{oh happiness}

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I know- feel free to freak out now! Good luck!! :)

{hello Monday}

since Mondays are usually a drag... I thought I would post somethings that make me smile...and hopefull they will do the same for you :)

Ok since my blogger is being retareded...i am only posting this for now! But boy does it make me happy-- don't cry Jacob, I will be your new Bella! (Just kidding Pierce!).

I will post the other things a bit later but they are pretty sure to make you smile!

{you know those days}.....

where you just feel....blah or sick or sad. Well spouses make those days 100x better, every time.

Pierce came home from work and just watched some catch up TV and made dinner for us. It wasn't anything big but then again, I like our simple happy life on days like these.

Babe,

Thanks for making my gray days sunnier and my sick days better! I hope that I can do the same for you :) Love ya!

{grannies}

meet {Pat and Rosie}

Sorry the picture is bad quality, I tried to lighten it a little bit!

These two ladies have been Pierce's "grannies" all growing up! They are great family friends and have always taken Pierce out for his birthday, this year I was honored to go with them and we sat talking for about 2 hours! Pat and Rosie are super busy ladies with their own kids, g-kids and other family but always take Tuesdays to reward themselves with a movie day!! They had seen movies that Pierce and I still haven't seen-- pretty hip! I hope one day I can have a best friend for 33 years (yes and they still like each other) to go see movies with!

Thank you Pat and Rosie, we love our Grannies!!

{my boys}

these two are best friends and boy do I love them!

{may babies}

Over here in this Walker house, we are all May babies....this might change once we have kids but for now I am celebrating 3 of my favorite mammals.

The puppies...

Miss Izzy....

& Mr. J

These two puppies make my days better and always make me know that I am loved! They are balls of energy and just turned 1 on May 3rd!!! Kind of silly that I am celebrating their birthdays but we feel like they are our children!!

Next up,

The Silliest

Most Charming

Most Awesome Husband Ever!

Pierce!

He turned 23 yesterday and we got to celebrate yesterday with his family by going to Joy Luck! He was spoiled by his family and I got him a few gifts as well :) He is a lucky boy and I am even luckier to have him as my husband!!

Love you babe! Here's to more years celebrating together!!

{big news}

Ok people, we are officially on the countdown to our 1 year anniversary!!

Crazy...

Anyway this month is going to be busy busy for us! We are done with Finals on Monday and are looking forward to a warm fun Summer!

We have:

-(had) Jack and Izzy's Birthday, will post about that later today!

- Pierce's Birthday on Monday

- Mother's Day

-Real Salt Lake games

- Lacrosse Playoffs (go Diggers!)

- State Soccer for my sister

and almost to the last day of May:

- My Birthday

I am pretty excited to be busy but also have a lot of time to take the dogs on walks and lay out and go swimming! Here's to Summer and to my official countdown!

{countdown to Hawaii}

CANNOT WAIT!!!! We leave for Hawaii in less than a day :)

We leave Friday morning to Maui....and here are a couple pictures of where we will be staying just so you guys can slobber...

Sands of Kahana- Maui

Yes it is right on the beach like this....PARADISE! We promise to take lots of photos :)

{fun happenings}

So there has been a lot going on today!!!

My dearest friend since kindergarten, Carly Johnson left on a mission!!! Crazy. I was at her house til midnight last night celebrating, freaking out and sharing a few tears!! I will miss her tons but know that she will bless all the people of Fresno! (oh and she is learning Spanish!).

Here is her cute missionary picture!

Next up: Baby News!!!!

My Brother and Sister In-Law found out today that they are having a little baby boy!! They already have my cute niece Ava and so I cannot wait to meet her little brother! I wish I could be in MI with them to celebrate the exciting news!

Their family picture in December! Can't wait to meet the new baby!

So overall my life is at a crazy phase. All my friends are growing up, getting married, going on missions and even having babies!! It's so fun to watch all them in different phases of life and I am so blessed that a lot of them are my family so I can share all the memories!

{vegas catch-up}

So I thought that since I didn't do a post when we went down to Vegas for Pierce's Lacrosse Tournament(mainly because it was super busy and I didn't have my camera), I would share some pictures that I stole from the internet that shows how sweet our hotel was:

The Red Rock Hotel and Casino....

Some smaller pictures of the bathroom...

They had a TV in front of the bathtub (Pierce's dream! That boy likes bath time!!)

This is the bedroom...it was decorated so cool! Except I got up in the night to go potty and ran into that bench lol...wasn't my finest moment!

