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

So for those of you who live far away Ezra has been taking a gymnastics class. He loves it so much. We decided that we would take video of it so our family that is not close can see how Ezra is doing in the classes. He was a little grumpy this week but he still enjoyed himself. There are three different videos cause they do three different routines. I hope you enjoy them and we love and miss all of you!

We had such a fun Easter. Ezra got to go to two different Easter Egg Hunts. The first one was at a park in American fork. It was fun because they had games and fun activities for the kids to do. Ezra got a Easter bunny tattoo on his arm, he thought that was so cool. Then after the activities they had the hunt. Ezra was in the 0-3 year hunt but it did not seem like that when the horn went off! All the parents ran in there and grabbed all the eggs for the kids. A mother even took and egg from Ezra as he was getting ready to pick it up. So we will never be doing that again. It is kind of sad how competitive parents get for there kids. Ezra was just happy he got some candy. Then after that we drove to my Grandma and Grandpa Caldwells house in Gunnison to have another Easter egg hunt and to eat. Ezra had so much fun with his cousins looking for Easter eggs. He did not have a problem with not finding enough cause my Aunt Shelly and Grandma had over a 100 eggs. Just for the kids it was so a...

Ezra has been having skin problems ever since he was born. Right before Easter Ezra had to get what they call molluscum surgically removed. We have been taking him to the doctors to get them scraped off but it was just to hard on him and especially on Matt and I. So our doctor and I decided it would be better if we put him to sleep and he could get all of them off because he was just covered. They looked like little white heads all over his body it was just so sad. Our nurse was so amazing, Ezra got to bring his favorite bear which was his batman bear and his blanket. She got him batman stickers for him and bandages for his bear so Ezra could put them on the bear. That made him less nervous to leave us, he got distracted by putting the bandages on the bear as they were wheeling him out. After he woke up he was a little sad and a little in pain. So he got some pain killers and after that he was a loopy boy. He is all good now and they have pretty much cleared and went away.

Ever since I have been working with Jetlue we have been flying to San Diego every couple of months or whenever we get the time. We can fly any where for free that Jetblue flies. Our favorite place to go to is San Diego cause that is where Matt's family lives. We love it cause it is practically a free trip, all we have to do is bring Ezra and Cheryl and Gary will let us stay at there house and eat there food. LOL We just recently went to visit for a few days and get out of the cold weather. We had so much for just being there for a few days. We were able to take Ezra to the San Diego zoo. The whole time we were there he just could not wait to see the monkeys. That is all he was saying "Monkey Monkey." Then we got to the monkeys and he was so excited and just stared at them forever. We had so much fun just relaxing and swiming in the pool. We really needed the break, so thank you so much Cheryl and Gary we love you guys and miss you. Hopefully we can get down there sometime...

While we were down in San Diego for our sealing we were also on vacation. So my family (Barratt side) and I started our day off eating breakfast right on the beach. Then we went to the San Diego Aquarium. The kids loved it especially the gift shop. We also had a beach day at La Jolla Beach, it was so much fun. We swam in the ocean, Matt try to teach my pregnant sister how to skin board! Wish I would have got a picture of that. We also went to the tide pools and found sea slugs, brittle stars, and a huge occtopuss. We had so much and it did not stop there. Once my dad got in town we went to DISNEYLAND. It was so fun to watch the kids just have so much fun. It was one of the best trips we have had in San Diego.

Sorry it has taken me so long to post, our camera broke and then my laptop cord broke. So I have a lot to post. Just about a month and a half ago Matt, Ezra and I were sealed as a eternal family in the San Diego Temple. It was the most spiritual experience of my life. I am so greatful to have an eternal family. We have worked so hard to finally get to this point in our lives. We want to thank everyone for coming and especially my sister Brooke and my brother-in-law Matt for driving so far to be part of this experience it meant so much to me to have both of you there. I love you guys so much.