The Updike's

 Finally . . . it's Crew's turn to play baseball.  He has waited for this chance for a very long time!  He was the smallest kid on his team (ages 4-6) but he could hold his own in the batting department.  This kid is a great batter!  Now he just needs to build his attention skills in the outfield.  Ha!  Oh, I just love to watch him play ball!  He had such a great coach - Coach Hunter Murray.  

Our travel to Utah came with a slight detour.  As we were driving and getting close to Silverthorne, Colorado - our car brakes seized and began making a funny sound.  I was yelling at Garrett to try and pull over to the side of the road while he was just trying coast and not hit any car in our way.  It was a sudden stressful situation!  Thankfully as Garrett coasted the car, the brakes began working a little more for us to get our car and family to safety in Silverthorne.  Our rotors had warped and they needed to be replaced. It was interesting  . . . not more than 10 minutes before we had brake trouble, I had just been talking to Garrett about when we should get our brakes checked.  We have never had issues with them - - the thought just came out of the blue.  I actually think it wasn't a coincidence.  I know that Heavenly Father was protecting us and helped to keep us safe in a very scary situation. While Garrett took the car to ...