The Updike's

 I went back and forth on whether or not I wanted to pack up these 2 kiddos and make the drive to attend the Brigham City Temple Open House.  With how much these kids are obsessed with the temple every time we drive past, I knew it was a must.  Since Garrett was out of town, my sweet parents were so willing to come with me and help me out.  I am so so glad that we went. My initial worry was that our scheduled time was 7:45 pm.  I was so worried that the kids would be grumpy because it was so late.  An interesting experience . . . Lily was so grumpy after the hour + drive . . . she was so clingy and whiny.  The minute we walked into the temple her attitude totally changed.  She was so happy!  Boston was awesome also . . . he let my parents hold him all night.   Lily sat so quietly during the open house video.  She was glued to it. I had to laugh as we were walking up the first flight of stairs.  Lily asked me...

So a couple of weeks ago, we had the annual Fathers and Sons campout for our ward.  I thought it would be a lot of fun to take Boston and give him his first real camping experience.  We had a lot of fun.  Boston absolutely loved it!  Here are a few pictures from the campout. The first task was getting the tent set up.  I have to say, it is quite challenging to set up a tent with a little guy that isn't quite sure what's going on.  Between walking all over the tent and running off to "help" all of the others with their tents, it took awhile.  But we finally got it up and were ready to check out the fire.     Boston was totally obsessed with the fire.  It was all I could do to keep him from getting too close!  He was mesmerized by it.  He kept saying "Fire, hot!" over and over and over again.  And as you can see below, he was very interested in sticking things in the fire.  He tried helping al...