Dunn Family 2010

2011-05-02T17:35:00.001-07:00

Our Crazy Life

2011-05-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

So I am finally updating my blog page. Its been forever I know. Well I quit my job and I am just a stay at home mommy! I love it. Its such a handful and harder than I thought it would be but I wouldn't have it any other way. We moved into our house at the end of Jan. and we really really love it. We are working on our yard and holy crap it takes a lot of work and a lot of time and money. But it will be worth it in the end.
Our kids are getting so big now. Rimez will turn 8 months this month and Italia is 3 and getting super big. She is probably a little more than half of me and has the attitude of a 16 year old. The other day she went into her room mad and at me and told me to just leave her alone. Oh how I am not looking forward to that but I had to laugh a little. She is a great big sister though and loves her little brother, and I have to say he loves her too. Rimez is rolling around everywhere sitting up and he got his first tooth! Yay!!!
Josh is still working at Nielsons Construction but is exploring his options to start some schooling. Student Loans I believe you are definately in our future and for a long time : ) I am excited for him though and proud of him for wanting to go to school. We had our one year anniversary and its been a full year of trials but its been full of learning and adventures and lots and lots of blessings, laughs, and great times!
But I better go because my son is awake and chewing on my sleeve : ) my little chunk is a hungry I think

Our Little Boy

2010-11-10T16:19:00.001-08:00

Our Handfuls!

Daddy as his boy, yes he might have woken up while I getting ready to take the picture but its still precious

Our New Addition Rimez Joshua Dunn (Rimez like Leann Rimes or Busta Rymes haha)

Mini Josh 7 pounds 15 ounces 20 inches long

Proud Big Sister

Italia with her sparkling personality : )

Well we had Rimez on Sept 8th 2010. He was healthy and Josh was totally excited! I had to fight him to be able to spend time with him. We then packed up our stuff and moved to an apartment in Price so that we could all be together as a family. I took 6 weeks off of work and now we are split up during the week again. Its super hard on us but it will hopefully be over soon. We are building a house out in Westwood that should be done in Febuary. We are both SUPER excited!!!! Italia turned 3 and Rimez is two months now. They are both healthy according to the doctor. Funny story, so we went to the doctors knowing that Rimez is getting shots but we had no clue Italia was. So we were teasing her and just playing about her getting shots. Well Josh went to talk to the receptionist and told Italia that he was going to tell the doctor to give her shots. Later we found out she was actually getting shots, we felt awful. She cried for a little while and we felt so bad. She walked out to the receptionist saying, "Dad why did you tell the doctor to give me shots!" then the receptionist said she is not happy, Italia turned around with tears in her eyes and said "IM NOT HAPPY AT ALL!" We couldn't help but laugh and feel bad for her! I love that personality she has : )

30 weeks

2010-07-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

Here Cassee : ) this isn't a close up pic of my belly but you can definately see me poking out! I think I am about 30 weeks in this and the little boy is definately running out of room.

Summer!

2009-11-04T07:53:00.000-08:00

Pictures, lots sorry

2009-08-06T07:35:00.000-07:00

Updates

2009-08-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't wrote for some time now. I have been going through a lot lately and haven't really had the chance to sit down and write updates on everything. As most of you know Tracy passed away about 3 months ago. His funeral was very nice and I think everything went well. Even though we had our issues and we were going through all the battles and the seperation and everything it has been very hard at times to realize he is gone. I think that is one of the reasons its taken me so long to write. I finally got some closure with some past letters he had written me about 4 years ago. Amazing what you find when you look back and things.
Italia is doing really well though. She is getting so big and just talking and giving me attitude. She has started this whole I want this I want that and we are working more on please and can I have and things like that. Lol. Gotta love her still though. Sometimes she just says I want um... I want I want and she doesn't know she just wants : ) The potty training well... no comment. hehe She told me her full out ABC'S the other day and counted to ten all by herself. I couldn't believe it. She still counts to ten but the ABCs are harder to come by now : )
I have taken a few trips and done some fun stuff though. I went to Vegas to see one of my best friends for a few days and just have a vacation! I went and we dyed hair and talked and had breakfast, gambled a little it was a blast. I got to see her baby bump which is adorable. I also went to Joes Valley for a family reunion. It was really fun and I got to see a lot of family I haven't seen in years. Most of us had kids so there were little ones running around everywhere!
This is a lot to take in, but I also started dating Josh Dunn after Tracy and I seperated. He has been great and we have tons of fun together. Italia seems to really like him and get a long with him really well which totally helps.

2009-04-14T06:42:00.001-07:00

Easter Weekend

2009-04-14T06:35:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from the weekend before Easter. We had a great time and the kids loved getting stained from head to toe. So we decided to go swimming afterwards and rinse all the die off. We were all worn out by the end of the weekend.

Wonderful Weekend!

