Interesting Poem

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

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!

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

Labor Day Goodbye

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

Oh the Sleepless Nights

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!