The Updike's

It makes me so happy to know that my kids for the most part really enjoy school.  They have all had excellent teachers this year and we so are grateful! Loved watching these cute kids at their school dance festival.  I loved watching how awkward they were dancing in front of so many people.  It made me laugh!  But I was also just filled with a whole bunch of love for my kiddos.  I am so proud of them! Autographs . . . I think Crew had more autographs on his face than on his yearbook! Presley was so determined to make a graduation shirt with Sharpies.  She did a great job! (even if she accidently decorated the back of the shirt instead of the front.  She was so bummed that she had the wear her shirt backwards). The 7th grader decided not to go to her last day of school.  Apparently, all of her teachers recommended that they didn't come because he was only an hour and a half of school.  I thought that was weird - but all of the junior high scho...

 

I love how excited Boston was to have me go to his school fieldtrip with him.  It warms my heart!  I know he is growing up so fast and he won't always want me around - so for now - you bet I will be with him any chance I can get. A couple of us moms were put right to work.  We had to dress up as teachers and teach a little class in an old school house.  

While the kids were introduced to Laura and Brandon's new cat, Taxi - Garrett and Uncle Brandon were off on their century bike ride. This little cat received so much loving! Right after we moved back to Utah, we invested in a Peloton.  Christina could no longer attend Burn Boot Camp and there really aren't any great gyms close by.  So we decided to try the Peloton bike.  I quickly fell in love with it and started getting more active, which was great.  Honestly, it had been quite a while since I was consistently working out, and this really got me motivated.  Fast forward about a year, I decided to actually start using the road bike that I bought in 2019.  I had only really ridden it about 3 times in 2 years, but now that I had a lot of experience on the Peloton, I was excited to try again.  Well I loved it.  We have some great bike paths close to our home that are perfect for biking.  After doing that for about 6 months, I decided it was time...