The Updike's

It has been a busy, yet fun filled day!  My sweet little family of course stepped up and made it special for me (in more ways than one)!  It started with Garrett taking the kids to the basement to play so that I could sleep in. (Heavenly!!)  And then the kiddos surprised me with a musical card, chocolates (that they had to have a piece of), a cute basket full of rocks that Lily collected and yummy cinnamon rolls for breakfast.  Doesn't get better than that! The fun didn't stop there.  We then rushed to get our little busy bodied family to church.  Since we are in the middle of potty training Boston, Garrett took both Lily and him to the restroom before Sacrament Meeting started.  A few minutes later, Lily comes running to our pew and says, "Mom, I forgot to put underwear on this morning, see?"  And then she pulls her skirt down exposing her cute little bottom to everyone around us.  Yes, I turned bright red as others chuckled around us!...

It was a very special weekend for our little family.  Our sweet little Crew had his baby blessing.  What a gentle baby he is!  I was panicking a bit when Sacrament Meeting started and he was wide awake.  We could not coax him to sleep at all.  Much to my surprise, he did not cry once during his blessing even though he was awake.  Garrett gave him a wonderful blessing.  What a choice baby he is!  We love him so very much! As much as I take pictures, I can't believe that I didn't capture him in his blessing outfit by himself.  This is such a sweet picture, though, that Grandpa Crossley took of him later. We were so blessed to have all of the grandparents present for Crew's blessing.  We had such a great time spending time with them.  Lily and Boston especially enjoyed playing with them.  Ugh . . . I am so sad that the Grandpa pictures turned out so blurry.  They are still very sw...