2009-03-16T12:31:00.000-07:00

This weekend was so much fun. The sun is finally out and shining bright! On friday I went to Logan to see my sister and also pick up my NEW CAR! Well new to me, used to everyone else. LOL! But we had a blast. Italia and my nephew Tyler get along really well, and Kelsi loves Grandma. So we had a really good time. When I got home my other car was gone and the guy had come and picked up it and so I had a nice chunk of change waiting for me. Hehe. Which is only going to stay there for about a week when I right my check for the loan for my new car. Oh well what ya gonna do. Then on saturday my mom & I took Italia to the park and met my sister in law Laura and Trey there. It was a little breezy but it was really fun. Italia loves to swing so whenever we say park she is always like swing, swing. So we had to swing first, and then she got attached to the slides. She was loving it, she would get down on her hands and knees and crawl backwards and tell me buh bye and then away she would go. Then wonderful grandma was always waiting at the bottom to catch her. We had a good system going on. Then we had to make sure and go and swing one more time before we left. Then we came home and ate lunch, then Italia took a nap. Afterwards we went on a mommy daughter date to the aquarium. It was packed, there were so many people there. I though holy cow she is going to get restless and upset, but she did so good. All she wanted to do was look at the tanks for the like 5 seconds then she said, done. So we would move on to the next one, I think that she enjoyed walking on the little rock steps stones more than the actual fish lol. It was so funny because there was a plastic crab that was sitting there where the little kids can go through the coral, and she touched it and was so scared after that of it. I probably didn't help at all because I gave out a shocking "Oh" right after she touched it. Then on sunday she woke up a little early and we got ready, thanks to grandma for helping Italia get dressed, and we went on our way to church. LOL, well yeah today was not a day for italia to go to church. She was not having it at all. I think me and grandma and grandpa all took our time out in the hall with her. Gotta love church, I can't wait for nursery hehe. But then we got home and it was beautiful outside so we all went for a long walk. Italia loves to ride in the wagons no matter the size. Also she has had this thing about footballs and basketballs lately. We have had to have them on the tray with her while she is eating, one almost had to go in the bathtub with her, lol. I am just waiting for the day that I have to put one in the crib with her. She is hilarious. The football isn't small either, she has to have the full size one, but the basketballs are just her size. She is the best! Love you all hope you have a good week!

The Update

2009-02-26T09:41:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, Sorry I have not posted for a while. I am been a little stressed. Tracy and I are getting a divorce, but honestly its for the better. The only depressing thing is that we can't agree on the custody of Italia. So for the past 3 weeks and for the next 6-8 months possibly, we will be going through a custody battle. I just want to thank everyone for their support and love this far. Thank you all! Love you!

December

2009-01-07T10:57:00.000-08:00

The Holidays

2009-01-07T10:29:00.000-08:00

Hey! Sorry I haven't posted for a while. December was definately a crazy month. First Tracy's birthday, then Christmas with the watsons, then Christmas with the Jones family, and then New Years in Jan. It was a really good holiday. Michelle and TJ were able to come out for a whole 2 weeks and Carol was about to come out for 3 days. Jenn was able to come down and then Eric and I live close enough that well we practially lived at my moms for a week. Went home to sleep and sometimes shower, and then back again for breakfast the next day. It was a blast. I really wish that we all lived close to each other so we could have times like that all the time. But I guess it just makes you treasure them more when they can't happen as often. My mom borrowed the WII from my grandparents, I didn't get a chance to try it, but everyone else seemed to have a really good time with it. Mom told me that is what they actually did on Christmas day lol. Italia was old enough and she was loving unwrapping everything. She even kindof acted like she was excited for what was inside. It was way fun. We also had a fuseball tournament. I can't remember who won but I think either Torrey and I won or we came in second. The little kids all played together really well too. I think that Italia and Tyler have a love hate relationship. They have a lot of the same personality, its funny to watch them play together. Trey even started walking so that was really cool too! Then it was time to say goodbye and celebrate the second half of our holiday. We went down to Tracy's moms house for Christmas. It was a blast too. We got tons and tons of snow and we decided to take Italia out in it and see how she would do. Well she loved in. Then she face planted it and it was time to go back in and get warmed up. While Nanna warmed her up Courtney and I went and had a great time of the fourwheelers. Big Tracy had to work the whole time we were there which was kindof a bummer, but that little girl sure loves her Poppa! New years was good we just went to dinner and watched a movie. Well I watched a movie, Tracy fell asleep. Then you could look out our windows and at 12 there was about 5 sets of fireworks going off, so that was cool to see! I hope all your holidays went well. Oh I forgot Italia can say the sounds of 90% of the farm animals. She amazes me every day! Luv you all!

Finally, The Birthday Pics

2008-12-08T13:48:00.000-08:00

Scariest Mother moment!

2008-12-08T12:17:00.000-08:00

Hey! Sorry I haven't posted in a while I've just been busy busy. Well things are going good. We had a good Thanksgiving at the Jones' house and we had spaghetti along with turkey and I made a pecan pie! YUMMY!!! Tracy's family is a big pumpkin pie family and since I am not to big on that I was glad I made the pecan and yeah I ate probably half hehe! Then they always do the Christmas party the weekend after so we were able to make it for that too, so that was good. The family was kindof having a hard time since this was the first holiday without "Poppy" but I think it was good that all the family could be there together. Italia is a little stinker as mom told me that she got 3 molars over that weekend. Silly girl! She is getting so big and just growing growing. I went and say Rachelle last week and Trisha was there with her little girl and they played so cute togeher. Her daughter is 19 months and is shorter and light than Italia. Where and who did Italia come from, WHO KNOWS? hehe She has been talking so much lately. Its the cutest thing ever. She even sometimes talkes in her sleep. The other night she stood on her head and said hey! lol. Then the last couple nights she has been just gibber gabbering but who knows what she is actually saying. She had a ruff night last night and gave me quite a scare. She was just really whinny for about 3 hours after putting her to sleep. So I brought her in with me and that didn't seem to help much at all, come to find out her little tummy did not agree with her and she just starting pucking. It was really scary for me because I had to keep holding her on her side to get it out because all she wanted to do was lay down. She got it everywhere I felt so bad. She would just shake and she was scared, so I put her in the tub and she didn't stop until about 4 this morning. I felt horrible because she didn't know what was going on and everytime she would finally relax it would hit her again. The last couple times was a dry heave and that was even worse. Sorry for the graphic but that was my scary mom moment and I just wanted to let all the knew moms know that it is scary when they get rid of actual food. SAD! Sorry on a lighter note, everything else seems to be going good. Just getting ready for Christmas! Love you all!

