FIshin'

Hey everyone!
I hope all the Father's had a great Father's day. We had a lot of fun. We went down to Helper for the weekend and went fishing on sunday. We went to Scofield and it was a blast. I got skunked and so did Ellie and Camry. Big tracy had the best catch with the biggest crawdad (LOL) and Little tracy was the only one that actuall caught a fish. I only fished for just a little while because I was having to much fun playing in the dirt with italia. Luckily and suprisingly she never tried to eat it. I think she just wasn't exactly sure what to do with it. The leaves and sticks on the ground where an immediate move to try and chew on them but luckily we were able to catch them before they were tasted. She had a good time though. Camry (tracy's neice) on the other hand was not so excited about it. We pulled up to the lake and there were thousands of bugs just swarming the car. It was pretty crazy but they didn't really bite or anything. I guess they were just kindof intimidating to her because she would just scream and sat there and tried to bat them away with her hat the whole time. So then Big Tracy decided he had had enough of hearing Camry scream so then we packed up and we were out. Unfortunately some of those bugs decided to join us in the car ride home. But I think we still had a good time.
Tracy and my work is going well. He has not moved on to 6 10's yet so that is good. One of my counselors just accepted a job in Logan so we are looking for someone to fill her spot. I am just hoping they fill it before she leaves.
Italia is doing well. She is ALMOST crawling. She can get herself up on her knees but then its just a belly flop from there. One time she even went forward but forgot to move her hands so it was kindof a face dive. She was okay though, she's tuff. I am trying to learn some sign language so I am trying to hardest to teach her that the best that I can. I am not exactly sure how you teach a baby that, so if any of you have advice please feel free to teach. She is getting so big I can't believe how fast they grow. Just a few more inches and she is half my height! I know I know its not hard but she is only 7 months. She is still vocal as ever. And she is calling everyone DA DA! Well its more like da da da da da da scream lol! But she amazes me everyday, she learns so many things so quickly and it a miracle to watch them grow and learn. She is starting to eat people food and I think fruit is her favorite so far. I tried giving her peaches the other day and I just cut them up really small so she wouldn't choke, and she was not having that. It was all or nothing. Her fingers kept slipping on the small peices so she could get them to her mouth. Then she tried bringing her mouth to them and that didn't work either. So I tried to give her a whole slice and she loved that. I was amazed that the whole thing just didn't go right in, nope, she put a little in and used those chompers and just ripped off enough peach for a perfect bite. I love that girl!
I love you all and TJ I hope you are hanging in their. I don't know about being a father but being a mother is amazing. Good luck chel I hope that pregnancy is being good to you! Jen your kids are the cutest.I love watching them get so muddy it just makes me more excited to see Italia grow up. Your house looks really really good! I am glad Torrey had a good time, sorry we could not make it. Well Carol how the heck are ya? I hope you are doing well and well motherhood for you is not as far away as it seems. As far as I know its not started but when it does it will just fly by! I just want to say that I know that both of you are going to be great moms and your husbands are going to be great dads. Jenn and Laura you guys are already great moms with husbands that are great dads!!! I just want to say thanks mom for teaching me how to be a good mom. And dad I just want to say thanks to you too! I don't know where I would be without my family! Thanks for staying by me! I love you all very much!