The Updike's

So we brought a few pictures home from the doctor the other day....  We wanted to see if the kids could guess what the pictures were showing.  Not sure if you can quite tell what it is, but Lily and Boston struggled a bit to figure it out.  Their first guess was that it was a feather. When we were finally able to get them to guess what the pictures were showing, there was a huge explosion of excitement.  One of the sweetest moments of the evening was what Lily said just a few seconds after figuring it out: "Mom and Dad, can we say a prayer to Heavenly Father to tell Him thanks for sending us a new baby?"  What a sweet little girl!   So, without further delay, we are making it official....  Beginning February of 2015, the Updike family will be growing from 5 to 6.  Exciting news!!! And by the way...  It's a girl!

 Garrett and I received a church assignment to plan and head up our ward's youth conference.  We just really really appreciated my mom and my sister's family for being so willing to make the trip out to watch our kiddos while we were gone for the long weekend.  The kids had so much fun and I was so glad that I was able to spend a little bit of time with them before and after the conference.     Grandma Crossley bearing awesome gifts for the kiddos! We tried to take the kids swimming one afternoon . . . but we were only in the pool for 5 minutes before the lightening came.  Not to despair though, to make up for the lack of swimming time, we took the kiddos to get a shaved iced.  They were freezing in their swimsuits . . . but they looked so cute all bunched up together in the back of the van waiting got their sweet treats.  Playing at the park  The kids found 4 baby bunnies in our backyard.  We couldn't believ...