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

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE made it. We will be signing our lives away today. We will be paying our down payment today and sign our closing papers. Then we get the keys tomorrow around 4:00pm and get to move in OUR HOUSE!!!! We have been waiting a long time for this and now we will get to make our memories in our own house! Thank you to everyone who made this possible and stood behind us the whole time.

House is finished!!!! They put the carpet down today and they will be doing the final clean up this next week. We sign papers Wednesday and get our keys on Friday!!! Yay!!!

This kid literally walks outside for two seconds and is covered from head to toe. I have finally learned that when I let him go outside, I just strip his clothes off and let him play in the backyard in his diaper cause this is what happens. I love this little guy, he is so funny and always keeps me on my toes and I never know what he is going to do next!!!

The stone is up!!!! We decided to go for a drive Saturday night and we drove past our house thinking nothing would have been done cause it was a Saturday but as we drove up we saw that they put up our stone. We were so thrilled and can't believe it is getting closer and closer. We will meet with our builder this Wednesday and walk through the house... YEA!!! I am so happy and I know my parents are too.. ha ha They need there house back. When we move they will be empty nesters and I think they are more thrilled for that then anything. Which they should be cause they deserve it after raising us Barratt kids. We are so thankful for there help and roofing us for months. We love you Mom and Dad so much. Eli and Ezra will for sure have some withdraws but I think they will be ok!!!

Our Black Island Cabinets Our kitchen cabinets, we did two toned cabinets The Master bathroom cabinets (I can't wait to have my own sink) :) Our house, they still need to put the stone on our house, light fixtures, and garage doors. We are getting closer and closer, as of right now our move in date is two weeks from today. September 23 is our official move in day. We are in the process of closing with our lenders, which has been very stressful. We thought we had everything they needed and they dropped a few more to do thing for us to get done. So we have been pretty stressed out about that, but we have amazing family support. We are so blessed for the people we have in our family and we thank everyone for all there love and support. We can't wait to start making memories with you in our new home!!!!

After We got back from Yellowstone of course we needed to rush to our house to see all the progress that happened and this is what we came home to!!! NICE RIGHT? We are so stoked!!!! We were so excited to pull up and be able to park in our garage. It was so weird and knowing that in less then a month and half it will be finished. WOW it is amazing what people can do. They got so much done windows put in, doors on, and all the tubs and showers put in. Now they will be doing the Electric and plumbing which they have already started. Were are getting closer and closer!!! YAY:)

My parents took us kids and there grand kids to Yellowstone and Bear World. We had so much fun and it was awesome to be with our family and all the kids. My parents were so excited to have on there grand kids in one cabin but at then end of the week I think they were definitively ready to come home. Six kids can be a bit much some times ha ha. The kids love being with there cousin though and and a lot of fun playing and having a big sleepover every night with each other. Thanks mom and dad for all the fun memories we made!

So at the end of the week our house really started to come together. Matt's mom and family were in town, so we took them to see the house. Which was a really exciting experience for us because we were going to OUR HOUSE!!! So awesome to say that ha ha. It was fun to walk through it with them. We did not have our stairs built at the time so of course all the men climbed up the walls and went to the second floor, which we have a really nice view they could see from our backyard. Thank you for all of you who came out. We can't wait to have you over for dinner one night!!!

So they started framing, Matt and I went out there before he had to go to work. We were so excited to see them actually putting up walls in our house. Then we went back that night after Matt got off work to see how far they got. It actually started to look like a house.

Ezra and Eli sitting on there front porch for the first time. So everything is going along smoothly and they got most of the cement poured and will be getting ready to frame and pour the cement in the garage.

So here's the latest on our house in Jordan Willows, finally we are seeing some activity. The footings were poured and the foundation, it self, is being started. It was so different seeing the footings up above the ground for the first time. So cool!!! We went out there this afternoon and there was a really cool lightning storm I think we will get great views of the storms around the valley from our house. Brindy is very excited about this as she loves thunderstorms. This time we brought our niece and nephew (Jordyn and Mason) to see it with us. Ezra thought it was so cool to see the footings and all the rocks everywhere (Eli loved it too, he tasted many a rock and made sure they were only the finest quality rocks that they are using for our house.) Ezra was so cute, he took his cousins on a tour of "our new house hole." They were climbing all over the dirt piles and making sure those footings were strong and sturdy! It is so great to see the progress, we sure are getting...

