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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