8 years old

Graham is growing up entirely without my permission. But I count my lucky stars every day that we somehow have the sweetest, kindest, most fun kid alive.

Graham is such a talented artist and he spends hours drawing, crafting, and writing stories. He loves reading and read the 3rd most books in the whole second grade this year. He’s a great baseball and basketball player, and is a great sport. He loves playing piano, swimming, and learning.

Graham is the kindest big brother, and takes such good care of his siblings. He helps them come up with fun games, encourages them, has “reading night” where he reads to them in bed, and is their cheerleader.

Graham is such a kind friend, is helpful around our house, and makes us laugh all the time. He has the most tender heart, and got a little teary today watching old videos from when he was younger because he “misses being so little”

Graham is the best heart and I feel so lucky that my baby boy is turning out to be the coolest kid I know. Happy birthday pal

We celebrated Graham’s birthday with his favorite foods, arcade and zip line, cade, family and friends. He wanted a Snoopy cake and we got him some Peanuts characters. It was a perfect day to celebrate Graham.

Our May has been incredible. We celebrated the last days of school, Wells graduated from preschool which is going to break my heart! His performance was SO cute and he killed it. He was so silly and sweet and fun singing the songs. He’s growing up way too fast and I’m devastated he’s such a big kid. We love Miss Tiffany and we are so sad to not have her as a teacher anymore.

We went right to the Rock House to celebrate the end of school and enjoyed the lake, treats, and friends.

We went to a Bee’s game to celebrate Grandma’s birthday and it was SO fun! We loved the new stadium and getting time with grandparents.

Baseball season was a dream and the boys both did so incredible. Graham hit every pitch he got, and Wells hit every pitch off the tee! They are both amazing players and we’re excited to see how they do with baseball!

We are excited for the warm weather, for May, for summer, for end of school!

CLARKSON IS TWO. How did that happen??? We can’t believe it.

Clarkson Kei | 2 year old wonder

Our curly haired, angel boy

Clarkie is the light of our life. He brings so much joy and fun to our family. Everyone is obsessed with him!

He bullies his big brothers and they don’t even mind! He is always dancing to any music and requests Hog Dog or APT every day. He is obsessed with water and would take three baths a day if he could. He loves “soup dinner”, eggies, candy, and popcorn. He is an outside kid and spends most of his day outdoors. He loves to scooter, ride in the Jeep, dig in the dirt, and do bubbles.

We are obsessed with Clarke!

We celebrated him with an Oh Twodles birthday complete with a dance party and cupcakes—all his favorites!

His friends, family, and cousins all came and celebrated him. We spent the whole day doing his favorite things, the marble track, eating soup, coloring, and being outside in the rain!

Wells had a field trip to the popcorn farm and we saw pigs which the boys loved! The boys have been leaning into chess, including Clarkson!

Randy ran a half marathon with Sam and they killed it!

And Clarkson was blessed! We had a lovely day focused on Clarkson and his connection to Heavenly Father. He repeated every word and told Wells to fold his arms! It was very sweet and fun.

We enjoyed Spring Break! We did a fun thing every day. Ice skating, get air, a movie, a day at the park, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a movie with friends, it was a blast. We hung out with our cute neighbor Karol, played lots of Chess, and mom presented at an event.

We celebrated Easter and it was wonderful. We had the ward Easter Egg Hunt, Grandma Low’s Easter Egg Hunt, we walked to church on Palm Sunday and celebrated Holy Week, we had a passover meal and washed feet, and talked about Christ. We had a Richards Easter Dinner and spent a lot of time together. The boys got archery sets, chalk, bubbles, roller blades, and lots of fun outdoor toys. Overall it was such a perfect week focused on Christ!

We enjoyed the Tulip Festival with Jamie and Beth and Gavin and Grandma and. Grandpa. The boys had the best time walking through the flowers, doing the scavenger hunt, and having a great time together.

We had such a busy and fun March!

