Matt~Brindy~Ezra~Eli~Liam~Layla Jo

So to all of you who know I am a ditz. I some how erased all my family and friends links. So I tried to put all the links back up but I think I might have forgotten some people so if I forgot you, Please let me know. Thanks

So I am posting this a little late because Ryan died his hair and wanted to surprise his family back home for Thanksgiving. Ryan's just turned 19 and so we decided to throw him a Batman theme party. It was really fun we had a few friends over and just hung out and ate cake and ice cream. We played some wii games, we got everyone playing Guitar Hero World Tour. I am sure my neighbors were really happy that night. We were singing, playing the drums, playing the guitar and bass. We had a lot of fun and I hope Ryan enjoyed it, which I think he did. Thank you for everyone who came over we had so much fun.

Ezra has a new favorite buddy, Uncle Mike. He love loves Uncle Mike. For those of you who don't know Mike. He is Matts friend and old room mate. We hang out with him and his wife Amber a lot. Ezra was a little scared of Mike at first but now all we hear from Ezra now is "Mikkke, Mikkke, Mikkke. It is so cute how he says his name but every time Mike is around Ezra is stuck at his hip.

We had the chance to watch Trevan for a week while he was up here with Bo. Ezra had so much fun having a buddy to hang out with everyday. Ezra was a little skeptical and jealous after the second day so he was very clinging to me a lot. I think the kids were getting a little restless cause we were in the house a lot cause it was so cold outside. So we decided to go to reading time at the American Fork Library. It was so much fun, they have theme reading times. We were lucky and were there on Beach Day, the kids loved it. We sang songs, danced, and read books. The book that they read about that day was sea shells. So after the Librarian read the book the kids got to go on an adventure to find sea shells. They found three each, they were so happy and had lots of fun. Ezra now has a cousin buddy and he cant wait to hang out with him again. Thank you so much Arica and Bo for letting us have time with Trev. He is such a pleasure to be around and so polite. We love him so much and we hope to

Matt and Ezra went outside at my moms house to do some skateboarding. Ezra made some friends with the neighborhood boys and they gave him a ride on there go-kart. Ezra loved it he wanted to keep riding it. Specially when Daddy would hold on to the back of it and Chad pulled him so he could skate faster. We had such a fun day skateboarding all day. Ezra is getting really good on the skateboard, Matt will put Ezra on the board and push him down the street. Ezra will go about 100 feet by himself. He loves it every time he see's a skateboard he goes crazy and just wants to jump right on it. So I finally bought him his own skateboard so he does not have to use Daddy's big board. I found one just his size it is so cute and small. When I should him the board he would not let it go, it was really funny.

Upon seeing snow Ezra couldn't help but gasp and squeal as only he can. He pointed outside and with even more amazement pointed faster and faster signaling that he wanted to check out what it was that was out there. Brindy proceeded to tell him that it was snow that he was seeing. And he responded with, "shNooooow!!!" So he went outside and without any hesitation grabbed a big handful and, of course, ate it. It has since melted but Ezra is ripe with anticipation, unlike his daddy who could go at least a couple more weeks without it, but oh well it'll be fun while its here.

I can't believe that it has already been a year. I remember when we bought a pumpkin as big as Ezra and put him inside of it. This year we could not find a pumpkin big enough. Ezra has grown so much and now has the concept down of Trick-or-Treating. It took about two houses to get the idea that he would get candy. He would put his hand in the bowl and grab one candy at a time and threw it in his bag. We had so much and we were so thankful to share the fun time with Grandma Cheryl and Uncle Tyler. They came up to come spend time with us and enjoy Halloween. Thank you so much for all the help while you were here. We love you guys so much and had lots of fun.

So I was just cleaning around the house while Ezra was playing with his toys. Then all the sudden it was dead silent and as all mothers know dead silence equals trouble. So I went into the kitchen to find Ezra eating the flour out of the cupboard.

Now that it is getting closer to Halloween we decided to go pick out our pumpkins. Ezra was having such a blast going from pumpkin to pumpkin. He wanted to pick all of them up but he was just not quite to strong to pick up the bigger pumpkins. So Ezra picked out his pumpkin, I picked out mine and then Matt picked his out. We had such fun day at the Pumpkin Patch and I know Ezra cant wait to do again.

