What a month! Mom changed jobs, Dad had a birthday, Grandma and Grandpa came home, and we played hard all month long!

Maddy left her job at WGU after nearly 8 years. It was an extremely hard decision. Lots of tears were shed, lots of back and forth, but I’m excited to be starting at PACS! I’ll be able to have a closer commute and be at home with the boys more, which is what is most important to me. I’ll forever love WGU and am so grateful for the people there who changed my life. Here’s to an exciting new chapter! I had some special experiences asking Heavenly Father to not give me a job offer unless it was one I should take, and this was the only offer I got officially. It helped me feel really good about moving forward.

Dad turned 31 and we celebrated in him style! A shopping date with Hibachi, days full of his favorite foods and activities, games with friends, a cookies!

The boys loved going to their first hockey game and landing on the Jumbotron!

Mom and Graham had a fun glow party mother/son dance and it was a blast. Mom also went to the aquarium on a field trip and they had such a fun time together. They even played hookey for the rest of the day and had cookies and hung out. Mom also helped at the Valentine’s party which was SO fun!

Wells is KILLING IT in preschool, can read, and is such a great kid. He is so curious, independent, but loves a cuddle with mom and dad any time. He is adventurous and the perfect sidekick for mom. He is so smart and we are in awe of him every day.

Our curly haired boy is 10 months old

People always remark to us how smiley and happy Clarkson is, and that is just true about him. He is so quick to give an ear to ear grin, showing all four of his little teeth. He loves absolutely everyone!

Clarkson is FAST and crawls at lightning speed. He crawls up the stairs, stands up at every opportunity, and walks pushing his little walking toys.

Clarke claps, says mama and dada and hi, lives for baths and is such a water baby. He loves eating every food we put in front of him still, smiles back at us as we tell him not to get into mischief, and is the funniest baby brother.

We are so obsessed with our sunshine boy – he is really the sun and we all revolve around him!

Graham had his Federation Piano competition and did excellent. He got 5 points, all superior ratings, and two judges even recommended him for a special award. We are SO proud and happy that Graham loves piano.

Grandma and grandpa are home!!! It was such a lovely family get together to see them and welcome them home from Japan. We have missed them SO much and it’s been awesome to be all together again! It was so fun for them to finally meet Clarkson!

2025 has already been off to a crazy start. We welcomed in the new year with tons of neighborhood friends, delicious food, and games. We feel so lucky to live in such a fun neighborhood. Randy and I enjoyed such a fun date to “Eat What You See” in the movie Totoro, one that is so special to Randy. We loved eating food from the movie while watching the movie, and remembering the great times he had singing the song with his grandma when he lived in Japan.

We played in the snow a lot this month making snowmen and pulling Clarkson in the sled. He’s not sure how he feels about it hahaha.

Our happy guy is 9 months old now!!

Clarkson is on the move, crawling so fast, climbing the stairs, standing up at any opportunity, and getting into all kinds of mischief! He got his head stuck in our new piano, fell off the couch, and bothers his brothers daily by getting into their toys.

He loves baths and any food. He wants to be wherever his brothers are, doesn’t have very much stranger danger, and is such a happy baby full of smiles and laughs. He has two teeth and wants to put everything in his mouth.

We can’t get enough of Clarkie boy!

It’s been a good month, with some crazy things, and we’re excited to see how the year goes!

DECEMBER. This month was absolutely beautiful. We had the best month doing all of our favorite things. We went to the Layton lights, Festival of Trees, Candlelight Christmas, the Grand America/Home Alone weekend, ice skating, making snowmen, Graham’s piano recital, tubing with our friends, the end of basketball season, the nativity, gingerbread making. The season flew by SO fast. The boys absolutely loved everything we did and we had the best time doing everything with Clarkson for the first time.

The boys loved getting a switch for Christmas, squishmallows, little action figures, and have eaten so much candy they are nearly sick! Clarkson crawled around all of Christmas morning enjoying all the paper and new toys to chew on.

Graham did SO great at his piano recital and played a duet with Grandma. We were SO proud

He scored so many baskets during basketball this season and we are so glad he’s doing things he loves.

