Laura & Shawn

I heart the babies

2011-06-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

I was so happy I was able to venture down to Morgan and see the little wee Thornock children that live in Washington State. I snapped a few pictures to show off their cuteness. I was going for the close-up artsy look but I'm not quite sure how good it turned out... but none the less they are adorable.

My in-laws had just come back from England and they brought back this knight outfit for Kayden... well as you can see he was a pretty big fan. We had quite a few sword fights with that sword.

Tyler also enjoyed the sword fighting... as you can see. Unfortunately Mark and Janene didn't bring him back a knight outfit too... so he had to make a helmet out of what we had around the house (quite fashionable).

We can't forget about little Morgan, it was so funny... when I tried to take close-up shots of her she would try to look around the camera as if I were hiding from her. I just LOVE these babies.

A Turkish Delight

2011-06-08T17:43:00.000-07:00

Guess what.... I am blogging before Christmas! Happy Day! haha So nothing is really new... you know other than I am living with my bestie Erin Kay instead of Mr. Walker. I did plant a garden and have a few crafty projects I'm working on but I will probably be posting those later... or never :) you'll have to stay tuned. BUT something that Me, Shawn, and Erin did before he left was get PEDICURES!

It was so great taking Shawn. He is quite the foot phobe, so watching him was quite entertaining. When we were leaving to go get them done he kept asking me if he should clean his feet again... and don't worry he cleaned out all the toe jams before he could enter the premises.

It was great...Erin would laugh when they were working on her, and Shawn would cringe.

The end result: an ultimate success!

This Post should hold ya over until Christmas!!! ha ha :)

2011-05-09T18:46:00.000-07:00

Ok, first of all we are so sorry! I didn't think people read this thing! So here are some updates on our lives! My dear little friend Jenn is getting married and I threw her a bridal shower on April 30th, I'm mostly showing the food pictures because it was just so darn cute.... and let's face it... my life pretty much revolves around food. :)

The Girls

(The lucky Bride is the one in the brown vest and white shirt)

Enough of the girly stuff...

Did you know that my dear sweet husband will be interning at the White House this summer!? YES, the real one in Washington D.C. not to be confused with the White House dress shop on Main Street in Logan. :) :) He will be working in the office of correspondence. We are pretty excited. We knew you'd be dying to know every detail of what he is doing so Shawn has decided to create a blog especially for the event. Pretty sure the address is mrwalkergoestowashington.blogspot.com but I will also put the link on our blog. :) Shawn leaves on May 28th, and until he writes his first post here is a link that shows a little more of what Shawn will be doing this summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG00mM8QEGk Enjoy!

Next order of Business....

I officially graduated from Utah State University on Saturday. I was actually done in December but the whole commencement ceremony was the cherry on top.

I'm so glad Shawn talked me into participating in all the festivities. I surprisingly enjoyed every minute of it.

The End :)

Perhaps we will write again soon! :)

Happy Halloween!!!

2010-11-05T16:57:00.000-07:00

Just in case you couldn't figure it out we were Mario and Peach for Halloween. It was a jolly day. Shawn built our karts with his BARE hands, and then we decorated! Amazing...I know.

This next picture I just think is funny. This was at the Walker residence. I find them quite humorous :)

Re-Vibe Fashion Show

2010-09-22T22:06:00.000-07:00

I am in this class (Dress & Humanity) that for one of our assignments we had to make a garment from recycled materials.... Of course, the first thing that came to my mind was Coke cans. We have plenty of those lying around our house. Shawn is what you would call a 'sipper' he sips his Coke and somehow half full Coke cans end up in obscure corners of our house. Therefore I came up with a plan to create a dress from Coke cans.... soon after starting I realized I would never have enough cans for an entire dress. This is when digging in the recycle bins at the Taggart Student Center came in handy. We transformed ourselves into homeless people (slightly embarrassing). <-- That is Step 1

ANYWHO- here are the pictures of the birth of my dear little dress

Step 2- Wash the cans

Step 3- Cut the cans

Step 4- Attach the cut pieces to the dress

Finally! A dress! HA- This was during the 2nd fitting process... somehow when I attached the final cans on top it shrunk a little... oops! haha As Erin was squeezing into it she said it was like coming out of the birth canal.... haha

VICTORY! She made it in!

