The Updike's

Ice Cream and Fries for Lunch? Yes, Please!  

We had such a fun time ice skating with the Forsloff's.  It was fun to do something different.  I can't believe how well all of the kids did! I made it a point to take a picture with each kid.  I am always behind the camera and I do want my kids to remember that I was with them as well.  

Christmas was fantastic this year!  It happened to fall on a Sunday, and since we had church at 9am, we decided to wait until after our Sacrament meeting to open presents.  But what a blessing to be able to start Christmas morning with the sacrament and a beautiful Christmas program.  We sang several Christmas hymns as a ward and had 2 speakers.  And Garrett happened to be one of them.  He spoke about the miracles of the Christmas story and the fact that, because of Christ, we can still pray for and expect miracles.  It was amazing! Once we got home, the kids were ready to jump right into the presents!  Santa brought them each their own chair for watching TV, playing video games, or just chillin.  And they loved them!  And of course, we all got spoiled with so many fun gifts.  But the highlight for us as parents was that we finally decided to get the kids a trampoline.  We had to order it several weeks ago to have it here on time, a...