July was crazy, busy, and so fun. We held our July Neighborhood Bike Parade and it was wonderful! So many people showed up and we did Dole Whip which was wild and so fun. It was busy and exciting! We then had a lovely 4th of July, with the parade, fun drinks, a BBQ, watching a scary movie, and then fireworks that almost got rained out. It was a fun day, and we spent a lot of time talking about what our country could be.

Cherry Hill has been magical and we’ve loved going every week this summer.

Graham took Golf lessons and loved it, it was so cute to watch him in his outfit! The boys have also rocked swimming lessons. Wells had art lessons and did such a fantastic job. They are all so talented and amazing!

I spent a few days in Lake Tahoe for work which was beautiful.

We did Eat What You See with cousins! We hosted Luca which was SO fun. We did goldfish, onigidi, watermelon, pasta, sandwiches, and gelato! The cousins all had fun. We also went with everyone to Thanksgiving Point which was a blast. We hiked up to Lake Mary which was lovely.

July is beautiful and fun and summer is going by too fast.

June was busy busy busy, and fun fun fun. We started our summer with lots of visits to Cherry Hill, tons of time outside, checking off our summer bucket list, and lots of friend time. Clarkson is obsessed with the water and is always dying to be outside splashing. He loves when the boys pour it on his head and get him soaked.

Wells has been a trooper with his broken leg. We have a wet bag to help him still enjoy the summer. He can do a little gimpy run, has tried to jump on the tramp again (we stopped him), wants to ride his scooter, and has been running around with his friends. He’s got great at getting around with the cast, he even went hiking in it and on a water slide at Cherry Hill. We are so happy that his leg hasn’t made summer less fun!

Graham had a wonderful June and was sad to be done with school, but also so happy for summer. He’s loving more freedom staying up late, being with friends, just living his best life!

We have a summer bucket list and have had a puzzle day, a water fight, a road trip, and lots of other activities already. We went to Park City with our friends, driving late to surprise Kate for her birthday, and had a wonderful time hiking, eating yummy food, and more.

We drove from there to California! Clarkson didn’t do great in the car hahaha, he was not about sitting around for that long. We finally made it to LA and went to the beach. The boys were enthralled with the waves and the sand. It was magical until Wells had to pee and couldn’t do it in the wild haha. So I carried him around, running to find a bathroom. It took longer than it should have but we finally got there! Then the boys got knocked down by the waves and had the best time. It was pure magic and we felt so lucky this is our family.

The next day we went to Little Tokyo and ate delicious food, then got ready for the Dodger game. The game was HOT but it was so cool! We ate Dodger Dogs and ice cream and watched Shohei pitch, saw home runs and grand slams. We were so happy we had gotten to go! We went to the beach again and enjoyed the waves and the sand some more. We ate more yummy food including Din Tai Fung.
The next morning was our WELLS BOY’S BIRTHDAY. We had donuts for breakfast, had balloons, and opened presents. He LOVED his Sonic Puzzle and insisted we put it together. After we played and packed it was off to DISNEYLAND. We got all checked in and went right into the park. We had the best time going on all the rides, eating yummy treats, and more. We spent the night at our character dinner and Wells even got a birthday cake! He was INSISTENT on his Sonic cake and party when we got home, which we had. He was so excited to be celebrated and we love him.

How can he be 4?

Wells is a force to be reckoned with. He is obsessed with music and constantly wants us to play his favorite songs, or will ask us what a song is called so he can request it later. He is a killer dancer and gets lost in a melody or a beat in a second.

He is so insanely smart it blows us away. He does math in his head, loves reading, and would spend all day doing puzzles and games.

Wells is opinionated, loud, and pushes our family to have fun. In the same moment he is so sweet, tender, and kind.

I am obsessed with who he is and who he is becoming. Getting a front row seat to him is my joy.

Happy birthday Wells Bells🩵

We spent the rest of our Disneyland week with cousins, eating delicious food, riding every ride multiple times, coming back to the hotel for naps, and making memories. Clarkson was an absolute Disney delight. He loved it so much! Wells was stoked to see characters, Graham LOVED every ride, even the ones he had been nervous about before. Wells was able to ride SO many new rides and he was so brave on them. It was too magical to talk about, with Clarkson downing churos, dancing during the parade, the big boys running around knowing exactly where they were going. We would stay late at night and close the park, exhausted and so happy. It was a magical, magical vacation.

We did more summer fun at the rock house where Clarkson ate 400 pieces of watermelon. The kids spent the whole time outside. We just love love love summer.

May is always so busy, it moves too fast and there are a million things to do, But it’s also so fun, you want to hold on to it.