Erin rockin' the runway

These were my other favorites

That white dress in the middle was made out of coffee filters- SO amazing, and the one to the right was made out of paper plates and lunch sacks. People are just so creative.

Anywho, the fashion show was great, and we all lived happily ever after

The Car Show

2010-07-04T19:06:00.000-07:00

So every year they have a 'Cruise-In' car show which is ridiculously amazing. Working at Riverwoods Conference Center I got an early taste of it. They kicked off their annual show and cruise with a old-fashioned dance called a cob stomp or a cob something... I don't really remember :) But all these people dressed up like in the 50's, it was really quite amazing. Anywho, we had a jolly good time walking around the fair ground looking at a few of the 700 restored cars.

Does this truck not remind you of a sleeping dog?!

The Bat Mobile! This car so SOOO nice, inside it had a GPS system installed and there were no handles on the outside of it anywhere (we think there is a remote control opener somewhere to open the doors but we really don't know)

Somehow I enjoy taking pictures of parts of cars instead of them as a whole :)

This String Ray was Shawn's favorite... as for my favorite...

Is this not the cutest little car you have ever seen? This little baby was the first Mazda to come over to America from Japan.

Our MAN Garden!

2010-05-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

So we have decided that this summer we want to have a garden, unfortunately since we have a tiny backyard that is surrounded by huge trees we didn't have enough sunshine to make our plants grow. There happens to be a spot at the top of our driveway that we 'built' a garden on. My handy husband whipped this up in a few hours.

Stage 1

Stage 2

It's a garden!!

After getting to this point Shawn declared that this was 'a man's garden'.... meaning that NO flowers were to be planted in this garden. So funny....he's such a manly gardener :)

We have started planting seeds in our house to transplant into our lovely garden, they are our babies! As you can see they were starting to take over the world, so....

We upgraded tables, how quaint.

Shawn's Day at the Spa

2010-02-15T20:21:00.000-08:00

So my sister Jessica just got a job at K Salon. K Salon is an amazing salon in Logan-very classy. Of course my she give a special discount for Shawn. As we walk in the receptionist asked us if we want something to drink, then as we sit down there is a glass pedestal resembling the picture below with the most amazing-looking cupcakes.

The first thing I hear from Shawn is: "Can we have those?" I opened it up and got him one. Soon enough he is getting his haircut and moments later a receptionist comes by holding the platter asking us if we'd like a cupcake, Shawn's reply: "Yes!"

This is Shawn with his second cupcake while inspecting the cream that is going in his hair, making sure to keep his cupcake away from any newly cut hairs, I really wish I took picture of him while he was getting his hair rinsed. It was quite a sight. He had a hot towel on his face and one on each of his hands, he was spoiled.

While we were there I didn't want my cupcake, so of course I was going to save it, well.... while walking out to the parking lot something bad happened...

That pretty much sums up our trip to K Salon. I think Shawn was especially thrilled because I sent him to a beauty college the time before and the girl took 7 days to do it. :) And they all lived happily ever after.

Packing for our adventure...

2010-01-04T00:05:00.000-08:00

By Shawn...

So, tonight we are packing up for our week-long trip to Indiana to visit my sister Camille and her wonderful little family. Also, we are driving from where they live (near Louisville, KY) to Chicago to see a Duke Blue Devils basketball game. If any of you didn't know, I'm a huge fan. This will be the second time in my life I will see them play. The first was in 2006 when we went to a home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC. That was a once in a lifetime experience. Cameron Indoor is like the Mecca of college sporting venues, comparable to Fenway Park in the MLB. Anywho... I'm rambling.

