We’re just living the dream over here! Randy works and works and works, I work and work and work, and also play with Graham and try to keep our house clean!

We spent last weekend shopping and hanging out with family, and of course watching the Super Bowl!

Saturday was February 2nd, the day Randy and I got engaged FOUR years ago. Holy cow, time has gone by so insanely fast. We ate Mrs. Field’s cookies to celebrate! You can read the whole proposal story here.

Graham and I have been going on some fun adventures including feeding the ducks, the grocery store, Target (duh), the mothers room at church about a zillion times, and more.

G man is CRAWLING officially and it’s INSANE. He’s SO fast I can’t even handle it. He’s also started making this little scrunch face all the time and it’s hilarious. He’s growing up too fast and I don’t know how to handle it!

We have an insane month ahead, filled with work and projects and activities – it’s going to be a wild one.

Our January has FLOWN by. Busy season is in FULL swing which means Randy is gone a ton. He leaves about 8 PM and gets home between 9 and 10. So he gets to see Graham for an hour or so in the morning and that’s it! It’s been really hard on him, because Graham is his best friend. He also has to go in on Saturdays for a little bit in the morning.

Graham and I have had a lot of quality time and dates which has been fun!

We took G bowling last weekend which was FUN. He liked pushing the ball down the little baby bowling slide and it was SO cute. He also adored the arcade games and the lights.

We had to say goodbye to Jarem and that was NO FUN. He’s going to be an amazing missionary in Mexico!

We are loving life right now even though it’s super busy and crazy!

January has been nuts so far! Lots of time with family and friends, winding down the holidays, getting into work (and Randy starting at EY!) and Graham being so sick, which is so sad. He has a runny nose and his throat is all scratchy and he has a fever! It’s been the worst, but he’s been cuddly which makes it better.

Work is busy busy busy, but so good!

We got to have some of our friends over and Dallin met Graham! He loves his funcles and aunties. It’s my favorite.

Randy ran into one of his very best friends from his mission, they are living here and going to school! It was so fun to finally meet him!

2018 was a year that changed my life, and my family.

I made a goal at the beginning of the year that our family motto would be “Look unto me in every thought, doubt not, fear not” (D&C 6:36) and the focus of the year would be my boys.

Graham has certainly been the best part of 2018, and I can barely remember what life was like before he came.

January we saw huge changes as my job contract ended unexpectedly, I immediately got a new job, and we moved. It was a crazy hard month, but one filled with so many hidden blessings.

February we adjusted to our new normal life and routine, and were getting so excited for our baby boy to arrive.

March we found out I had Gestational Diabetes and we had to figure out all the things that came along with it. It turned out to be such a huge blessing in disguise! We also took our last little trip, just Randy and I, before baby boy joined us. Randy got put in as a youth teacher in our ward, and we loved going to church and becoming friends with everyone new.

April we had maternity photos and prep for baby, and some family time which we always love. General Conference was wonderful, and my testimony grew SO much as we prepared for Graham to come.

May was the best month of the year, with some last weeks of just me and Randy, and then welcoming our sweet little Graham into our family and home.  He is the best baby and I still can’t believe he’s ours! We also celebrated our 3rd anniversary with our newborn, and got to focus in on our relationship, which was so special.

June, Graham got to see his dad perform for the first time at a gig, which was SO fun. We also got some of the sweetest photos of him that I will cherish forever.

July we had a super fun family staycation and it was Graham’s first time in a hotel! He did pretty good, and it was nice to get away with family. We also celebrated Graham’s blessing and Randy gave him the most beautiful blessing, and all our family and friends were there. It was such a special day. We had Graham’s first Fourth of July which was SO awesome!

August we took Graham swimming, were busy getting back into work and school, and having fun with our little buddy.

September we celebrated my birthday, worked and went to school, and had fun teaching Graham new things.

October was Graham’s first Halloween and we had SO much fun with it! We went on hikes and drives to see the leaves and it was so magical and fun!

November we celebrated Thanksgiving and had a blast with all of our family and friends. Graham turned SIX MONTHS OLD and I couldn’t believe how fast the time flew.

December has been CRAZY with family and friend time. Randy and my mom both finished school, Randy played in a band gig again, and we did so many fun Christmasy things, topping it off with Graham’s first Christmas. 

2018 was seriously such a wonderful year and I feel so lucky that I have a wonderful family and friends, and mostly Randy and Graham who made this year so special. It’s one I will never forget, and I can’t wait to see what next year has in store!

•G is figuring out how to move, scooting backwards and pivoting around, but no actual crawling yet!
•He is obsessed with other babies, loves pictures and books with baby faces, and seeing his cousins (especially Mel who he met this month).
•He thoroughly enjoys eating and has loved every single thing we have given him to try.
•He always rolls his ankles around when he’s excited and it makes us laugh so hard!
•He loves getting his picture taken, is so well behaved in public, and is honestly the best blessing. We can’t get enough of him!