Italia cleaning out her Pumpkin

2008-11-20T11:23:00.000-08:00

Italia's early steps at 10 months

2008-11-20T08:53:00.000-08:00

ONE YEAR ALREADY

2008-11-10T13:55:00.001-08:00

Hey All! Well its already been 1 year. Italia turned one yesterday. I can't believe it! She is getting so big. We had a really good birthday party and all of our family members that could make it were there so it was really nice. (We did miss all of the family that was not able to make it, so there are pics coming) She got a ton of stuff, I could not believe it. She also loved opening the gifts just ripping and ripping sometimes little by little lol. She had a good time! So I just wanted to give a little recap of her first year because of all the milestones and everything else that has happened.

This is the best time of the year. Italia was born on 11/09/07 8 pounds 6 ounces. Bright eyed happy little girl.

I can't remember how old she was, but this is when she was really starting to smile and have some personality. She loved and still loves being naked!

This is when it all the trouble started, she was rolling over, sitting up and working on her crawling.

This was the hardest day of my life. Italia went into surgery and was in for a few hrs. She had to get slits into her skull so that her brain could grow and reform her skull.

This is how she is now. I know there aren't a lot of pictures of her starting to sit up and feeding herself and starting to crawl, and talking but one day I will learn how to put videos up. This has been the best, hardest, fulfilling, life-learning, patient, joyful, trial & error, year of my life. And there are only more to come. Being a mom is amazing and I hope that all of you are able to experience it. I luv you all! Have a good week!

Italia's first Halloween

2008-11-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

Halloween Fun

2008-11-03T13:02:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great halloween! We had a really good time. First we had a really good party at my work. We definately know how to Party! Me and 3 other girls at work decided to dress up as Jem and the Holigrams. We did our best to match their costumes, but lets face it, DI only has so much. We had a good time. Our whole office dressed up which was really fun. We go all out for sure. We had to make up our own skits and go through a little obstacle course. It was great. Thursday night we carved our pumpkins and that was fun. Italia had a good time cleaning out all the gook. She did a good job too. She hit all the piles on the floor and all over the table. She only tried to eat it once, so that was a record. I was having a hard time putting the faces on them because Walmart was all out of their carving knives so I had to use our kitchen knives, yeah not easy at all. Lets just say I forgot to take a picture of the finished product lol. Friday was a blast. We went to Logan and went trick or treating with my sister and her husband and their family. It was a little chilly but not to bad, and the kids didn't mind the weather at all. They had a great time. Italia was funny because she always had to have one peice of candy in her hand at all times. So we took it from her right before she got another one. It worked out pretty good. We went trick or treating through her nap time so she was exhausted but she was definately a trooper. So that night we dressed her up in her Lion costume and went on our way trick or treating house to house. She hated her hat on at first so I was really worried but then I took her and let her see herself in the mirror and told her how cute she was, and well it was all smiles from then on. We went to grandmas and took pictures and grabbed the wagon to pull her around in. It was a little rainy by this time but she didn't seem to mind. I think she had a good time. When we got back Laura's family was all there and so we got to see all their cool costumes too! It was a good Halloween. The rest of the weekend was cleaning and resting. Well we watched some sad excuse for football watching the Broncos loose. What the heck? Well I hope you all had a good holiday and enjoy the week!

PIcture, and more Pictures

2008-10-21T14:50:00.000-07:00

My mom took Italia to the Witches Garden and took some way cute pics. Italia loves pumpkins and is so ready for Halloween! The other pics that are there are the ones that we got taken at Kiddie Kandids! Italia did so good! It was so hot in there like 80 degrees and we were trying to change her and change her some more. They would take like two pictures and then it was time for an outfit change lol! But she did really good and just smiled the whole time!

Italia Eating Yogurt!

2008-10-14T09:58:00.000-07:00

Oh I love my messy girl. She is eating yorgurt at Grandma's and wearing just a few spots here and there.

New Addition Kaitlynn

2008-10-13T16:17:00.000-07:00

This is my beautiful niece Kaitlynn!

Fall is HERE!