Although this is a professional picture, it was basically our view at night! So sweet!

THE ACTUAL TOURNAMENT:

Pierce's team did pretty well! They won 2 and lost 2 and since they have been home starting their actual games, they have been winning like none other!! They had another tournament here in Utah that Pierce was asked to be the Co-Director of it and he put a lot of hard work into it and it was a huge success! His team lost in semi-finals in a tie (I know I am learning LAX too) but I am proud of my hubby the coach and hope that his team kicks butt this year!

{Congrats to Chase and Helen}

So yesterday I had the awesome opportunity to go with my SIL and BIL to see the results of their ultrasound to find out the gender. I originally thought it was going to be a boy and then I switched a few days later to a girl- mainly for my own selfish reasons (shopping for a niece is a little more fun than a boy- although boy stuff sure is cute too!). Chase and Helen were pretty sure it was a boy; Helen even said 5 minutes before they found out, that she would be shocked if it was a girl.

Their OBGYN cancelled on them yesterday ( I would have been furious!) so they went to Fetal Studios, I had heard that it is really reliable and I know that Chase and Helen couldn't wait!

They had an awesome tech help them and he shocked us all when he said it's a girl!! Granny Liz even kept calling 'it' a 'he' before the Dr confirmed it! We are all sooo happy for them and I am so excited to be an Aunt again! I love coming into Pierce's family and having older siblings who have kids! It's something that I will have to wait a long time on my side to become but that's ok! My other SIL is pregnant too and we get to find out in just a few short weeks (I am voting a little boy for them but we will see)!

Congrats Chase and Helen- we love you guys and that little girl!

{Awkward & Awesome}

Awkward and Awesome Weekend

Ok so I stole this idea from the blog The Daybook. You should check it out- Syd is the funniest and most awesome blogger. She has great ideas, giveaways and constantly makes me laugh!

Awkward:

- When you offer to hold someone's coat (someone you've known for about 5 years) while they take a picture and they just stare at you.................for about 30 seconds. Awk.

- You invite a friend to a wedding of a girl that you went to high school with. You say ok, but then think it's NORMAL to invite your girlfriend and roommate that don't know either the bride or groom. And then get mad (no correction FREAK out like a 2 yr old) when the person who invited you says they probably shouldn't just come. Ya- I didn't know people did this until Saturday.

- That during my best friend's first dance-- my husband and friend decide to say an inappropriate word pretty loudly....faces reddens.

- That I have the most massive zit on my nose today and actually thought "I want to put a diamond sticker on it- so it just looks like I pierced my nose for the day". I know I have zit issues.

- That when I leave one or two dirty clothes on the floor, my dogs insist on laying on them like a bed. "I get it! I need to pick up my clothes!" Dogs really have a way of getting me to clean.

- That while decorating the car for the Newlyweds, we put condoms on the stick shift.

Awesome:

- That when above-mentioned freaks out, you reply HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....You'll always get the last laugh. Yes!

- That funny awkward moments like talking really loud during a romantic first dance, become memories that you will think of as awesome!

- That my dogs have power over that I am so easily willing to laugh at/admit.

- That my best friend Marie got married!!

- That I have some of the greatest people ever as friends!

-That we put a condom on the stick shift while decorating the car for the newlyweds (although it was awk for them ha!)

{flower power}

So for my best friend Marie's bridal shower next week, I have been busily planning and scheming away to make it a great party!! I want to go into event planning but obviously I am on a tight budget, Pierce's mom was even so great to lend me her house and help out with some things!! Anyway I have these silver candlesticks (not pictured) BUT I saw this great flower/pom pom idea from here. I knew I wanted to try it but I was nervous that it wouldn't work out the same for me but I think it was a success! I used just 4 sheets of tissue paper and cut similar size squares as the tutorial; the tissue paper was $0.99 from Target. Sorry the pictures are horrible, the dogs got to the SD card and I took these with my phone! I can't wait to display them at the shower!