I am officially a working mom aka supermom!!!I got a job with Intermountain Health Care (IHC). My position is called Registrar, I register patients into the ER. Even though it is not medically hands on I see some pretty cool stuff. I am whats called PNR staffing Express. So I get to pick up shifts whenever I want. I don't have a set schedule. Which is really nice cause I can work it out to where Matt or I are home with our boys. They have a lot of benefits there and I am really excited to get to learn all of them (not just insurance) They help pay for schooling so I can finish my RN (Registered Nurse). This week has been tough though cause I have had training everyday from 12:00 to 6:30pm so Matt has had to help out a lot at home with the boys and keeping the house duty chores done. I never knew men could be so organized when it came to cleaning bottles! YES! My boys have girl bedding, all our stuff is in storage. Matt made sure Ezra had his two pillow pets and his blanket on his ...

YAY!!!! We finally have a whole dug. For those of you who don't know our house got pushed back 2 weeks cause the permits were not in on time. So we were a little sad cause nothing was done but while we were gone on family vacation. We got a text message from our friend Alex, who sent us a pic of our hole. We were so thrilled and excited that the minute we got home and unpacked we went and checked it out. We also just met with our builder today and he was so nice and he told us that in the next twp weeks. They will have our foundation poured, gas lines in, water leveling done, and the framing getting started. We were so happy to here that so you will all be getting updates as we do.

Alright well most of you may know what happened to Ezra on Friday but those of you who don't know. Ezra was playing in the backyard at my parents house with his cousin Treven and his friend Kasen. They were playing in a plastic pool and we had our little tikes slide in the pool as well.It is only about two feet high, the boys would use it to slide down into the pool. Well Ezra was just going to fast and he fell off the slide and landed on the grass with his hand hitting the ground first. My mom grabbed him and saw his arm and knew it was broken. So my dad and I rushed him to the Doctor's office where they deal with broken arms and even put on cast there. Well they got the X-rays back and the doctor said he broke both bones and that he was going to call in a specialist to fix it. So they sent us to the Emergency Room to meet with the specialist to get it set back into place. They put him in conscious sedation and re-set the arm. Ezra did such an amazing job he was so brave. Mat...

I had a photo session on Friday with the Meier Family. We are actually really good friends with this family. Our kids are pretty much the same age and we always hang out with them. It was really fun shooting these pics with them, I have been doing photography for awhile and even to some classes on it. There is just something so fun about it that I just love doing it. So now I am starting a photography business of my own and the Meier family were my first customers.I had such a blast with them. Thank you so much Sampson and Kim for letting me shoot your family photos. I had so much fun and I just love your girls.

So we finally picked our lot after going back and forth plenty of times. (My Fault, I could not make a decision.) We picked the lot that has the view of the Jordan River in our back yard and farm land. Yes I said farm land, we will have cows and ducks in our backyard. Which we absolutely love the atmosphere our kids are going to love growing up here. We also have the Jordan River Trail that just comes right off our backyard. So when we build a fence they said we can have our own personal gate that will allow us to jump on the trail from our own backyard. We are so excited and Ezra love to come and see where we are going to live all the time. He loves the fact that there will be animals in his backyard and he can see them from his bedroom window. We are so excited we can't wait to actually see them to start building our house.

We had lots of fun while we were in San Diego. Specially at the beach we always enjoy every minute we have in the sand and soaking up the rays of sun. We got to go to Coronado Island to Visit Matt's Grandparents. Ezra had such a blast with Great Grandpa Q. They went on an adventure together around the beach. We also went to Del Mar beach to watch the Sunset with Gary and Cheryl. I love watching those two together you can just see the love they have for each other. We are so lucky to have such great loving family.