Wells is killing it at gymnastics, he is learning to read, and loves one on one time.

The boys are Wicked obsessed and loved all the Wicked Festival of Trees, the pokemon and mario ones too, and Wells obsession with Jack Skeleton has hit full throttle!

And CLARKSON is…

8 m o n t h s

Our cutie boy is growing up so fast and it’s making me sad.
Clarke started full on crawling this month and he is QUICK. He gets into the boys things and Wells drags him away by his ankles. Graham just wants to pull faces and make Clarke laugh all day.

He loves eating anything we put in front of him and was a fan of crab, ice cream, oranges, and salmon!

Clarke has two little teeth and wants to put everything in his mouth. He babbles nonstop and is trying to pull himself up to stand which is making us stressed!

We had a perfect first Christmas with Clarkson and he loved all his little toys, and the toys and packages that weren’t his too. We can’t wait to go into the new year with our little love!

We had a whirlwind fall and it was full of the best time. Clarkson is growing up so fast we don’t even know what to do.

Clarkson at SIX MONTHS:

Somehow my littlest love is 6 months old

Clarkson is pure joy, pure love, pure happiness. His smile and giggle melts everyone around him. He is so sweet and laid-back, he loves seeing new people and hands out his smiles to everyone.

His brothers adore him and make up little songs about him, complain if they didn’t get enough time with him, and love making him smile. Clarke has everyone fighting for time with him.

He rolls all over and tries to scoot to keep up with his brothers. He loves green beans and baby crackers and bananas. He only gets mad when he has been on his own for too long or he is tired. His eyes follow his brothers, he gives his dad his biggest smiles, and he’s a major mama’s boy.

He has already rolled out of his bumbo and off the nugget and is ready to be on the move. He babbles and talks to us with the brightest eyes. He will chew on anything he gets his hands on and sleeps really well.

I don’t know how the time keeps moving faster, but I’m just trying to enjoy every second with my sweet baby

A girls trip and a murder mystery date night were other highlights! I loved going to be with my friends in Saint George, making crafts and eating out and going swimming!

October was full of Halloween festivities, the boys were Pokemon and loved it. Pikachu, Evie, a Pokeball, Ash and Misty. It was a delight. We passed out donuts to the neighbors for Halloween and the boys got buckets of candy.

We took Clarke to his first Jazz game and it was such a blast. We went with Cousins to the Cherry Hill Scary Hill which we loved, and we went to the Black Island Farms fall fun a couple times. The boys LOVE it there and have a blast! We did the Red Butte Garden Halloween event with Courtney and Tommy—we LOVED it and will be back!

We threw a shower for Aunt Kate and it turned out so fun and lovely!

We went and saw Nutcracker in November and loved taking Wells for the first time. After intermission when the curtain came up, Wells exclaimed “Wait a second is this a Christmas show??”

He also insisted the Arabian dancers were bats, and applauded, oohed, and ahhhed so loudly.

We decorated which is always a favorite morning for me. We got donuts and enjoyed listening to music and getting everything set up

We got our family photos and it was so BEAUTIFUL, We loved them so much, Amber is the best person to work with.

Clarkson turned 7 months! Clarkson is 7 months old. It feels unfair how fast the time is flying.

Clarke is on the move, army crawling so fast he gets into all his brother’s things, and trying to get on his knees and crawl to make even more mayhem.
He has found his yell and scream and isn’t afraid to use it, no matter if he’s happy or sad.
He loves to eat and gets very put out of anyone eats without sharing. He loves eggs, cheese, chocolate, bread, cucumbers, and peppers the most.
He is the smiliest baby ever and has big open mouth grins for everyone, with lots of laughs.
He’s getting a little more stranger danger, but is generally so good natured he can charm anyone.

Our family is so lucky to have the sweetest baby brother 

We had a lovely Thanksgiving, saw Wicked, and have had the best wrap up to fall and kick off to the holidays. It’s the best time of year!

I had a perfect birthday with family and friends, Wells started preschool, we had a fall weekend with friends, and we are ready for the cooler weather. We love September!

