Due to the fact of knee surgery, lack of working out, being married, etc...I have gained a lot of weight the last year. I've been doing some pondering on how to make my attempt to be more fit would be the most effective for me....I've decided to start a weight loss blog and my 100 days to a healthier me! If anyone who reads this blog (don't know how many do) would like an invite, facebook me or email me at k.walker05@hotmail.com and I will let you in on the workouts, healthier eating and weigh ins (yikes!).

Thanks and wish me luck!

{Christmas at our house}

Well it’s that time of year again! Christmas time is one of the only holidays that Pierce thoroughly enjoys. Soooo on November 3rd yes, you read that correctly 3rd, starting buying and setting up our Christmas decorations and getting in the holiday season. So here are a few pictures of what we have so far, I hope you enjoy them!

{the tree} We decided to go with the classic red and green.

Santa's workshop was our theme.

Santas, sleighs, reindeer, bells- you name it!

Our Santa to go on top of the tree!

Here you can see the red ribbon with white pom poms! And my favorite part the "Ho Ho Ho" sign that we put down the front of it.


{Around the House}

This cute little Santa sign we found from TJMAX for a great deal!

Our Advent Calendar that Pierce's mom bought for us! And the candle holder and candle from Tai Pan!

Liz also bought us this little Santa door knob, the puppies love it!

I love this sign, the snowflakes on the top make it soo cute!

Liz also bought all the Walkers these cute signs as well! And I love that they all match our Red and Green theme!

Here are the stockings we ordered offline and they turned out super great!

Also, Liz got this great stocking holder from her neighbor Becky Williams.

Up in my kitchen you will find this, my holiday baking cookbook and Mr. Bobble Santa, he is super glittery and super fabulous!

Last thing in my kitchen is this is my cute kitchen towel I found at Wal-Mart for $3.00!

Lastly, Pierce is in love with villages so we made a deal to buy one building a year and he can slowly collect them. This year he picked the Toy Store! So cute!

Anyway, we hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season and enjoys decorating their own houses!

{Be Thankful}

I know this is a little late since it’s almost Friday- but Gratitude is better late than never. This year I have SO much to be thankful for. Pierce was in Washington, which I was happy he could visit Cade and Melisa and Locke, but I missed him for myself. I know- sounds selfish right? Well I guess you could say that I have been selfish in my life thus far. Always taking from others and not thinking about others. But this year I am going to let you all know things that I am thankful for:

1.Pierce- truly this man is my life saver. His optimism and wisdom never ceases to amaze me. Pierce is always giving me wisdom that is so enlightening and ahead of his age that I almost feel dumb that I would never think of it on my own.

I’ve never and I mean NEVER met someone who could make me laugh as hard as I do with Pierce. Sure, he teases everyone and often “crosses the line” and I constantly tell him to stop but I secretly am giggling with him.


He loves me with all my flaws and I think what I lack he makes up for and then some! I am so impressed the way he carries himself and how he handles others with honest thought and consideration. I know that he loves me and would sacrifice almost anything for me. It’s the best feeling know that you have a support as strong as he is.

His loyalty and love for his family impressed me when we first met, but even more I see how he loves our little family of 4. I am also blessed that he has accepted my family especially when we are going through a really tough time. My mom would probably say that Pierce is her favorite child too and I know that it really makes me happy how well they get along!


I am amazed with his spirituality and think they put the wisdom of a 90-year old into his body (in a not creeper way haha). His knowledge and testimony of the gospel and I haven’t ever heard him question it- even when I have. He is constantly the one reminding me to raise the bar and expect greatness from myself and I appreciate that more than ever.

He is my biggest cheerleader in life, #1 fan, love, husband and best friend. I would do anything for this boy and am so lucky to have found him. I love him.


2.Family- just the concept of families makes me happy. I am thankful that I have wonderful aunts and uncles and cousins. I am thankful for mine and Pierce’s grandparents. Just seeing how much support we had as our wedding was over whelming.


We are not meant to travel this world alone and I have been so blessed with an awesome mother who I turn to for everything. She is such a wonderful lady and strong willed. She tries so hard for her children which I appreciate so much. I think almost all of my confidence as a person comes from her, cheering me on and telling me to try new things because I would surprise myself.