Ever since Ezra saw his Daddy read a newspaper, Ezra likes to read the newspaper to. Especially in the car when he has to sit there for awhile, Matt will just had him a newspaper or a magazine and he just sits there and reads it.

Ezra's favorite things to do now is go through all his books and read them. He will just sit in the corner and just read out loud, "blah blah blah" really loud. I think he tries to compete with the T.V. Matt and I were just sitting and watching T.V and then we noticed Ezra climbing in his toy box and started to read his books it is his new favorite place to read. It was so cute to see him sit there and be so serious about reading his book.

We decided to take Ezra to Adventure Land Park to go feed some ducks. My brothers and I used to go here all the time when we were young they would fish and I would feed the ducks. When we found the ducks Ezra was excited but then Matt and him went to feed them and they all surrounded him. He was very scared but then warmed up to them when we stayed near Ezra.

Grandpa being silly and making Ezra laugh so hard.

So we decided that Matt and I and Little Ezra needed to get away and have a short break. So we went to San Diego Friday mid-morning to go visit Matt's Family. We had a lot of fun for only being there 'til Sunday. Friday we just hung out in the pool and with family and went out to dinner. Saturday morning Matt wanted to go wakeboarding, which he was really excited to do, cause winter is coming. So all of us got up bright and early to go wakeboarding. (Thanks Gary for getting up extra early to get the boat ready for all of us late sleepers.) Then we got to visit with Ezra's Great-Grandparents, Grandma and Grandpa Q. We went out to lunch with them, Matt's parents, and Tyler (Matt's little brother). Then we came back to the house to visit and hang out. That night I wanted to do something fun for Ezra, so we went to Nickle City and played arcade games. Ezra loved it, his favorite game was the skee ball game. He also loved to pull the tickets out. Sunday was a crazy day

The AST Dew Tour was in Salt Lake City this past weekend. We decided to go on Saturday, August 13th. We got to see three events: the Freestyle Motorcross finals, the BMX Park quarterfinals, and Skateboard Park finals. We also got to watch a practice session of Skateboard Vert with all the legends. From Bob Burnquist to Andy MacDonald, they were all there practicing. It was rad to see them in a non-competition setting, just having fun. Ezra loved the whole thing, he was especially glued on all the motorcycles, he thought it was so cool. Everytime a bike would jump he would go, "ooooooooh." It was really funny to watch him. We also got to bring Rylan, Ezras buddy, our five- year-old neighbor. He also liked the motorcross the most. We also met one of skateboardings legends, Bucky Lasek, who we also saw in the Skate Vert practice session. Ezra was uncharacteristically not shy at all and gave him a big smile and a high five. Bucky was really nice and signed Ezra's tummy an

Today we went to the Utah State Fair In Salt Lake City with GiGi and PaPa. Ezra had so much fun, he was able to feed the goats, pet the cow and pigs. Ezra got his own cotton candy and got very very sticky of course. Matt and I went into this freak show type thing where we got to see a cow with two face and two legs growing outside of his back. It was so gross I felt so bad for these animals. We also saw snakes with two heads and a bunch of pigs with either double face features or had an elephant trump. We did not take Ezra in there it was to crazy. We were able to see the reptile show, It was amazing and Ezra got to hold bald python. He was a little weired out but he loved the show and wanted to touch every reptile there. We had so much fun and Thank you GiGi and PaPa for taking us we love you!!!

So were heard that this is the new thing and that everyone is doing this to keep in touch now. Which is a very good idea 'cause our whole family is spread out. So to keep everyone up to date on what our family has been up to, we'll post as often as we can. Matt has been attending UVSC which is now UVU. We are totally excited about that, cause now it will look better on his applications for Law School. He's starting to apply now so he just quit his job at Power Line Industries to go to school full time. Matt and his friend Mike are starting up a fall job to make some extra cash to get through school. So, if you know anyone who needs there lawn aerated just give him a call. Ezra is now 15 months and getting bigger each and every day. He still does not have the passion to learn how to walk. I mean who would when mom carries him around all day and he can crawl 20 mph, who would give that up? He is so funny and he keeps Matt and I laughing everyday. He loves to make messes, he