Current updates from when we started this forever ago:

• Kip is teaching at the Borah High School LDS Seminary for the third year running since he was transferred therefrom Timberline. He really loves everything about being there. It is the Alma Mater for both Kip and Amy! He runs as much as he feels like it:) and a Boston qualifying time is surely in the works this year. He loves "nerd party" computer game nights with friends and brothers once a week (who needs sleep?) and beign the greatest fun dad ever...and he does dishes...seriously awesome.
• After sadly losing baby#5 late in pregnancy last year, a little boy who would have been due in December, Amy is expecting a little girl in April. Boston qualifying time is NOT an option this year:) (was it ever?) but a faithful running partner has kept her up and at 'em despite the slower pace. Did she mention slower pace? She just registered her "Baby" Maddux for kindergarten this week and sends her other babies to grade school and junior high! She keeps busy with too many projects, church responsibilities, teaching art in her kid's classrooms and enjoying two of the greatest inventions of all time: co-op dinner group and co-op babysitting for date nights aka "kid party".
• Emma is at this moment with the Mutual youth group from church doing a service project at the Botanical gardens. She is in Junior High, 7th grade VP, plays the flute and piano beautifully and keeps up with church, all city honor band, music lessons, babysitting, homework and keeping Kody fed and picked up after! She is great.
• Shaylan recently discovered a talent for clogging as she started lessons. It sure looks fun and it is a great workout. Her dramatic, funny flair was at it's finest as "Rapunzel" in their comedic class plays. She likes making funny videos for You Tube, playing percussion in band and Twilight stuff. She is a good student and a good girl and while she says she truly hates the piano, we know she really loves it and is just trying to throw us for a loop because she is actually good at it.
• McKay is still a happy ray of sunshine, drawing and creating 24/7, being a good student and a talented pianist. He is a great brother, a terrific artist (anyone would agree, not just his mom!) and a "selective" connissieur of food. He seems to think sleep is optional and is usually happy regardless of how much or how little he gets.
• Maddux looks forward to his new baby sister. He attends a round robin homeschool type preschool and has made leaps and bounds this year socially...he has come out of his shell alot! He is growing up awfully fast and all boy with his love of the outdoors, sports, and riding his bike. He is seriously one of the most Reverent kids in primary...something I would not have expected!