2008-10-08T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hey! So first off it has been so cold here its ridiculous! It rained for two days straight and just cold cold cold! I am so not ready for the winter! Anyways, I am so excited I just got a new neice! Her name is Kaitlynn and by the pics and everyone's word I think she is just adorable! I am so excited to see her come christmas time! Well I had a great time with my daughter because I was able to take about a week off. So that was way fun! We just played and played and played some more. Now she is just walking everywhere! She tries really hard and sometimes can get up in the middle of the floor but most of the time she just goes to the coach and gets herself ready and then she is off from there. She is getting a lot more steady and takes more steps now which is just so fun to watch. She just keeps growing and growing! We went to the Zoo this weekend too with my sister and her kids. It was really fun I think the kids really enjoyed it! It was a little chilly in the shade, but in the sun it was a perfect temp.
Some of you know that Tracy went down to Arizona and just worked his butt off! I mean literally I think he lost about 20 pounds hehe! But he did really work hard and really long hours. So this weekend we went and bought him a toy! Yes we gave in and bought ROCK BAND! Oh my gosh! It is so much fun! We played and played and played! And then Italia decided she wanted to be a little drummer too! She loves it lol! Tracy just got upset because I was better at the drums then he was and he was getting so frustrated lol, even though he is better at singing and playing the guitar. (Typical man lol) Other than that we are both doing well with work and everything. Hope you all have a good week!

Dinosaur FUN!!

2008-10-08T07:47:00.001-07:00

Explanation

2008-09-24T11:13:00.000-07:00

To explain the video below these are trucks that my mom and dad saw on their Vegas trip. Yes the little woman and man or my mom and dad. These trucks are humongous and they are used at the Kennecott mine where my dads works. Pretty interesting stuff.

Trucks

2008-09-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

Interesting Poem

2008-09-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

IMAGINE A WOMAN
Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman.
A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.
Imagine a woman who believes she is good.
A woman who trusts and respects herself. Who listens to her needs and desires, and meets them with tenderness and grace.
Imagine a woman who has acknowledged the past's influence on the present. A woman who has walked through her past. Who has healed into the present.
Imagine a woman who authors her own life. A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf. Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and to her wisest voice.
Imagine a woman in love with her own body. A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is. Who celebrates her body and its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.
Imagine a woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom. Who refuses to use precious energy disguising the changes in her body and life.
Imagine a woman who values the women in her life. A woman who sits in circles of women. Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.
IMAGINE YOURSELF AS THIS WOMAN.

Little Steps

2008-09-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

Well our little one is getting big. Yes she took her first steps last week!!! I couldn't believe it. Now she has a little car that she can push around the house and she loves it. She goes for a while and then you always have to turn it, she just looks up at you like stuck-mom, then you fix her and she is on her way again. She is doing really well with her steps though. She just has to take a minute and balance and then she takes about 2 or sometimes 3 steps and then its down to the ground lol. She gets really excited a lot to so when that happens she just usually lets go and falls right down lol. We had a good weekend. On Friday my mom dyed my hair and I cut hers. Which worked out great. Then Saturday Jenn and Torrey invited us up to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. It was really neat and I think the kids had a great time. It was perfect weather too, and we left just as the rain was coming in. My mom has those pics on her camera so I will put them on as soon she gets them to me. I have not been to lonely with Tracy gone thanks to Italia and my family living close. They have been good to invite me over for dinner everynight so thanks guys! Tracy is working very hard to try and get the job in Arizona done. I think he said they worked 74-76 hrs. last week. Finally getting sunday off to watch football and do laundry. He says it really weird where he is that people just live in huts and there are wild dogs that just run everywhere. They kindof have dogs in stead of deer. But he is doing good. Its funny because he calls at like 8:00-8:30 after he gets back to the hotel from work and all we say is how was your day love you goodnight. We are just both tired and ready for bed. I am excited to have him home on Friday. I am sorry to hear that there is no movement on the baby chel, but she will come. Everyone used to tell me she will come when she is ready, well that didn't really work for me lol. She needs to come when I am ready. But good luck! Luve you all and have a great week!

Random Weekend!

2008-09-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

Hey! Our week was pretty relaxing! We were both really exhausted from the week before so the work days were long and it seemed like the nights weren't long enough. It was really hard for me because my house was so dirty but yet I didn't have the energy to clean it. Luckily I have the best mom in the world and she helped out what she could. I finally got to relax on Friday and get laundry done and pick up the house. I took a nap and just took it easy. It was the best! Then I get a phone call from Tracy, he tells me that they are looking for volunteers to drive to Arizona and work on an Indian Reservation to help rebuild a hospital there. So my husband being the random guy he is volunteers and they left this morning about 7. He will be making more each day and probably have some overtime as well. He called me in Green River on their break and told me that there are 3 men in a single cab truck and tracy is sitting in the middle and its a stick shift. It just made me chuckle. He is pretty excitedto go though because he has never been and it will be a good experience for him. He was also excited because the guy over Cache Valley came and gave him a personal Thank you! So that was pretty good. Italia and I went to the state park on saturday while tracy packed, and it was fun but I definately needed someone there to take pictures and watch the stuff. We did get a picture of her in a big tub which turned out way cute. It was really crowded too. But I did try a deep fried Twikie! It was okay tasting but I probably would not have one again. Sunday we had some friends over that moved up here that we knew in high school. We went to the pool and had a BBQ and swam and sat in the hot tub which was great! It was really fun to see them again! Well I hope all is going well with the rest of you! Luv you!