My dad, I am thankful for him and the quiet strength he has always had. He knows right from wrong but has let me always made my own choices. I appreciate the support and encouragement that he gave me. I wanted to be the best for my dad and even when I would fall short, I never had the feeling that I was lacking anything.


My brother Garret, I wish he could read this and know how much I love him. We always joked that we were the best children because we never fought with one another and we have always just been chill with each other. We know how to laugh with each other and that is something that I appreciate. It truly breaks my heart to know that he is somewhere lost for now and how I can only be his sister and friend until he finds his way. My heart aches for and with him and I know that he is truly a great person with such amazing potential.


Bree- my sister, my best friend. I never thought that I would be able to get along with my sister, we use to fight all the time. But I slowly learned that she is a friend that I will always have on my side. We constantly laugh and have fun and share clothes and go out to lunch. I love watching her in 9th grade and these next years in high school- such a fun and also hard time but I am glad that I will be able to share my experiences with her.


Anthony- the baby. I think I will always think of Anthony as a 10 pound smiley baby. I’ve never met such a sweet heart and spirit as Anthony. He deserves the best in life and I know that he will go great things because of his intentions. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 12 year old embrace the gospel as he does and swear if I were to ever know a prophet, it’d be my brother.


3.The Walkers- their family has welcomed me with open arms when I know that it isn’t always easy to do with a newcomer. Before Pierce let me meet them this is what he said “I am waiting to introduce you to my family because they are pretty awesome and you have to be prepared for how awesome they are”. At first I was just like oh a boy who loves his family but NO they ARE ALL awesome! I am the oldest child (well besides Pierce) in my family and the youngest in theirs. I love the contrast; we get to watch our siblings all grow in different phases of their lives that are all so exciting. I am thankful for Liz who has become one of my best friends so quickly and for all the little things she does for us. I am thankful for Jeff, who is one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met; hardworking, smart, funny, spiritual and Pierce’s hero. I could instantly see why Pierce thinks his family is as awesome as they are.

4.The Savior- my love for the savior continues to grow and I know that he lives. I have felt him in my heart, in my head and seen his doing in my life. At times I often question him and why he allows sadness and hurt and then I see the great things that he does for me and I am speechless (if you don’t know me, this is a pretty big deal ha). I love the gospel and will always support the prophets and their beliefs. Life is too short to not to stand for what you believe.




5.My puppies- I know I talk about them all the time; I’ve considered making their own blog where I can just mush about them and then focus more on the humans here haha! I seriously love these little puppies and I think my husband could attest to the fact that I stress about them. I think he is a little nervous for when we have children to care for haha! But they just bring such happiness to my life and plus they are cute!!





6.Health and work- This year has been really emotionally and physically hard for me. I used to think I was a pretty tough girl but after my knee surgery, I realized that having a working body is something I need to thank heavenly father for. I still am frustrated that I haven’t fully recovered, that I have pain and cannot do my passion (dance) but I know that if I slowly keep working for it and remember the things my body has let me do, I can do the things I hope!

I am thankful for my job and that my husband has a job. We appreciate things so much more being poor college students but it will be worth it. I hope that we will continue to be blessed with work throughout our lives.

Anyway, I could also go on about friends, temples, food, TV and T Swift but this post is already too long! Hope everyone had a great, full and grateful thanksgiving!

{UNDER CONSTRUCTION}

I will be redoing the Walker Blog for the next few days, so just bare with us and the ugliness of the blog!

{One Big Update!}

So I have a lot to catch up on! I guess I will start with last week! Our good friends Ben and Alex moved up to Sandy/West Jordan area last week from Orem and they were nice enough to invite us to their place once they got things settled. Alex made some great Broccoli Cheddar Soup and rolls for dinner; they then brought out Marie Calendar Key Lime Pie—so great! We then just chatted til about 10 until I made Pierce leave because I was sleepy haha. Their place is super nice and I am a little bit jealous of how new and nice everything is lol. Needless to say we are so happy that they are up here closer to us.