Of course we will make a sweet post and tell of our tales of the eastern land complete with photos and all. Laura has been so good with this all and doesn't seem to be too bothered with my obsesion with Blue Devil basketball. In fact, for Christmas she supported it by providing a Cameron Crazies T-Shirt and a dvd with classic games of Duke beating UNC. Pure gold. Furthermore, this past week she found Coach K's e-mail address and told him that we would be attending the game in Chicago and that her husband (me) would really like to meet him. Isn't she so great. Well, nevertheless, she got an e-mail back from one of his assistants informing her that due to time Coach wouldn't be able to make such a visit, oh well it was worth a try.

The real reason I made this post was to publish a funny quote Laura just uttered as we were packing, stuffing clothes and belongings into small suitcase. (ya'll know the drill) She said, "I hate packing my clothes so tight in my suitcase, I feel like they can't breathe... I feel like they like me less." Ha ha, isn't that so funny!?! Yeah I get to enjoy quotes like that everyday. I love it, I love her.

In cas you are interested the game will be televized on ESPN on Wednesday at 7 pm MST time.

SWINE!!!!

2009-12-13T11:31:00.000-08:00

Yep, it happened... Shawn got the swine flu. After feeling sick for about 3 days and calling in sick to work I scheduled an doctor's appointment for him with the result of SWINE flu! There are quite a few symptoms of the swine flu that the doctor will tell you about.

But there's one thing that I never expected. Shawn is feeling better but after a few days of having the swine flu he looked like this!

He's now looking a little more like himself and is feeling better but watch out for the swine flu! Since swine flu is ridiculously contagious I went to get my vaccine. To my delight there were no needles involved, two swift squirts up my nose and I'm safe.

To Bronco, with love

2009-11-29T17:39:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there were two teams which were arch enemies, they hated each other. Whenever the time came for them to get on the same field there was mayhem... except if you were wearing a marching band uniform of course! Well you guessed it! Shawn and I went to the BYU vs UTAH football game, it was quite intense there was a sea of blue with dots of red. Last play when Andrew George ran the ball into the end zone was phenomenal. We were screaming jumping up and down (I think I even saw Shawn shed a tear) and then everyone started rushing the field. For all of you who know Shawn, you know he loves sports and loves to be in the center of everything. So guess what, he turns to me and says: LEAVE THE BLANKETS!!!! WE'RE RUSHING THE FIELD!!!!!

So what did we do?! We rushed the field!!!

Shawn even held a little piece of the field in his hand.... awhhhh isn't that sweet

So... after the game Max Hall was asked something about University of Utah and his response was not too nice. He said: "I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, their fans. I hate everything,....It felt really good to send those guys home." Upon hearing this Shawn and I were appalled. Our love for Max Hall which wasn't much to begin with was now gone. Max Hall is overrated, somehow he looks like a great quarterback by the great players (SIDE NOTE: Shawn just notified me I'm blogging about football, ha that's funny) ANYWAY!!!! Max Hall wouldn't be as well-known and hold the records he does if it wasn't for Unga, Pitta, Chambers, George... just to name a few. By Max Hall making those lovely comments it put a shadow over their victory.

AMEN

So when finding this t-shirt a U student is selling we find it humorous :)

Pumpkin Pride!!!

2009-11-01T18:21:00.000-08:00

First things first, let it be known that this is Shawn making this post... Yes that's right the husband is making the post. Keep the jokes and mocking to yourselves.

So, this halloween we were really boring. I worked so we really couldn't go out and play with friends. On friday we did get together with the Morgan gang at Brett and Ashley's house, a good time was had. So on halloween (Laura pronounces it holloween) we decided to stay at home, pass out candy to the trick or treaters and carve pumpkins. Well, we only had two groups of trick or treaters, but we weren't too upset due to the candy excess we now enjoy.

