Thanks for the food

Thanks so much for the food. i got the packages and 7 letters. it
just takes a long time for them to reach here about a month or so. You
do know that you can send more that a quart sized bag of candy/food
right??? haha im just kidding. I have been eating a lot of eggs,
ramen, and bread lately because they dont give us very much money to
spend for the month. Speaking of money you know that gift card you
sent me. well funny thing is i dont think you looked close enough to
it i will send you a picture why when i get the usb cable to send the
picture. Im sorry all the fish are dying are you sure you are taking
care of them well enough? Thats awesome that the boys had fun at scout
comp thats really good :) thats true school does start soon i was
thinking about that a few weeks ago and it kinda scared me thinking i
have been gone for that long haha its almost been 3 months!!! time
sure goes by fast! it feels likes its been one big day to be honest
if things keep up at this rate i will be home before i know it! oh
and you know suprisingly enough im not going through computer
withdrawals haha! did you put my laptop's, keyboard, mouse (reciever,
mouse pad, cable) in safe spot? Oh has anyone taken my room yet? The
reason why i didnt get to really email you is because it took almost
the hole 2 hours we have to email to load the email page sorry about
that.

On 8/5/13, Traci Erickson 
 Wow, I must have been at the end of all of your emails cause it was so
 short. Or did you just get to the church late?Transfer? New companion? How
 are things going?
 It was quiet at our house having Ethan and Zach gone to scout camp all week.
 The girls finally out numbers the boys for once.The boys had a great time
 at camp and have been telling us many stories. Ethan's first one was that
 he got lost going to his first class. Luckily, he never made it out of
 camp. He just couldn't remember which building he was supposed to be at. He
 got there late but they were waiting for him. So he didn't miss anything.
 We are down to 1 fish! And 2 pollywogs. The store gave us the pollywogs for
 free because they say they just die at the store. We don't know what kind
 of frogs they are or how big they will get. At least something is still
 alive.
 Ethan gets to go to the temple Saturday to do baptisms for the dead. He is
 real excited. Grandpa and Grandma R had all the girls sleep over and go to
 their ward party. I took Hope for the Saturday fun because she wouldn't
have slept. She had fun playing with all of her cousins.
 We have started back to school shopping, I can't believe it is that time
 already. The kids got their school fees in the mail. Paige's was a lot and
 then she noticed that they were billing her for a boys and a girls choir
 uniform. HAHAHa. She doesn't need either because she already has the one
 she needs from last year. That saves us $200 off of her fees.

Here are a few recipes. Let me know what else you want. Your package has
been mailed. We included everything in it. And pictures of Christ on the
 outside-hope it makes it to you.
 I put them in an attachment but don't know if you can open them so here they are again.