{happy LOVE day}

So as everyone knows, yesterday was Valentine's Day! Last year, Pierce and I can't recall what we did to save our lives lol- so this year we decided we would make the most of being each other's Valentine! We planned a fun dinner and movie after I got off work. So after work, I stopped by the grocery store to get some cough drops and a V-day card....Ok I know I probably get worst wife award for this holiday because I bought 15-20 mins before dinner BUT I was planning on making a card and it didn't work out as well as I had hoped! Plus I really did need the cough drops! So we met at Mt. Fuji on 13th and 86th South...we had a coupon there and we love the one by our house (it's actually Pierce's favorite place) so it was an easy decision. But when we got there, we quickly learned that it is NOT the same place. They don't even have similar menus....we were a little sad. I gave Pierce his card and he said that he didn't get me one....I wasn't mad, just a little sad that he forgot. He said that he thought we weren't doing gifts or anything....I said even if we don't say we are going to do cards, you should always get one. And he acted a little sad and so I said it wasn't a big deal!! So we ate quickly (and I mean like 5 minutes that's how caca it was) and decided we had some time to kill and went to drop off one of the cars at our apartment. Pierce said that he needed to go and get a jacket so I said ok but we needed to hurry to the movie....when we walked in, our apartment was cleaned beautifully and I saw this on the table!

Some flowers, cupcakes, a card and some bubbly! Man o Man did I feel stooped by my hubby-- I shouldn't have ever doubted that he wouldn't do something super special for me! He got cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy- one of my favs! A card (man did I feel like a brat lol) and sparkling cider with some cute little glasses! The flowers were beautiful but Pierce did credit his brother Chase to helping arrange them!

Here are the flowers close up! Beautiful and flowers ALWAYS make a girl feel loved!

Happy Valentine's Day babe! I love you and am so glad that we will get to be sweethearts/Valentines forever! I've really married my best friend!

{coming soon}

That's right, I am starting ANOTHER blog....and hopefully my blogging skills won't lack as much on that one as it does on the others. But it will feature some of this:

And some of this:

That's right. A blog of all things crafty! We will be posting things you can buy personalized or DIY kits. Sharing some freebies and giveaways and of course sharing crafty ideas that we can't get enough of! And when I say we- I am talking for my mother and I. She is a little computer handi though so I will be the official blogger!

{happy birthday grandma rueckert}

Yesterday was my Grandma Rueckert's 80th Birthday! We got to celebrate with cousins, aunts, uncles and of course the grandparents!! Grandma fell last week and broke a rib, but we are glad that she is feeling better and could come party with us last night! I stole a few of the pictures from my cousin Ashlee and the family picture, Pierce wanted to take it so that's why he isn't in it!

{thankful thursday}

I thought that “thankful Thursdays” are a great way to update people with what’s going on with our lives but also have some meaning. The problem is that I always forget to do these posts until after Thursdays…while I am always thankful; I just like the sound of Thankful Thursdays. Anyway, I am here on a Thursday writing something that I am truly thankful for: my fantastic husband!

Pierce is the most amazing person I’ve ever met. He really is a ball of wacky and fun with some weird mixed in but I love every minute of it! I truly am thankful that I laugh everyday because of him and that he is always making others laugh. It is a great quality to have, it makes people feel at ease and want to know him more. I love that he can also lay in bed with me and we can chitchat about our days and our future and when I get sad/frustrated with life, he is always—ALWAYS my rock!

He can calm me down which I appreciate. I also love that he is caring and careful. I think these are the same but also different. I think he is caring for me by surprising me and doing things that he knows I would love- like cleaning if I am sick or putting some gas in my car! I also think he is careful because he never says anything to hurt my feelings and if we get a fight or I get mad/upset he comes to apologize for anything that he did. I really admire that quality—I am pretty stubborn about saying sorry but I am learning from his great example.

He is really strong in his beliefs and values, besides the gospel, Pierce believes in family, loyalty, staying active and working hard. I think he is a truly passionate person and I often tease him that he only talks to me about Lacrosse when I don’t know really anything about it; but I know that he cares a lot about the team because his high schools teams provided a lot of friendship and support in his life. He loves his family, the family that we have created in our little apartment and our immediate family and extended family. I always say that my family loves Pierce more than me but I sort of/kind of think it’s true! My aunts and cousins are always wanting to hang out with him and never say anything to me haha! My siblings love having a “big brother” and I also know his family loves having him as the “younger brother”. He is very supportive of all that his family members do and is always encouraging me to be the best I can and encouraging me to pursue dance again. I could probably could go on and on about him but I will leave it with this:

Hubby:

Hey Best Friend,

Our life is great! Thanks for the laughs and good times.

YOU are one of the most hard working and talented people I know.

And I'm so proud of you. Your genuine goodness and leadership qualities make me love you more everyday.

Thanks for being such a wonderful husband and my biggest support. You're my sunshine.

So smile bright.

love always

Your Wife- Karissa