As for the pumpkin carving, if any of you don't know me, I am super competitive. Anything I do has to be better than others. I have to win. So of course we couldn't share a pumpkin, we had to get our own pumpkins and have a competition. Laura is so good, she just goes along with it and takes the trash talk and is too nice to dish any back. We had a similar contest last Christmas concerning gingerbread houses. (I dominated in case you were wondering) Also another annoying trait I have is OCD. If I do something it has to be done well and it has to be done my way. So of course I go overboard with things like this. Also one thing that many of you may know about me is my addiction to Duke Blue Devils Basketball. So of course I got my boys in blue involved. Laura tinkered on hers but didn't get way into it, she mainly just admired my dedication and took many pictures...

my beautiful pumpkin before...

Laura's pumpkin before...

tools of the trade

me obsessing...

...and obsessing...

...working...

...and working...

Seeds!!! Laura seasoned and dried them and now we are enjoying them.

so by the time I got done it was really late and I was really tired and wasn't in the mood to take photos of the finished product til the next day, so in order to preserve it, I put it in the freezer. Of course Laura came in behind me and took a picture of it to document how much of a freak I am.

this is the piece of art I was trying to duplicate...

finished product.

This is Laura's finished product. (She is trying to win your hearts and your votes by being all family oriented. Don't fall for it, it's all a scam.)

Our pieces of art together. You may vote for the best pumpkin through your comments. (keep in consideration that Laura is an art major and I should have some sort of handicap... you know like in golf)

Laura sliced hers open with the intention to bake it and eat it like a squash. I've never heard of doing that. Is it good? I wouldn't let her get near mine with that knife. I'll probably put it back in the freezer to avoid rotting so it can be admired for years to come. Laura rolls her eyes and says differently.

Golfing with the Licktey's

2009-09-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

So, we decided to go golfing yesterday (Shawn golfs I drive the golf cart) and I guess when there's too many people on the course they have you join with other people. Well, we got to golf with Sherry and Walter...

During the nine holes we made friends with these lovely people, and being nice really pays off because #1 Walter showed me all the places where I could find lost golf balls...thank you Walter! While everyone was golfing you could find me hunting around in the bushes and trees :) #2 Walter is on the ski patrol at Beaver Mountain for 60 years and they gave us two free passes. WOW what a steal of a deal!

golfing=happiness

Yoda and our Kids...

2009-09-17T14:42:00.000-07:00

So... I came across a web site today and morphs pictures and the first thing that came to my mind was to morph my dad into Yoda. Because, after all ever since being a little girl I've heard people compare my dad to Yoda, maybe because he's short and bald, or maybe because he's pretty good at being wise and giving great advise.. either way here is the result:

After being able to see how effective morphing was, I came to the conclusion that I could possibly see what our offspring looks like... ha so if you're under the age of 18 you probably shouldn't look at the content below, it could be found to be disturbing and extremely creepy.

Our little Hermaphrodite

Little Jay Walker... haha

and last but not least... our little Gabby (named after our favorite Desperate House Wife)

2009-09-15T10:17:00.000-07:00

The past few months have been pretty crazy but we are finally settled, so since a picture is worth a thousand words I will illustrate the happenings in the lives of the Walkers... lucky

First comes marriage then comes...

Camp Bartlett!

After Camp Bartlett Shawn transformed into a man of all trades... he works at Checkers Auto, Rees Mink Farm, and Walker Mortuary...AND has just enrolled to become a CNA. AmAzing.

and for me... I'm pretty boring, school and work.. yep just one job.

That's it for now, tune in next time - something exciting is bound to happen

Hot Diggedy Dog We have a BLOG!!!

2009-09-12T15:53:00.000-07:00

Hello! we are officially part of the blogging world. Hello all of you reading this... hopefully it will be at least one or two people... mom? Ha, anywho I just wanted to say hello after all this time I took figuring out how to make our blog beautiful. Yep, ok until next time :)