Wells had his preschool field trip to the farm which was a blast. I love getting one on one time with him. We had a pool day as it’s been getting hot and that was so fun.We enjoyed Mother’s Day with the boys making me feel SO special, and then tragedy!

Wells was jumping on the tramp with friends and caught a double bounce. His knee buckled and he collapsed. Our sweet neighbor brought him back over and he was crying a LOT and refused to stand on his leg. I put him in the bath to see if that would calm him down and he would not get calm. We ultimately decided to take him to the hospital to see if it was broken. We went to Primary Children’s and I held him in the backseat until he fell asleep. He watched movies as we waited, and waited, and waited. We arrived at the ER at 9:30. At 12:30, Randy went back home so he and my parents who had come to be with Graham and Wells could sleep. We got in at about 3:00 AM. He woke up not knowing what his splint was. It was a hard first few days. So many people brought us so many fun toys and treats, but Wells was in a lot of pain and wouldn’t walk or move. He watched a lot of movies and relaxed. He got brave and did his Preschool Program and went to Wicked and was such a trooper. He started scooting on his bum when friends came to play!

After a week we got his hot pink cast on and he started MOVING. He got more and more comfortable and brave, and it was so fun to see him back to his normal self.

Graham celebrated his 7th birthday! He had a whole crew of friends at Kid Zone which was SO fun. Graham is tender, cautious, caring, sweet, so imaginative, and wonderful. He has excelled this year at piano, school, loves math and coloring, and has the best imagination ever. He loves all things Pokemon, Sonic, Minecraft, and Mario. He also loves building, learning, has killed it at baseball this year, and is an incredible friend. He’s a fantastic big brother and helper and we adore him. We are SO lucky he is in our family.

The rest of May was spent with end of school parties, and getting into the swing of summer. We saw the new Syracuse Temple, spent all our time outside, and have truly made the most of every day!

Our trip to New York was a dream come true. We had the best time. We kicked it off with Beyonce in LA which was LIFE CHANGING. The reclamation of America, her voice, all of it was insane.

We then spent a week in New York eating every good thing. Sarabeth’s, Pop Up Bagels, Butter, Soup Dumplings, Little Italy, Chelsea Market, Magnolia, Macarons, you name it, we ate it! We also saw everything! We were obsessed with the MOMA and The Met. We cried in the 9/11 memorial. We spent a day riding around Central Park. We crossed the Brooklyn bridge, found ancestors at Ellis Island, saw a Seth Myers taping with Florence Pugh, and even bought a Tiffany ring to celebrate our 10 years. We saw 4 Broadway shows which were all absolutely incredible, and saw Maybe Happy Ending the night it was nominated for a ton of Tony awards. It couldn’t have been a better trip and we are so lucky my parents kept the boys happy and safe while we were gone.

It’s wild that we have been married for 10 years. Some days I still feel like we are 18 years old and just falling in love. When I look around at our life, I want to cry. We are SO lucky. We have worked hard to get here, but we are also so blessed.

We spent April doing so many of our favorite things. Days at Thanksgiving Pointe with cousins, Easter celebrations which included our own passover type feast with unleavened bread, egg hunts, egg coloring (dad chose a sonic theme this year and Graham made his own Minecraft eggs). We enjoyed time in the yard, time with friends, Graham did amazing in his piano recital and was celebrated for how well he did at the Federation competition. We are so proud of his hard work!

Clarkson turned ONE and man, I’m not ok. We had an “oFISHally One” party which was fun and he was loved by lots of friends and family. His curly hair kills us. He directs us or yells at us to do what he wants. He eats SO much food people are always in shock. He has a little gap tooth smile that we love. He claps and makes everyone around clap for him. He carries things in his mouth when he’s on the move, he loves climbing on everything and everyone. He is mischievous and sweet, and we are the luckiest to have him.

We celebrated Grandpa Phil’s 60th birthday with a movie at the Kaysville Theater with all of our family and some close friends. We had a lunch after and it was so fun to get to celebrate my dad!

We also celebrated Aunt Beth and baby boy coming in July, had a Lord of The Rings themed Bakeoff competition, and celebrated Grandma Ann’s birthday. Overall it was such a busy and fun month! I went on a work trip and to Disneyland with friends for a night. It was BUSY and wonderful!

Next month he will be 1 and I’m not ok.

Clarke is trying so hard to walk, crawls around with things in his mouth to carry them to his next location, and does the cutest breathing as he explores.

He waves and claps all the time and has what we call American Girl Doll teeth. He wants to be everywhere his brothers are.

He’s a big eater and is so offended when people eat and he’s not offered a bite.

He loves baths and books and being outside is his new obsession.

I am in utter disbelief that my baby is almost one, but it also feels like he’s been part of our lives forever!

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!