Random Pics of our Little Angel

2008-09-08T10:58:00.001-07:00

Labor Day Goodbye

2008-09-08T10:18:00.001-07:00

Hey! Well I just want to let you all know that Tracy's Grandpa passed away last week. It was really sad and a total shock! He was only about 75 years old and a really healthy man! He went out and was bailing hay and then it got dark and no one had heard from him. So they went out and he was just under his bailer, there was no struggle or anything he was just laying peaceful on the ground surrounded by his dogs. So it was a shock to the family and they are all having a hard time coping. He was definately a loved and a happy man. I went up to the casket and Italia was with me because Poppy loved her more than anything and the Jones family thought she should be there and she just kindof reached out her hand at him and kindof mummbled his name. It was so touching and everyone was just touched. He was a veteran so he had the guns fire and the trumpet play at his funeral. I have never seen that before but it was beautiful. We were just glad because last weekend we went and had a BBQ with him so it was good that we had that last final goodbye with him.
Everything else is going well still. We are liking where we live and tracy is still liking his job so that is good. I am liking my job but I am still looking for other closer to home and that pay a little more. Hopefully I will be able to keep my 4 tens because I have really enjoyed that. Italia is not crawling yet but she is starting to learn balance. She is the best. She thought that Ellie's two dogs were just great! I am glad to hear you are all doing well! I am so excited to see your little baby chel so she better hurry! HEHE! Have a good week! Love you! O those pics are just random ones that I have finally gotten off my camera. Thanks mom!

Italia in Style

2008-09-02T15:42:00.001-07:00

Oh the Sleepless Nights

2008-08-18T15:11:00.000-07:00

Hey! Sorry its been a little while. I started 4 10's at work and they said in our meeting last week that we are not supposed to use our personal email accounts at work. So here I am sitting at work giving u an update! lol! Its been a ruff couple of weeks. Italia has not been sleeping at night very well lately. She seems to have known that I needed my precious sleep with starting the extra long days. She has exzema really bad for a while and now that that was cured we thought maybe the night sleeping would start again, well wrong. So then we thought maybe she was cold, well wrong again. That worked for 1 night and then it was time to wake up again. So then she was teething and it just popped through the skin, and that was last night so hopefully it will be good again. These long days are hard but the weekends I have enjoyed. I have not really had a weekend off yet, just busy busy but hopefully this weekend I will be able to relax. I love our new apartment and I think that Italia and Tracy like it too! Her bedroom and is huge and she can roam around anywhere for some reason she prefers her closet, and mom & dads room with the big mirror on the way. She stands up by it and dances and laughs and gives the other girl in the mirror kisses its adorable. She is growing so fast. She can now clap and wave and say momma and ignore me and think she can just do whatever and get away with it, yeah that point is already here. And well she has this look, she knows when she is doing something wrong and it is just like okay how far can I get this time before I get in trouble. And then I put her in a time out box and she was just having a blast in there. When I took her out when her time was done she actually crawled back over to play in it some more. Tracy's job is doing well. He actually might go down to Vernal and have Cache Valley pay for housing and work down there for 4 10's and probably some over time on Friday's. Then come home on the weekends. There are advantages and disadvantages so we are still deciding. We went and saw the Black Night again and actually stayed awake this time. It was pretty good, the joker is actually pretty creepy! But I really liked it! Its our 2 year Anniversary tomorrow! I can't believe it it has gone by so fast! We have grown so much in just 2 years. Well I hope you all have a good week! Love ya ALL!

Italia & Austin

2008-07-31T12:08:00.000-07:00

Queen of the Toy

Italia and Austin just playing, playing, playing

Austin watching Italia

Italia watching Austin

She is showing him how it is done

Crazy, Crazy, Crazy

2008-07-30T09:52:00.000-07:00

Hey! Well our weekend was fun and full! Friday and Saturday we went to watch Camry (tracy's neice) play softball. It was really fun she is a really really good softball player. The coaching was quite a bit off, but other than that is was really good. They have another tournament this weekend which I am excited to go and watch as well. Then I went and signed some papers and looked at our new apartment. I am excited to move in I think it will be good. We have a beautiful view and the bathrooms are really big and nice so I am exicted about that. The kitchen is about the same size just less counter space. But we have a big pantry so that is good too! Plus its open to the front room which will help. Its mostly carpet except right in the kitched so my little buggy will just have to be careful, yeah right! hehe! Mom is being a saint and watching mammaw and little austin and Italia this week! What would we do without her! She is the best! I think that Italia is liking having Austin around too! She just wants his binkie and everything else though. She is getting so big! I have a video of her that I am going to try and post soon. She is sitting in her high chair and just finished eating , well playing with mashed potatoes, and she says da da and ma ma and raises her arms in the air. Its a new thing that I have been teaching her with arms up and down. She loves the up but I think the down is just so that she can go back up again!
Well tracy talked me into going to another concert with him last night. It was the crew fest and we heard Papa Roach, Buckcherry, and Motley Crew. It was a fun concert, really kindof crazy but fun! I think my ears are still ringing, I guess Motley is known to have some of the loudest concerts and well it was! They all put on a really good show though! Well I hope are of you are doing well! Have a good week and weekend! Love you all!