After SO much back and forth, uncertainty, weighing all our options, going to lots and the model home a million times, all the spreadsheets, all the debating, we are MOVING. We have a lot in West Kaysville and will be moving in September hopefully. We have felt SO many feelings as we have started to move forward. We were unsure about the lot by the power lines, the cost, the interest rates, and we have ultimately decided this is the perfect forever house for our family. With options for a basement, a large yard, in a good spot, we are moving forward. We are HEARTBROKEN to leave where we are. We cried about it for days and days and days. But we also feel good about moving forward.

March was also full of Graham’s play! Mom helped choreograph and was very involved which was fun. Graham killed it in the show!

We had an unseasonably warm March and spent a lot of time outside.

Mom took work trips, we celebrated Grandma Ann’s and Kimme’s birthdays, we went bird watching with Courtney, Graham had federation and got a superior rating, and the boys went to the symphony with cousins! It was such a busy, stressful, and fun month!

We had such a fun February! The weather wasn’t too cold, but we still had a few movie days. All the boys LOVE popcorn so movie snacks are a hit around here!

We love our Saturdays with muffin batter, drawing, and of course eggies!

Randy always spoils ME even when February is his month! Flowers, an incredible Valentine’s meal at Aker (Tuna crudo, truffle pasta, a huge berry cheesecake, all of it was amazing). I told them we had a birthday and they got a HUGE sparkler for Randy which was so fun! We enjoyed time at Sweat House, family walks, rock throwing, magnatile making. I ran into my brother at a Jazz game which was fun!

The boys LOVE In N Out

And we celebrated our best dad SO much for his birthday! Family, friends, ramen with our family, we did whatever we could to make him feel special.

Busy season has been BUSY and mom was SO SICK this month, puking non-stop for a few days and ill for a while after, but Randy made her a priortiy and helped her get back to better!

January has been busy and so fun! Graham made a cute diorama for his book report, we went to a hockey game with friends which was a blast, we celebrated Louis, Kate, Sam, and Jake, and so many other fun moments!
Graham had a cousin piano recital which was so cute and fun, and he also got to go to District for the storytelling festival and he did such a great job. He picked a story he heard Grandpa Low tell and figured out how he wanted to tell it all by himself. Overall it was a busy, cold, and fun month. Busy season is upon us and Randy has already had to travel, but we are lucky he gets to be home as much as he does!

Our 2025 was beautiful. We traveled to Chicago, New York, California, Saint George, and Hawaii.

We watched movies we love, read great books, listened to amazing music, spent time outside, and spent a ton of time together.

Randy passed his CPA, Graham started the DEEP program, Wells tried soccer for the first time and started to read, Clarkson learned to walk and ride a scooter and climb, and Maddy got a new job.

It’s been a crazy wonderful year.

Holy cow what a month! The holiday season FLEW by and we aren’t even sure how it happened.

We went to the Festival of Trees, Candlelight Christmas, enjoyed buying and wrapping presents, listening to Christmas music on our record player, and reading Christmas books at bedtime.

We spent a week in Hawaii which was SO fun. Randy ran his marathon and even though it was SOAKING he did great. We were BEYOND proud. We spent the week at the beach, playing in the waves and the sand, eating delicious food, finding yummy treats, hiking, spending time in the pool and hot tub, and being with friends. It was a dreamy, relaxing week and we loved every second of our island getaway! The boys loved seeing the characters, swimming, eating Japanese food and shave ice, and digging in the sand.

When we got home we packed in more Christmas fun with the Layton Lights, Christmas Eve Brunch at the Grand America, seeing the candy windows, having Christmas Eve Dinner. Christmas Eve was complete when we gave the boys their new pets!! Axolotls!!! We love Lottie and Axel so much already. We opened gifts on Christmas Morning and the boys loved their claw machines and vending machines, stuffed animals, video games, puzzles, crafts, etc. Randy and I loved our towel warmer, golf clubs, jewelry, etc. We played games and relaxed the whole day and had a laid back Christmas which was just what we wanted.

