The Updike's

Party! Party! Party!  These boys are so spoiled!  We combined their bday parties again this year because they mostly play with the same friends.  Such a great group! Little Cesaer's Pizza for the win! Reflective Barriers for hiding And having a culdesac is truly amazing! A solid 3 hours of laser tag!  They loved every minute! This is Claire.  She is one of Crew's best friends.  She is so cute and had so much fun! Ice Cream Sundaes for dessert! When Uncle Austin comes - he brings life to the party!  The kids loved trying to get him! Don't let that serious face get you . . . he was trying to act like he wasn't playing and then secretly aimed his laser tag at the kids and got them out. I would have to say this was the best party ever!!  So happy that we found a place that rented out laser tag guns.  

Happy birthday to this amazing guy!  He is such a fantastic husband and dad!  We love him so much and we were excited to celebrate him on his special day! Isn't this stain glassed hummingbird stunning?  Our sweet Rita hand crafted it.  What a very special gift! This gift was kind of a joke - but also really cool.  Garrett has been intrigued with some videos that show how a wood table is filled with a cool resin middle.  He was trying to convince me that he wanted to try out this massive project.  As I was walking around the store one day - I saw this sweet package.  He now gets to create this resin project on a smaller range . . . drink coasters.  Ha! I am still loving this picture that we created with fun technology.  Old Man Garrett! Texas Roadhouse was his dinner pick again this year. How could I forget that he was actually turning 44??!!  Oops! Sure love this guy!

9 years-old??!!  I know I say it every year for every kid . . . but they are all growing up so fast!! All this kid wanted for his birthday were cool sport (Titans) posters for his room. Initially, Crew wanted to decorate his own cake . . . but when it came the time to do it - he wanted to play with his friends instead.  In a rush to go outside, he quickly drew me a sketch to follow.  Ha!! I changed things up and printed out some Titan symbols instead.   His birthday dinner was at Pizza Pie Cafe.  And he stuffed himself.  They even gave him his own dessert pizza topped with a ton of whipped cream. It was so fun to have the grandparents and Austin and Sarah join in on the fun. We sure love our Crew boy so very much!  He is such a great kid and we hope that he has the best year this year as a 9 year old.