My Playmobil Key Chain

I love this key chain. (sorry the picture's blurry). I was given this key chain (yes, a Native American Playmobil man) when I was first given the key to open Belmont Toys, the quaint toy store in Belmont Center. I worked there after my freshman year at BYU. It was a pretty fun job. On slow days, we would get to play with the toys. On most days, I was working at the cash register, stalking and re-stalking toys, and putting price tags on anything that came through the doors. At the end of the summer, I gave the key back to the store owner and he let me keep the key chain.

I have almost lost him - a few times. Once, he fell off after I had loaded some clothes in a washer at a laundromat and then gone for a run. I noticed half-way through my run that the pin in his head had fallen out. I had my keys, but no Playmobil man attached. I panicked, turned around and re-traced my steps. No sign of him. I assumed the worst: that he had been run over by a car. I found him in the washing machine.

Kids love this key chain. At church, if I'm ever watching some one's child, I'll pull him out and they just love him. Plus, he's easy to spot in a big purse. I love this key chain!

Easter Egg Party 2009

Last night, we held our annual Easter Egg Decorating party. Our guests, the Johnsons, the Butts, and the Brayleys, really brought their A games and decorated some awesome eggs. You'd be hard pressed to find any better decorated eggs. Thanks to our friends for bringing their extreme creativity. Below are some pictures.

Here are the colorful eggs. Can you find: a bunny egg, a little skiing egg, a dinosaur egg, a family of frog eggs, a beach girl egg, a peacock, a fuzzy face, a circus elephant, Sponge Bob, superman? 'Cause they are sure there.


Here's a better view of the superman egg made by Jared Butts.
A better view of some of the Brayley's eggs: a baby egg named Spunk, a pot of flowers, and a funky chicken to point out a few.


Here's a close up of Jeremy Johnson's Frog family.
This year I went with a circus theme (yes, thanks to Brittany Spears) and made a ring master, a lion, a baby elephant, and a trapeze artist. I am rather proud of them. They took a long time. Luke's eggs: a pirate in a boat and a furry face with a fez egg. Thr craft fur was an awesome idea.

We didn't get many more close ups that turned out well enough to post, so if we didn't post a close up of your egg, please don't be offended. It's not that we didn't like your egg.

It's been a while...

Gee whiz! We haven't posted in a while. A lot has happened since our trip to Mexico for Thanksgiving. Let's see, here's a brief sum up: 

- we had Christmas at my parents' house in the Boston area

- we had New Years at Luke's parents' house near Portland, OR

- my younger sister, Heather, entered the Missionary Training Center last week and I went out with my parents to see her off

- it's been a very snowy winter

That's about it - without going into any details, I realize. I'll hopefully post more often and with more interesting thing, but just wanted any one who reads this blog to know that we're both alive and well. 

Salsa-ing

Per the post below, Luke and I went to this Salsa and Salsa activity where we got to learn how to make salsa and then how to dance the salsa. We really had a great time together - especially when I wasn't being too bossy.

Luke mooshing some guacamole. 

Me mooshing some salsa verde. 

Luke helping to demonstrate how to make a virgin margarita. 

Mexican Thanksgiving

I'm sorry it has taken so long to blog about our trip to Mexico for Thanksgiving. It was a great family reunion, actually, with the entire and Gordon and Laurie Low clan: all my siblings, their spouses, and my nieces and nephews, too. The weather was absolutely perfect and I've been sad to be back in Boston where it's been super cold. Also, I'd like to say that I actually got a bit of a tan - without even trying. And, here's the best part, I didn't get burnt at all. It was truly a Thanksgiving Mircale.

Our daily activities while in Mazatlan (on the west coast of Mexico) involved going to the beach, or the pool, or both; playing games like speed Scrabble and Settlars of Catan (a first time for me); preparing and eating yummy Mexican dishes; taking long walks along the beach; enjoying the sunsets; and generally enjoying each others company. We also watched all three extended versions of The Lord of the Rings movies 'cause lets face it, it's not quite a Low vacation without excessive amounts of LOTR. I'd like to say that Luke, Morgan (bro in-law) and I made up the LOTR fellowship, as it were, since we were the only three to watch them in full.

A picture of some of us on, as Beth my sister, called it, "our daily constitutional" i.e our daily walk. Mom and Beth are in the foreground, Heather is way up ahead. I was taking the picture. 

Another very exciting part of our vacation is that my younger sister, Heather, got her mission call. I'm not sure if it's exactly public knowledge yet, so I won't post where she's going. She can do that herself. Luke and I are thrilled for her and are postive that she will be a fantastic missionary.

One morning, Luke and I went to this Salsa and Salsa thing where we learned how to make all kinds of different salsas and then learned to dance the salsa. We had a really great time. Here we are with our chef hats and aprons.

I have a few more pictures, but for some reason, it's not letting me post them. I'll try later.

Oh man, oh man, oh man!

I'm getting excited about seeing everyone in Mexico. And I'm looking forward to the warm weather, too. I'm ick of the cold. Brrrrr.

"Costume Pics"

Considering that we decided to dress up for Halloween 5 minutes before we went out the door, I think we did pretty well for ourselves. For more info, read the post below.


Luke had the awesome pink jacket for a fun murder mystery party that we did at some friends a while back. However, we may accept money if some one pays us for him to wear it to church.