The boys had a blast at the Scarecrow Walk getting face paint, seeing the scarecrows, playing in the dirt, and painting pumpkins!

Clarke is 5 MONTHS OLD which is wild. He rolls over non-stop, is a great sleeper, is unsure how he feels about eating food but always is so jealous when anyone eats around him, and is such a chatterbox! He follows his brothers with his eyes everywhere they go.

We had a lovely weekend at the Rock House enjoying games, friends, food, dance parties, cheering on runners, and an outdoor movie.

My birthday weekend was so fun with brunch and friends, breakfast in bed, a flower arranging day, s’mores with more friends, a home cooked meal, lots of wonderful presents, and being spoiled rotten. We went fishing and took the boys for the first time and it was SO fun.

Wells started school! He did such a great job and walked in with no fear. He’d been dying to go for MONTHS and was so excited it was finally his turn. He wants to have stories about his friends and things he does and now he finally has them! He marched up to kids and asked them what their names were and has never looked back.

We had a family day at Cherry Hill for Labor Day which was SO fun. We had a blast all being together!

We rounded out summer with more swimming, lots of friend and family time, reading books, playing games, and more. We had our back to school feast and camp out and it was so fun to gear up for the year. The boys loved picking out their stuff for the year and we’re ready to have a great school year.

We had a fun Olympics competition and LOVED watching the olympics all month! The boys had a BLAST. Our friend olympics was a party!

Randy and I got to see Hamilton and my jaw was on the floor the entire time. SO GOOD.

Graham started school and did such a great job. He was nervous about being there all day, but has been such a champ! He said he still just wants to be a kid when he grows up, and he was so excited to have Ms. Wunder for a teacher. He’s going to blow them all away. Wells is dying to start school and starts after Labor Day, but he was SO ready during the back to school feast! The boys are so cute and fun and I’m so happy to have such a great family.

We had a fantastic July full of the most fun trips! We started with 4th of July and our neighborhood bike parade which was a blast! Randy led the group and it was so fun. We celebrated the 4th with a parade, BBQ, Hamilton, fireworks, and so much candy and popcorn!

We had mom and dad dates and crossed things off our summer bucket list.

Bear Lake with the whole family was so fun! The kids LOVED the beach, the lake trampoline, paddle boarding, eating dinner together, playing the arcade games, mini golfing, and of course getting plenty of shakes. It was a blast and we can’t wait to go back!

Disneyland is always the best. The boys didn’t know we were going and we surprised them when we were in Downtown Disney. Then the surprises kept coming when we met up with friends! This year Graham was all about Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones. He tried the Incredicoaster for the first time! He teared up a little bit as we were getting off and mom asked if he liked it. He said “I liked it, it was just a lot!” But he rode it again like a champ!
Wells got to try Millennium Falcon and he LOVED it. He loved Gadget’s Go Coaster, Mickey and Minnie, and of course Buzz. Clarke was a champ and tried so many rides, was worn most of the day, and was a great baby at Disney. We ate our favorite foods and just enjoyed our quick trip. The highlight at the end was seeing all the characters before we left.

Happy birthday Wells 💚

Wells has been turning into a person right before our eyes and we love who he’s becoming.

Wells is obsessed with music. He will ask Alexa for songs approximately 10000 times a day, and the crazy thing is that he knows the words and will sing along. He loves playing his drums, playing piano, dancing around to music, and will constantly ask us the name of songs in the car. He has sat through entire dance recitals and performances, utterly mesmerized. His love for music mirrors his dad’s and it makes me so happy.

Wells loves Pokemon, TMNT, spidey, Miraculous, pretty much anything with good guys and bad guys and fighting it out. He loves imagination games but often requests that “no we are all friends” instead of fighting. But in the next breath he will tell us “this is a punchy” and threatens to get us. It’s a constant back and forth here!

Wells is so so smart and loves learning. He will request to do a workbook or our little preschool lessons every day. He picks up things so quick and knows most of his letters, all the sounds, can count so well, and loves tracing letters and doing mazes. He is so impatient to at preschool and asks often when he can do to real school which he has dubbed “spiderman school.” He will sit and look at books for hours and always stops me when I read to say “mom I love how…” and then will proceed to make an observation about the story. It kills me!