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2008-07-22T07:46:00.001-07:00

Keepin up with the Jones'

2008-07-22T07:14:00.000-07:00

hey! How is everyone? We had a great week and weekend! It was full of fun and excitement! First we went to the farm at Thanksgiving point with everyone! That was a blast and I think the kids really enjoyed it! Then we went to dinner with tracy's family on Thursday to the Olive Garden which was delicious! Friday we went to the drive through of the new Batman movie! Which was really good. Other than we made our bed a little to comfortable and all three of us fell asleep. Luckily Italia woke up about 11 crying a little so I could watch the end of the movie and act like I watched it all and tracy just slept. lol! Then Saturday it was off to Lagoon with tracy's family! We had a blast, but every time that we were going to take Italia to the kiddy rides she always seemed to fall asleep! She was a trooper. By about 6 she was pretty miserable and she had gotten sun screen in her eyes poor thing! So we went to Lagoona beach hoping that would help her cool off and be okay! And she did good for a minute but that water was freezing! So 8 we finally went home. But I have to tell you the new wicked ride is NUTS!!!!!!!!! It left me breathless! Then tracy convinced me to go and ride the one ride that you are strapped in and they take you up to the top and you pull the cord and just swing! Oh man! I just have to say I was screaming bloody murder even before I left the ground! It was an amazing experience though I am glad I did it! Sunday we just relaxed which I think we all needed! Italia was so tired she fell asleep on the was home about 8 and did not wake up until 9 the next morning and didn't even have a good night bottle!
With other news, I don't know if mom told you all but we are moving again! She wants us to go and help be with mammaw at her new apartment! Which other than the moving I have not complaints! So we tallied it up and this will be our 10th move in the few years of us being together! Then my work is going to 4 10's so that is also good we are moving so close! I will work from 7-6! But I will have fridays off! The other bad part is they are taking away two of our holidays, which is kindof sad but if you think about it they are kindof giving us a holiday every friday! I hope you are all doing well! I miss you all! Happy 24th of July!

Joes Valley Fun in the Sun

2008-07-11T08:09:00.001-07:00

Trey & Italia Eating fresh Fruit at the Cabin

Those two again fighting over the boat, what
you don't see is all the other toys that are there.

Showing off their muscles

Italia's New swimming suit

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2008-07-10T07:46:00.001-07:00

Happy Fourth!

2008-07-08T09:58:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a great 4th! Our week was full to the max! Wednesday me and Italia went down to Joes Valley to our cabin and loved it. I bought her a new swim suit and I was more excited to put her in new clothes then for me to get new clothes. She looked way cute. And her and her little cousin Trey loved the water and the boat. Even though the life jacket looked rather uncomfortable and made her look like she had stuffed her cheecks to the max, she loved riding in the boat. Then we went to the beach and had her and Trey play in the freezing water, but they didn't really seem to care. They loved it. But they even loved more playing tug a war with each others toys. Then we go back and are relaxing at the cabin and my little girl decides to give trey a big bear hug. Well that resulted in knocking them both over and having it look like she just tackled him for his toys. Luckily no one was hurt. The next morning mom made Italia some blueberry pancakes and she just ate those up. She was in heaven loving the vacation. Then it was off to the house to shower and then head up to the ballgame. And well she loved that to! Then it was time for the fireworks and she thought the colors were just amazing. We covered her ears with a blanket and they actually put her to sleep. She was exhausted but she definately was a trooper. Then the next morning I woke up made some salad and went to our family reunion. It was really fun. The food was great and then the games and water fight just finished it off. Italia still going on little sleep, was still smiling and enjoying the day. Well then it was go home finish packing and then head down south to the tail end of Tracy's Piccolo reunion. So the next morning it was wake up get ready and head to church. Tracy's sister Kara had her baby boy blessed at 9 that morning and then it was off to dress Italia and head to her blessing at 11. I know we waited a while to have it done, but I am really glad that we did it. She looked beautiful and it was really nice to have it done. Thanks for all that attended phsycally and mentally! The lunch after wards was really nice and my poor girl was going on 5 minutes of sleep so she was exhausted. I was feeding her and she actually feel asleep while she was eating. Poor thing. We finally made it home about 9 and she has been making up on her sleep ever since. She is crawling now and starting to follow Tracy and I around. But yesterday she decided to actually pull herself up on the couch and stand there. She is getting so big and it amazing to watch them grow. Tracy passed school last week with an 88% so he is excited about that, and now it back to work for him. My work might be going to 4 10's so I am kindof excited but it going to be hard to wake up an hour earlier! But a 3 day weekend will be totally worth it. Sorry my blog is so long and I promise to have pics up soon! Love you all!

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2008-07-07T12:56:00.001-07:00

Italia's First Fishing Trip

2008-06-20T15:56:00.001-07:00

Fishing

2008-06-20T11:25:00.001-07:00

Okay here are the pics from the fishing trip. Thanks mom

FIshin'

2008-06-19T08:24:00.000-07:00

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!

