We had a great Valentine’s Day! It started on the 13th, and we made some AMAZING lobster tails, lemon pasta, had shrimp cocktail and sparkling cider and some delicious bundt cakes my mom and sister brought. It was DELICIOUS. We also got to talk to Bethany in Brazil which was SOOO fun. She’s doing so good and I’m so insanely proud of her.

On Valentine’s Day Randy and I exchanged gifts and he got me a BEAUTIFUL trench coat that I’m dying over.

We made a trail of candy from Graham’s room to his little DINOSAUR toys and he was SO excited. It was adorable.

We had a regular work day and then went off to In N Out for a great dinner date. Randy stayed with Graham so I could go to the ballet Giselle which was so sweet of him! It was the perfect V Day.

We said the saddest goodbye to Aunt Beth this week! We’re going to miss her like CRAZY but we are so excited for her adventures as a missionary in Brazil! We said an airport goodbye after a crazy morning when her original flight was canceled, and trying to get her rescheduled was nuts. But it was the first time we’ve said an airport goodbye to a missionary and it was so hard! We watched her walk through the security line and cried. We’re going to miss her lots! But we’ve already heard from her and she arrived safely, and already loves Brazil.

Her setting apart the night before was such a great experience and she’s going to be such a killer missionary. Her friends came over and we laughed and joked, having a great time on her last night in the USA for a while. Good luck Sister Richards!!!

We’ve been knee-deep in working and studying for the CPA over here! We have been having tons of fun with Graham and enjoying January!

We went sledding with my sisters which was SO much fun. It’s been great doing things with Beth before she she leaves to Brazil!

Beth had her farewell talk and she did SUCH a good job! I was crying and just so so so proud.
My siblings were all there which was SO fun. It was great to get together with them all for a last time before Beth leaves!

Graham is getting SO fun and his personality kills me. He says goodbye to the bath every night, and even likes saying goodbye to the snow when we walk to get the mail. He loves singing to himself in the car and begs to have dance parties in the kitchen which is so cute. He argues with me that the cow is called MOO which kills me. He is the best helper with dishes and vacuuming and laundry. He likes reading books to himself and tells us all where to sit when we play. He’s saying SO many words and being able to understand him is seriously the best. He also is so good at knowing what we’re asking which makes my life so much easier! He’s the best little guy in the world and I am just obsessed with him.

We’ve already had a great 2020!

We have been sledding, which Graham was NOT excited for at first. But we went down the hill a few times and then he was BEGGING to keep going! He absolutely loved it.

My mom and sisters and I had afternoon tea at the Grand America which was SO fun. It was delicious, beautiful, and so grand. We loved every second!

My sisters and I went and saw Little Women which is a childhood favorite of all of ours. It was so amazing to see it together. And the movie itself was breathtaking. Absolutely incredible.

Randy is back in the swing of school and studying to take the first CPA this month. He and Graham are best pals and it’s absolutely adorable.

We can’t wait to see what the rest of January and 2020 has in store.

Wow. 10 years, a whole decade. I don’t want to go back and rehash all the little things that happened this decade, but I do want to focus on some of the huge highlights of my life.

2010: I was a sophomore/junior in high school. I did dance company and ballet and loved every second of it.
2011: I was a junior/senior I did the musical and other theater, I did the TV at my high school which spurred my eventual college career, started dating Randy Low, took AP classes, and loved high school.
2012: Graduated from high school, worked at Cherry Hill, went off to BYU and had the best first semester of college.
2013: Said goodbye to Randy, got my dream job at BYU radio, got into the Journalism program, and loved my college friends.
2014: Interned at KSL and landed a job there, made amazing friends and had great experiences at BYU, welcomed Randy home from his mission with open arms.
2015: Got engaged and married to the love of my life, graduated from college, got my first grown-up job.
2016: Traveled with Randy to Boston, figured out more about my career goals, enjoyed the best time with Randy making dinner and shopping on the weekends.
2017: Traveled to Disneyland and New York and Japan, decided it was time to start our family, changed jobs a few times, and got pregnant.
2018: Welcomed Graham to our family and had the best year loving him.
2019: Randy graduated from college, landed an internship at Ernst and Young that turned into a job, started his master’s degree, traveled to Hawaii and D.C., loved our time with Graham, grew my career and loved every second of it.