Wells wants to be just like Graham and follows his lead on many things, but Wells also has an independence and fearlessness that makes Graham follow his lead too. We love their dynamic so much.

This year Wells has done gymnastics and has loved it, and spends so much time in the yard playing! He loves to throw and catch, run, kick, and swing golf clubs or baseball bats.

Wells is our wild card. He is so curious, unafraid, stubborn, and marches to his own drum. It’s a lethal combo that makes him insanely fun. He has one volume – loud – and can be heard saying “I don’t care about it” and “I have a great idea” followed by him convincing you to do something he wants.

Wells is sweet, empathetic, brave, and fun. We love him so much.

HBD sweet boy 💚

Graham KILLED it at baseball this year! We are so proud of all he did and how much he learned and grew. He did great at hitting the ball, running the bases, and throwing!

We are already having the best summer with pool days with friends, time at the museum, and a trip to Saint George! The boys loved playing with Beth and Gavin and going to the beach.

Clarke is already 2 months old!

He is a good sleeper most of the time.
He gives us giant, open mouth smiles especially when he sees his brothers.
He’s finding his voice and loves to coo at us when we sing or chat.
He’s a true third child and is very chill, but when he needs something he will not be shy to let us know.
He is so strong and tries to hold his head up all the time to look around.
He’s obsessed with the ceiling fan and we call it his master because he will do whatever he can to be looking at it.
He has captured the hearts of everyone around him and we couldn’t be more obsessed.

I’m having trouble understanding how time has moved so quickly. Clarkson is already a month old and I don’t know how to cope.

Clarke is our little bestie, he’s so good and loves to come along for all our crazy adventures. He sleeps so much and is a quintessential third kid!

He is finding his voice and isn’t afraid to tell us if he doesn’t like something or needs something.

Clarke shocked us all by never dropping from his birth weight and gaining 7 oz at his 2 week appointment!

I know people say newborns don’t mean to smile, but we swear Clarke has had smiles and even little giggles for us already. He is so sweet and fun, and we love him to pieces.

Here’s to slowing down time for next month.

S I X

Graham has grown so much this year and watching him learn has been the best thing.

Graham loves all things Pokemon, TMNT, Disney, superhero, and Harry Potter. He has such a wonderful imagination and is always making up games with his brother and friends. He loves playing with action figures and stuffed animals more than just about anything, and wants to keep every little toy and trinket to make up a game with.

Graham is so sweet and kind hearted. He is the sweetest big brother who always wants to help his little brothers, and he cares about them so much. He loves his friends hard, and loves any time as a family to chat and cuddle up.

This year we have watched Graham come out of his shell, be open and excited for new experiences and lean into being brave. He has taken on so many new things like school, piano, baseball, basketball, gymnastics, making new friends, being brave to do things on his own, going new places and meeting new people. He has grown so much and we are insanely proud of him.

Graham is so smart, he loves reading and writing and math, and his imagination shines as he learns. He asks great questions, and includes drawings with all of his school work—he’s a great artist! I never want to forget how he tests out colors on the page to make sure they look right before he puts them on the picture.

Graham’s sassy side has started to come out which we honestly love. He’s not afraid to explain his side, set boundaries, or tell us when he thinks we are wrong. I’m sure that will get more pronounced as he gets older!

Graham loves music and the boys play songs all day long, doing dance parties or making up games to go with their soundtrack. Graham also loves shopping, always wanting to buy new clothes (especially socks)—there is so much of his dad in him.

He can often be heard saying “let’s go baby!” And “come on bro” or “dude are you kidding me”

He’s six going on sixteen in a lot of ways, but he still wants to be a kid, insisting he doesn’t want to grow up or have a job or get married, which is fine by me.

Graham is our best buddy, an amazing helper, and the coolest, nicest kid I know. We are so insanely lucky to have him in our family!

We enjoyed the temple open house, a Austen tea party for Olivia’s birthday, the Tulip Festival, and so much time with Clarke. We love him so much!