My bundle of JOY

2008-06-09T15:30:00.001-07:00

Eat Eat Eat

2008-06-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

Hello again! How are you all doing? I have not heard from you guys for a while! Well we are doing pretty well. Tracy's company is talking about maybe moving to 6, 10's so he would only have sunday off. So the money would be great but we are not sure how that is going to work out travel wise and everything. My job finally hired our new secretary so I am kindof bored today lol! I am used to doing double duty! We had a good weekend. Friday I took the day off and went and babysat little Austin so Kara could go and run some errands. He is so cute but he is a little fussy baby. Poor thing. Italia just thought he was so interesting though. When I gave her her crackers she had to go and sit in her car seat and watch Austin while he was in the swing. Then saturday I went down to Ephraim for Tracy's niece Camry was playing in a softball tournament. It was FREEZING!!!! It was about 45 degrees and raining. But sure enough as soon as they lost and were done with the tournament it was sunny and warm. But she did really good. She hit the ball and got on base but she didn't get to pitch. It was funny because the ball popped up and hit her in the batter's box and when they came up on Sunday for his mom's birthday, Camry was telling Tracy how it still hurt and for sure it was going to bruise. I remember those days.
Well surprise surprise Italia has another tooth! This is number 7!! I know she is going to have a full set by the time she is a year. I am kindof concerned because they say that the longer they take the healthier they are so im not quite sure what to think. But she is getting so big. She eats her little graham crackers and loves that. I got her a sippy cup and she seems to like that. But I think that she sucks really hard thinking its a bottle so about the time she is getting used to only take in so much, she is pretty much done. I think I am going to have to start bathing her in just the bathtub because she is starting to pull herself up on the sides of the tub trying to stand up. And then she will also look over the sides and the front and back of the tub, but then her body will kindof slip out from under her and shes not really sure what to do there. It kindof made me smile the other day because she was just sitting in her tub and she went sideways and she had her arms wide open holding onto the sides with the look in her eyes like I THINK IM GOING UNDER WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO! It was cute. She doesn't crawl yet but she can shift her body and push with her toes to get where she needs to go if she can't just roll there. But she is everywhere.
Well I hope that you all are doing well! I love you all and hope you all have a WONDERFUL week!!

DA DA

2008-05-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Well our Memorial Day was okay. We had to stay inside which was not fun, but we made it work. Kara (tracy's sister) had her little boy a couple weeks ago so we have just been hanging out there with his side of the family. Its been really good because it has kindof reminded me about how glad I am that my baby sleeps through the night. HEHE j/k. I have enjoyed watching him grow and remebering the stepping stones that Italia has made and looking back at those times. His name is Austin J. Cunningham and he was 8 pounds 2 ounces, 21 inches long. They ended up taking him C-section so that was good. Kara is recovering well and she is doing good learning the life of being a mom. So is their any of MY sisters that have anything to tell me? HEHE. Michelle I am just so excited to hear that you are having a girl! I am so excited for you! I hope you are doing well and still feeling great!
Well our family is doing good. Tracy just started with another company. The bad thing is that it is a little past Toole and it takes about 1 and 1/2 hours to get there but that just means that I am going to be the driver of a hot truck for about 1 to 2 years. lol! But he seems like he is going to like it. He is getting $4 more an hour because of the distance which is nice. My work is doing okay. We are still waiting to hire another secretary, and me and the other ones are just getting burned out. We are anticipating the day where we can finally get all caught up. I can't wait.
Italia is doing really well. She is growing and growing. The last time I went into the doctors she measured 2 feet 2 inches. So almost half of my height! The doctor looked at me and was like how tall is your husband do you have anyone that is tall in your family. I said well my 1 brother is over 6 ft. but the rest is about 5 feet 7 inches and under. And he was like well either she is going to be tall or she is going to shrink. Then he was checking her motor skills and well if you have ever talked to me on the phone for more than 5 seconds you all know she is doing well with that part. But I told him yeah she is sitting up to. So he sat her up and wrapped his arms around her to protect her and kindof paused and slowly pulled them away, and looked at me like wow. Then he tells me she is not supposed to sit up by herself until about 9 months, and I was like well she has been since she was about 5 months. So to brag about my girl she is doing amazing. 94% for weight, and 99% for height who would have guessed. She is so close to crawling too. She even scoots backwards a little bit. And man does she roll! Everywhere it doesn't matter if she is on her tummy she is rolling. She is also getting to the point where if she has something that she shouldn't and you take it away, the crying begins. She is also started to put sounds together I think. Tracy and I swear she says DA DA sometimes. She is doing a few new things. She is starting to stick out her bottom two teeth and moving the mouth up and down saying AH YA AH YA and sometimes DA DA. I know you can't see but you better believe I am imitating her right now trying to describe it as I am doing it lol! Also she is starting to scream so high that she like loses her voice in the middle and then it comes in and out! She is such a bright little girl. Its kindof hard for me to say wow she is doing that already when I don't really know what average is. So I tell everyone that if my next kid doesn't do what she does I am going to think that something is wrong.
Well I love you all! Sorry my posts are so long! Just lots to say hehe. or brag lol! its true!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and I hope to see you all soon!
Love ya
THE JONES FAMILY

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

2008-05-08T09:23:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Sorry I have not written in a while! I am have been really busy at work and home. We are down a secretary so other than sitting at the front I am just trying to get things done! Well our family is doing well. Tracy was on a job for about 1 month and now he is layed off for about 2 weeks until they get another job going! He is kindof excited and not to have a break. He has been able to tend the girl during the day so its been good for him to have daddy daughter time. Italia is doing wonderful as always! She seems to like the new house. Tracy leaves the sliding door open every once in a while to let the cool breeze comes in and she just thinks that air on her face is a great time. She is starting to roll from her back to her belly and when she is on her belly her legs are kicking kicking and her but is about 3 inches off the ground! If she could figure out what to do with those annoying arms that hold her back she could probably win a marathon. She is sitting up really well. And obviously she is eating well too! Every once in a while I let her grab her spoon and well it never ends up in the place it needs to! She has also decided that if she is going to hold her bottle she is going to tease herself with it. In and out and In and out! Tracy's mom and dad got a little rainforest jumperoo! WOW! Does she love that! I put her down in front of the mirror last night so she could watch herself jump! She just thought that other baby was the funniest thing! She will be 6 months old tomorrow and weight about 25 pounds I swear lol! She is starting to form michelin tire rolls on her legs! Its the best! Well I love you all and hope everyone is doing well! I miss you guys! Happy Mothers Day!