While we were buying them a house warming gift from Target, we spotted a painting of a black and white Shih Tzu and the conversation went a little like this:
Me: “Oh look how cute- it looks like Jack!!”
Pierce: “that is sweet; too bad they didn’t have one like Izzy”
Pierce pulls the picture down and low and behold right behind it…
Both of us: “Look, it looks like Izzy”
Pierce: “we have to get these, it’s meant to be”
So we bought both painting and hung them in our Laundry room/pantry and I love them! They capture both of the dogs’ personalities perfectly too. I guess it was meant to be.
This last weekend/week has been busy, crazy and fun! Where to start…Friday night, Pierce’s LAX team had a team pizza party that we went to and chatted with the girls and decided on T-shirts and Sweatshirts this year. I am excited that I get them too!! Haha, I am really proud of Pierce that he is coaching the team and knows how committed he is to the team. I will admit I didn’t want to go to the party, but it turned out to be really fun. After we got some ice cream and watched Charlie St. Cloud with Zac Efron, it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be but I still heart Zac ha!

Then Saturday, my sister in law Helen and I ran a 5K. We did the Draper Fun Run and got T-shirts (that were a few sizes too big haha). But we did it in pretty good time; it was harder for me than Helen because my knees just suck haha! But Helen was nice enough to stay with me and I think we got a good time! Pierce and his parents followed us around the course cheering us on and I am glad that Jeff and Pierce got some pictures of us in the action! I look pretty gross but I was running after all! After the race, my cute hubby surprised me with a card and some flowers. I am a pretty lucky duck!

Just running- don't mind the kids passing us lol.

Before the race, notice the huge gray shirts sticking out haha. Sorry they got out of order when I loaded them!

Jeff got in on the action of the race!

Running on Jeff and Liz's street.

The flowers from my cute husband! Aren't they so pretty!?


After we crossed the finish line!

After the run, we all went to Jeff and Liz’s house for breakfast and it was delicious! Blueberry pancakes, eggs and sausage! Oh and yummy chocolate milk. Then the girls went and got pedicures and it felt sooo great to get our feet rubbed. Then I came home and took a nice long nap with my hubby and then we went back to Jeff and Liz’s to watch Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets—our goal was to watch the first 6 movies before we see the 7th but I don’t think it’s going to happen haha. Liz bought us Café Rio which is one of our favorites and Chase and Helen brought delish cupcakes from Sweet Tooth Fairy!

Monday I work until 5 pm and then I was sore from running so I went and got a massage from Massage Envy (my mom buys me a membership there- thanks mom!!) and got a great relaxing massage… I went and got the puppies from my mom’s house and came home to my sweet husband who had the table all set with some great pot stickers and tangerine beef and rice! He even had a cold Diet Coke for me! Then I found out that he even made homemade chocolate ice cream. Then he said that we were going to see a movie that night with his cousins and aunt and uncle!! We went and saw Mega-mind with Will Ferrell and Tina Fey. It was pretty funny and would recommend it to anyone who is reading this!

Tuesday, we ran a bunch of errands and finally got all of our Christmas stuff set up (At least I think we are done lol)….we decided after a Costco run that we just needed to reorganize our pantry…well, we put some bottles on our washer while switching stuff around and a 8lb bottle of Olive Oil fell off and landed right on my foot! You might think that it wouldn’t be a big deal, but it was so heavy that it punctured my foot and I was bleeding! I thought I had broken my foot- so Pierce took me over to the ER and they said it was a small hairline fracture but boy it hurts! So when we got home, Pierce let me rest while he cleaned and made me some pasta for dinner. He also just gave me lots of love which was nice cuz I was in a lot of pain.

My foot is getting better but still pretty swollen so I am taking it easy. Pierce and I stayed home from work on Wednesday as well. We had to drop our cute little puppies off to get surgery and I was hurting and on pain meds, so Pierce took care of me. Liz was great and brought us some dinner which was delicious. I hope one day I can cook as well as her and my mom!

We just rested last night and got caught up on some TV (oh ps SOOOO happy that Brenda is gone in Survivor) and then we went to my sister’s dance concert at Albion Middle School. She did great and we are really proud of you! I don’t have pictures because all the ones I took didn’t turn out with the lighting but that’s ok!

Today, we went to school and picked our doggies up. I felt like they were gone for a week and all 4 of us were so happy to see one another and mommy and daddy got lots of puppy kisses! I was so sad when we dropped them off and it was sad not going to sleep with them but we are so glad it was just for a night! We came home and Liz had come and helped clean up some stuff in our apartment to help with my foot—So a big thank you to her!
My little sissy Izzy!
Jack Jack


Anyway I know this is a long post but at least there is a lot of pictures!