It’s been such an amazing 10 years. I can’t wait to see what the next 10 have in store!

Being a mom means that comfy, easy clothes are a must. And since I am also a working mom, things that work for both sides of my life are really important.

Pink Blush sent me this ADORABLE top that I’m absolutely obsessed with. It is really simple, but has an adorable twist in the front to change it up. It is SO cozy and perfect for me as a busy mom. It’s great for running errands and playing around, and can easily be switched up for a date night or a trip to the office.

We had a little bit of a different Christmas this year because my family went to Florida! So we did a lot of things on our own, which was very different but also very fun!

We had a great Christmas Sunday and Graham’s outfit was my favorite! His little bow tie killed me!
It’s always wonderful to think about my Savior, choosing to come to Earth and live a difficult life, all for me. I think about his parents and how afraid they must have been, and how much love they had for him. I’m so grateful for Him and his birth, his life, and his death. He is truly the reason for the season, and the reason for everything.

We went out the weekend before Christmas week and the 23rd to make sure we had everything we needed for the holiday. We also spent time with Randy’s family which was really fun, Graham just loves his uncles!

On the 23rd we made gingerbread cookies which was a blast! Graham liked touching the dough and then eating the M&Ms off of the finished cookies hahaha.

Christmas Eve was such a fun day, Graham actually slept in pretty late and we enjoyed having a slow morning before cooking our Cornish game hens. They turned out SO good and I was so proud of myself!

We spent the afternoon with Randy’s family which was such a blast. We then went over to my aunts for a delicious prime rib dinner and had so much fun! Graham was in heaven playing with everyone and all new toys, it was a really great time.

We came home and got into Christmas PJs, had a little fun Christmas Eve tradition of opening a new book, and then it was off to bed!

Christmas day was AMAZING. I was so excited I couldn’t sleep! I woke up EARLY and then heard Graham at 6:15. Normally he chats a little that early and then goes back to sleep, but we decided to get him because CHRISTMAS. He loved his Daniel Tiger toys in his stocking, his baby doll and stroller, his blocks, books, and of course his KITCHEN. (Santa delivered it but it wasn’t assembled, so Randy and I had quite the adventure putting it together, let me tell ya.) I got a brand new table as my Christmas gift and some cute clothes, Randy got AirPods and some games and a grilled cheese sandwich maker that’s the same one he had as a kid, so he was THRILLED. We had muffins for breakfast and played with toys, then got ready and went over to Randy’s parents where Graham was in heaven with some Disney Duplos. We brought him home to take a nap and made an AMAZING charcuterie board for ourselves for lunch, complete with sparkling cider. It was delicious and so much fun!

We left to go see Randy’s extended family in Salt Lake and had a blast with them, eating and playing Rock Band. Graham is a little shy but slowly warmed up over the course of the night which was wonderful.

We had a really great Christmas, I’m sad it’s over. But I wouldn’t have changed a thing, it was just great!

Graham had a blast going to visit Santa the other day. He really likes seeing pictures and decorations of Santa and seeing him in real life WOWED him. He kept saying “ho ho ho” which was adorable. Then we got closer and Graham was less excited. He gave some high fives but when I tried to back up for a picture, he LOST IT. It was really sweet and funny and sad haha. Santa gave everyone a coloring book and some Crayons and Graham was in HEAVEN. He carried it around the mall and kept saying the reindeer said “woof woof” and Santa said “ho ho ho” and it was adorable. This stage of life is SO fun and I’m in heaven.

We also sent out our Christmas Cards – so hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

We’ve already had a busy busy December! Work has been crazy for me and Randy has finals and the first of his CPA tests coming up, but we’ve also had family in town and been doing fun stuff with them all week too!

Graham had a cute little music recital for the little mommy and me class we’ve been doing. They sang a few songs, Graham cried for the first five seconds and then realized he was performing and started eating it up! He did the actions late on every song but I was SUCH a stage mom and was so proud and so stoked!

My family has gone to the Festival of Trees ever since we were little kids. I can’t remember a year when we didn’t go! It was so fun to go back with all of my siblings again. And to bring Graham, who had too much fun and couldn’t hang hahaha.

And last but not least we went to a Jazz game! We brought Randy’s brothers and cousin Brandon with us and it was honestly such a blast. We had so much fun, shouting for free chicken and eating snacks. It was such a great time!