The Updike's

Yay for school!  We have all been so excited to start school again . . . in school again!  Though the schedule is different this year due to COVID - we will take it!  The kiddos get to go every day but school is out an hour early every day also.   I am so proud of these great kids . . . as much as they were excited, they were also nervous to start a new school in a new state.  They were brave and went in with such great attitudes! Back to school night happened a couple of days before school started.  They got to tour the school and meet their teachers. Lily and Mrs. Cashwell Boston and Mrs. Knutti A couple of days after we moved into our house here in Lehi, Boston needed to take the A.L.L. test to see if he qualified for the accelerated learning program here.  He scored really high and is now apart of the ALL team. He will now be in the same class with the same peers until junior high.  He will have a different ALL teacher...

I have always had a love/hate relationship with hair coloring!  I starting graying really early . . . I think around 24.  So after years of trying to hide all of my white/gray hair - I decided I wanted to be done with hair color.  COVID helped me with that decision since all of the hair salons and supply stores were closed.  Once I decided to make the transition - I only did 2 more color jobs with highlights to lighten and make the demarkation line not so obvious.  Once I moved to Utah, I went to a hair salon and wanted them to give me a haircut that would blend my hair more evenly.  I didn't realize how short she would cut it (and it's not my favorite haircut) - but I am glad that it can hopefully grow out nicely now.  It was good to cut off all of my previous colored hair.  It will be fun to see how it all turns out in a year from now. Yikes!  Lily was with me and she snapped these pics without ...