So I was just wondering if we could get some answers from you guys! I was wondering if you think that Italia looks more like Tracy or more like me! I just think it would be interesting to see some of your comments!

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Growing up

2008-04-11T08:38:00.000-07:00

Hey! I love finally hearing from all of you! I am glad you are all doing well. Michelle and Carol I am telling you we are so jealous right now. I got up and there was an inch of snow, YES SNOW, on my car. But times are looking up because it is supposed to be 60 tomorrow!!! YAY!!! Now we just have to wear light jackets instead of heavy ones! 80 on monday though. I am counting down the hours.
Well we are doing well. Tracy is loving his new job and feels so much better about the money he is making. He is putting in at least 10 hours of overtime each week and he really likes the hard labor. I need to frame this but he gets up at 5 every morning and is out the door by 5:45 AM! But then he usually falls asleep around 7 or 8. I laugh because we have different taste in TV so he will tell me I can't watch something but he usually falls asleep so I can change the channel hehe! Italia is doing good as well. We went to the nuerologist yesterday and he said everything looks really good. It took me an hour to get there and to wait in the room for 1 hour and a 1/2 for him to look at her for literally 10 seconds and say Great she looks good see you in a year. But that is just what you have to do, so you learn to deal. She is now sitting up really really well on her own. Probably a few minutes at a time or unless she tries to reach for something that is not quite right there, then she is the leaning tower of chubbiness. HEHE But I am really surprised she is doing so well. We have this toy that is a mat and you can hang toys over the top so they can play or sit under it, well the picture is a lion and it has these little colorful ribbon tags that stick out about 1 inch for the mane. She was sitting up under yesterday and she was grabbing at the tags and was she got so mad because she could not lift them up enough and her tummy would not let her bend over enough to get it in her mouth. I just had to laugh at her and try to cover them up with her other toys but she always seemed to find them. But the funny thing about her is that she doesn't always bring things to her mouth with her hands, she will just bend over with her mouth wide open and hope that it hits what she is going for. hehe
I am doing well. All the remolding is done in our new office and it looks really really nice. Well I just wanted to tell everyone hi. But we definately need to get together for girls day. Maybe if we just keep bugging mom we will get her going on it. I love you all and I am totally down for having some family activites with all the kids this summer. Michelle I hope you are still feeling well and that everything is going well. I can't wait to see your little belly and then your BIG belly! Carol its so nice to hear from you! It seems like your job has really lightened up and I am so excited for you! I just want you to know Italia keeps telling me she better have one from your family within the next year, Plus she wants to see little Jakey!
I Love you ALL!!!! Have a great weekend!

2008-04-08T11:22:00.000-07:00

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Sick, Sick, Sick

2008-03-31T12:51:00.001-07:00

Well this weekend was pretty okay. We went to an arena football game that was pretty fun. Eric and Laura gave us free tickets, so the seats weren't the best but it was still fun. Tracy came down with pneumonia and a terrible ear infection. He went to the doctors and she actually told him that he needed reconstructive surgery on his ears because they are so damaged. (probably from playing his x box) I got sick too. I had a sinus infection, and poor little Italia picked up on it a little bit. But honestly I am not sure what could make her unhappy. You could tell she was sick, but she would not let you know it. She just was smiley and happy little Italia. She is doing really good. I took her to the doctors today to make sure her cold wasn't developing into anything really serious (plus I am just a paranoid mom), but he said all looks well and its just a little cold. It was really funny though because he was like well she is gaining really good. And he kindof looked at it and paused for a mintute then he said didn't I just see you a couple weeks ago, and I was like yeah not to long ago, he said well she's gained about 2 pounds since then. She now weighs 17 pounds 9 ounces. So she is getting big big. She is starting to roll from side to side, and I was talking to mom asking her why she can't go from her stomach to her belly and we think its just cause she is a little chubby and it takes more muscle to move her around lol!

I am so excited that it is starting to warm up. Right up the street there is an entrance to a huge park. Its almost 3 times as big as the park by the wave pool in price. But it has tons of picnic tables and tons of room to run around, and a nice playground with some fun swings. I have walked around there a few times, and they have a nice pond area where there are a few ducks and last time I went there was two little girls trying to fish, it was cute. Right next to the park is a little dirt area that they have made some little kid hills for the little fourwheelers. So Im sure when Italia takes her first step Tracy will be all over getting her a little fourwheeler. HEHE

Well I am glad to hear all is going well with everyone. I hope you like my new blog. Chel you will have to help me make it pretty!

We love you all!