We spent the break at the Layton Lights, at Luminaria with family, having Richards Christmas, a NYE party, and relaxing. We have loved being together as a family during the break and getting some extra time as a family with our trip to Hawaii!

Our November was one to remember! Randy was the assistant coach for Graham’s basketball team and they had a blast! Graham played super well, scored quite a few points for his team, and leaned into being a better basketball player! Clarkson loved to color and try to run on the court like a little menace! And Wells was such a good brother and would cheer!

We went to see The Nutcracker which is a favorite family tradition of ours. The boys love watching the dances and getting ice cream after. This year was fun as always, and we can’t wait to bring Clarkson with us soon!

The day after The Nutcracker we always decorate for Christmas. This year we had our new record player and Christmas music, fun jammies, hot cocoa, and we had the best day ever decorating and being together.

Thanksgiving was magical this year too! We went on a family run and Graham and Wells are SPEEDY. We ate with both sides of the family, lunch and dinner, and ate so much pie! The kids made a movie for us and it was SO fun to see them so excited about writing the script and filming.

Graham had hero day where mom dressed as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and he shared info about her, and helped his class decorate collars. It was so special!

We did Black Friday shopping, mom held Survivor for her friends, and Clarkson went to Nursery for the first time. A great month of getting in the holiday spirit!

October was a wild month for our family, Randy was out of town most of the month and we spent a lot of time doing fall activities! We had a ball at the fall pumpkin patches, on field trips, on hikes to see the fall leaves. There were lots of tears from all of us as we were sick and missing Dad. But we did it!

We spent a day at Frightmares which was fabulous! The boys had the best time and loved all of the rides so much.

We sat courtside at a Jazz game and the boys were spoiled rotten. We went to the fancy dinner club, got tons of treats, had the Jazz bear come hang out with us, got on the jumbo tron, and got onto the court. It was the best game ever and the boys were so lucky and excited! Randy and I got to go to the BYU Utah game which was also such a blast!

Our Halloween was a blast with everyone dressing up for a Mary Poppins costume, and the boys being Axolotls for trick or treating.

Clarkson also turned 18 months. He is the best baby ever and we adore him. He’s the best scooter rider, says a few words, screams to get what he wants, loves the water more than anything, will grove to any music, requests APT to listen to every time we get in the car, loves eating any kind of food but particularly loves yogurt, cheese, and DRINKS.

Everyone is officially back in school and we are happy and sad at the same time! I’m so proud of the boys for their hard work, but also sad we aren’t all together at home all day. Wells felt VERY mid about going back to school while Graham was devastated to be heading back. Wells didn’t really care, he wasn’t sad and wasn’t happy. Graham always struggles with change and was sad to be going. He was nervous for his new school and making new friends, but he’s already been killing it.

Wells helped a new kid be relaxed about going to Preschool when dad dropped him off and we were so proud. He’s so adventurous and brave. Graham is so smart and thoughtful. Clarkson is so playful and silly. we love them all!

We spent Labor Day in Saint George with Beth, Gavin, and Jamie! We celebrated their birthdays, hiked, played games, ate yummy food, and swam. It was a end of summer blast! The kids had the best time with the whole family together. We enjoyed the peach festival and delicious treats.

We celebrated my birthday in so many ways and I felt so special. I did my run and had some friends visit, we went to a delicious dinner with friends, I had breakfast in bed, went shopping, had visitors all day, had a tea party, and a dinner. It was SO much and I was spoiled. And then my work colleagues did cake and a beautiful bouquet for me, and my friends threw me a pickleball party. I feel SO insanely spoiled.

Randy and I spent a few days in Chicago for work. It was fun to see the sites, take an architecture tour, and win like crazy at Texas Hold ‘Em.

We have had soccer and Wells has done a great job at scoring goals when he’s not running away from the ball! The boys love picking tomatoes. I took Graham to his first concert (The Jonas Brothers) and we had a blasttttt. It was so fun to show him what a concert is like and music we love!

September was beautiful and this year is going by too fast.