Well this year has been a roller coaster of emotions!! We've had the best year of our lives and cannot wait for what 2011 holds for us! I thought I would do a recap of the last year and some fun memories we made!
Dec. 31st 2009- The plan was for Pierce to propose at midnight on New Years 2010....but my cute hubby couldn't stand that the ring was in his pocket while we were going on rides at Disneyland....so at 10-ish in the morning, Pierce walked me over by my favorite ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" and popped the question!! I was so surprised and overwhelmed but I have to say it was one of the best engagements I've ever heard if I do say so myself!
January--
Here we are ringing in the New Year as the newly engaged!
(We realize that this isn't the best picture of us, but we had been at Disneyland ALL day!)
We celebrated Kayla and Trent getting married in Vegas!
We attended the Jazz/Miami game! (Pierce's 2 favorite teams!)
And of course I started planning the wedding of my dreams!
Other things that happened in Jan:
- I had double knee surgery (boo)
- Pierce was the best nurse during the recovery process (still owe him big time for it!)
February--
We were in lots of love! Continuing to plan the wedding!
Love this picture below!
March--
We both continued to work. Pierce was attending school, while Karissa was not and Pierce was getting all A's (he's a smart cookie).
Pierce was helping his sister Chelsea "coach" Jordan Lacrosse-- all the while this is how practices were! Just Kidding!
April--
We took all our engagement pictures (thanks to Chase) and sent out the wedding invites! Everything was coming together great!
Pierce's parents also gave us the great opportunity to go to a dinner where were met President Packer and this guy below who gave us some marital advice that I won't forget!
May--
We both celebrated birthdays in May! (No pictures for some reason)
Pierce moved into our apartment at the end of May!!
And we watched Ben (Pierce's best friend/mission companion) marry the perfect girl for him, Alex!
I also got my bridal pictures taken in May by Chase. His website is amazing if anyone wants to check it out click here.
June---
Our wedding day! The best day of our lives, being sealed for time and all eternity to each other! We were so grateful to all the planning and work that went into it! We were blessed to have family come from all over to celebrate with us as well!
As you can see, June 5th was a beautiful day and we were so lucky to have everything be perfect!
I am so grateful that I have married my best friend!
We also went on our honeymoon that was such a blast!
We went to Mexico and had so much fun! It was a fairy tale wedding and honeymoon for sure! But we were just as excited to actually start our lives as the new Mr. and Mrs. Walker
July--
Pierce held his first ever Lacrosse camp for the girls team and it went great!
We also welcomed this little guy into our world!
Dogs truly are man's best friend and he quickly became a huge part of our worlds. He is our cuddle buddy and best friend and always makes us laugh. Jack loves Pierce and Pierce loves Jack. I love their relationship.
August & Sept.--
Pierce was working, Karissa trying to find a job and finally did through her good friends the McPartlands! So grateful for work and being able to live on our own and pay bills and struggle through the newlywed phase of life!
Towards the end of August, I found out that I was pregnant. We were a little stressed and excited and surprised!! Sadly, by the time September rolled around, I had miscarried. It was a really hard time for me, but I am so thankful that I had Pierce there by my side. He was my rock and strength, even though I knew he was hurting too.
We started school! Both of us were up at the U and we were so excited to have some classes together!
I don't really have any pictures of Aug- Sept (haha taking more photos a new year's resolution?? Think so.)
So here are just a few random pictures...
October--
October was filled of school, work, and date nights on the weekend. We house sat for Pierce's parents while they went on a trip for his dad's 50th birthday! We also threw a surprise party for Jeff and below is Pierce being the MC for the event. He did a great job and is always a great public speaker!
We also were struggling with leaving Jack at home so much by himself, even when he was going to my mom's while I was at work to play with her puppies. When we learned that Jack's sister was never bought, we jumped on it and brought Izzy into our world. It's crazy that we have had her since the end of October, because I don't remember Jack without her anymore! She is such a fun personality to have in our house, so girly and innocent (or she likes you to think she is haha). But either way we love this little ball of sunshine!
PS- excuse the demon eyes in this pic!
Also in October, Pierce held Lacrosse Try-outs and had so much fun! He is looking forward to starting the season as the Head Coach!
November--
At the beginning of Nov. I ran a 3K with Helen! It was really fun, cold and made me tired! It was the first time I had actually ran since my knee surgery-- yes I am kind of a baby haha! Anyway, Helen and I loved it and were pretty proud of ourselves!
We also didn't mind getting treated to flowers, cards and breakfast from our hubbies and MIL!
Christmas is also Pierce's favorite holiday and the only one he says that we can actually decorate our house for.... SO at the beginning of Novemeber, we bought a tree! Then it snowballed into buying all of our Christmas stuff and setting it up way before Thanksgiving! But I didn't mind :)
We celebrated Turkey Day with Pierce's parents and grandparents and neighbor! I don't have any pictures but the food was to die for!!
Dec--
December we celebrated being married for 6 months! Wow, how time flies when you are enjoying life! We just wrapped up the holidays with my family and Pierce's family and I stole some pictures from people to show some fun activities we did!
Gingerbread contest--- so I had this idea for about a year that I wanted to do the house from "UP"....the rules were that we had to all use the same supplies... well that created a challenge for us to do the balloon part of the house...
Let's just say it didn't pan out as well as we had hoped and we got last place. Dead last. Crap.
Next year, Pierce picks the theme.
Here we are with Santa! He came to the Walkers for a visit to Locke and Ava (our niece and nephew) but we were lucky to snap a photo with him!
Lastly, we rang in the New Year at the Walker's (a little early tho because we all were tired/sick/had to wake up in the morning).
Happy New Year's! (Yes Jack is drinking from Pierce's glass).
We cannot wait for what 2011 holds! May it be better than the last!
