographic evidence and everything :)

The same picnic had a raffle for a few prizes, that both of us (hubby and I) entered in, and I wasn't listening when the prizes were called. Mind you, I never win ANYTHING, so I rarely even bother entering these things and wouldn't have done this one, were it not for Peter asking me to. Well, imagine my surprise when my FIL came up to me and told me they were looking for me, because I had won the $500 grand prize in the drawing! I was thrilled and surprised, and given that our finances have been extremely tight and we have baby/kid things that need purchasing with no way to do so, it was a wonderful and completely unexpected blessing for us. There had to have been over 500 people in the raffle, so the fact that I was drawn for the biggest of the prizes was great. This has enabled us to get our remaining baby items soon, and pay for new big girl bunk beds for the girls (so we can use one of the cribs for the new baby when he is out of our bed). The whole thing was fabulous and really made my week!

Today we were out pricing out these bunk beds and I am pretty sure we decided that Peter can build a better set with much better materials, for the cost of buying one. Tonight we will be calculating the amount and types of lumber we will need to make this and make our final decisions on how feasible it is for us. After we hit the furniture stores and the lumber yard, we went out for a nice dinner and a movie before coming home to the girls (who were babysat by the grandparents). It was the first out-of-the-house date we have had in months and I really enjoyed the whole thing. The movie was actually great (we were shocked), and it was so nice to really get out and spend some time together before another nursing baby comes along!

We have lots to do tonight for the aforementioned primary for Grandma, as well as me brining up some of the salmon in preparation for smoking it tomorrow, so it's been a busy day, but overall I've had so much fun this week and the whole thing has been refreshing for DH and me. I'm still contracting, quite uncomfortable, and less than patient these days, but things are just plugging along around here.

And that's my weekend wrap-up, see you Monday for a weigh in!