Will you be my Valentine?

We had a two day of valentine celebrations. To start it off we had Walker paint some valentines day cards for his friends and our family. Casey had the day before Valentines day off we went and spent the day as a family at the mall and just relaxing at home. I had activity days that night so when I got home Casey had a surprise for me (flowers, girl scout cookies, and a loving card).

Walker painting his Valentines Day cards | Father and son | The beautiful flowers and amazing cookies Casey got me.

On Valentines Day morning we went to the Ramona Cafe for breakfast. It was yummy. Walker seemed to love it. He loves breakfast food. It was very good. This was our second time going. As you probably can guess, it is just a small diner. I like places like those sometimes because you can take your time and not have to worry. 

That day while Casey was at work I decided that I wanted to go do something with my little valentine. So we went to SeaWorld for the day. It was fun spending some mom and son time. Walker loves fish and water so you could guess that he had the time of his life. It was fun having his lead and go where he wanted to go. It was relaxing and fun. In my opinion, it was a great way to spend the day. 

Walker looking at the penguins. He kept calling them birds.
We also were there watching them for about 30 minutes. He didn't want to leave.

Some of our adventures at SeaWorld.

When Casey got home we went to the Valentines Day dinner that the Young Women in the ward put on. There was a dinner than a dance after. They had babysitting for the kiddos too. It was a great way to end our valentines day celebrations. Until the next Valentines day. :]

♥ The Schroeder

i love love day

for valentines day we kept it low key. we didn't do presents or anything big. in the morning i made breakfast for walker and casey. I gave walker cheerios that i put in a shape of a heart. he didn't notice he just played with them and put them on the ground. and for casey and i, i made toast with a heart egg inside with a half of banana. he had to go to work early that morning so i made sure to have breakfast ready for him when he got out of the shower.

during the day i didn't do much. my visiting teacher came over and we talked and got to know each other. and for the rest of the day i just spent the day with my little valentine. I had two valentines this year. it was fun being able to spend the day with him. somedays i just turn on the tv and let walker watch that while he plays so i can relax or do what i want but this day i made sure i didn't. i played with him. we had a great time.

when casey and i woke up casey told me he had switch shifts with someone and was going to be getting off work earlier than we thought. he said that we were going to disneyland for a date night. we haven't been on a date for a while just him and i and i have been wanting to go to disneyland for a while just him and i. it was fun. for the month of february on thursdays AP holders were able to get to stay until 10pm in DCA.

ready to go on toy story . visiting mickey and walt before we left . hollywood

so we got there at like 730ish due to traffic so we went into DCA and got our wristbands and then we were off. we wanted to make sure we did rides that we couldn't do when we bring walker together. we go to do lugi's tires for the first time. it was okay. i think that it would be better if you had a big group that you went on it all together. we also did soaring and toy story mania. it was fun being able to spend the night just casey and i while robin watched walker for us. we left at 10:30ish due to tiredness. we tried to go racers but got tired and decided that we should head home and be sure to get home safe.

overall it was a great love day! i am glad we kept it simple but yet we still did something fun.

Thanks casey for being the best husband ever! i love you!

♥ The Schroeder

Temple than Coronado. What more could you ask for?

In my last post, I made a goal to spend some time with just Casey. So to start off the year we went on a date that friday. For Christmas, we got a groupon to rent bikes on Coronado. Since Casey usually has a week day off and works the weekend we decided to use our groupon before Robin goes back to work from winter break.

Before we went to Coronado we decided to start off the year right we should go to the temple and do a session since we haven't been able to do a session in a while. It was great being back in the temple again. We have gone a few times but wasn't able to do a session. It was a much need trip to the temple and I want to try to go once a month this year.

After the temple we headed for Coronado Island. We got to the bike shop and was on our way. Let me say that I forgot how different it is to be riding a bike. I haven't rode on in years and Casey said the last time he thinks he rode one was before his mission. It was a beautiful day and a great day just riding around the island together. I love being able to spend some time with my husband, even though I missed my little walker.

We had some fun with the panoramic feature on our phone. We couldn't miss the beautiful beach and ocean that we were around. What a great day!

♥ The Schroeder

Two Thanksgivings. Two Weeks.

This Year we had two Thanksgivings in two weeks.

On the actual day we just spent it here with Robin, Perry and the Todd's. During Walker's morning nap Casey and I went to go see 'Wreck It Ralph'. It was such a good movie. I loved it! We then had our Thanksgiving dinner that afternoon. Walker spelt through it, which was nice but sad at the same time. Nice because Casey and I got to eat a dinner without having to make sure Walker has some puffs or something to play with. Sad because he missed out on his first Thanksgiving dinner. We did save some turkey and mash potatoes for him and blended them up and fed them to him later that day and he did not like it! Kinda like his mom, not really liking turkey. I guess we will see if his likes ham on Christmas. I totally forgot to take some pictures on that day. :[

That night Black Friday started! We left Walker with Perry while Casey and I went out to go get the goods. We met up with some of our friends at Walmart and then went to Target with them as well. We got most of Walker's Christmas presents and some movies and other things for us. We also went to Old Navy at midnight to get our outfits for our family photos, which I will post about in a different post. We also got me some new jeans since my favorite jeans ripped a couple weeks before (such a sad day). It was fun to go shopping with our friends and go shopping for Walker. I am excited to give him all of his presents on christmas!! The next day, I wanted to go to JCP to get some colored jeans for our family photos. I met up with my friend Aubry there and they didn't even have the jeans I wanted to get so I got different ones and also so clothes for Walker. The mall was crazy! Pretty sure it took me like 30 minutes to find a parking spot. Good thing Walker was sleeping or he would have just screamed his head off until he got out of his carseat. I think I will not go to the mall again on Black Friday even if the deal are way good. I don't think it is wroth the craziness... :/

The next week we had Thanksgiving/Christmas with my family. Casey and I decided that we would just do one big trip to go see my parents for the holidays so he doesn't have to request the holidays off since he would get paid a time and a half. So we talked to my parents and also my brother brad about what they were going to do this thanksgiving and what we decided was that the next week we would go to the resort in Palm Springs my parents have points at and go there and celebrate with each other. It was fun being with family. We had Thanksgiving and Christmas.

YUM YUM!

For Thanksgiving dinner, we were all in charge of making something. Casey and I were in charge of making stuffing (dressing) and the mash potatoes. I made the stuffing and I did it from scratch. I found a recipe on Pinterest (which is where I get most of my stuff now). I was scared that it wasn't going to turn out since I probably not the best cook ever. But to my surprise it was pretty dang good! Much better than the box stuffing to my taste.

Just look at the smile!

To celebrate Christmas there we went to the Zoo at night that is in Palm Desert and looked at the Christmas lights that they had set up. My mom and niece also rode the camel that was there. It was pretty cool but I would never do that. Maybe later in life but that night, no way. For Christmas, my parents got Walker a little Disney Casey Jr Choo Choo Train. He loves it. When we were not celebrating a holiday early or late we were just spending time with the family. We went swimming pretty much everyday, which is nice since it is too cold here to go. Walker loves the water. He will probably be a swimmer, thats my guess. We also played the wii with each other. It was fun teaching my dad how to play Mario Cart. He got pretty good at it at the end. It was fun getting to spend time with the family and making memories.

Swimming with daddy
At the zoo looking at lights and watching Grandma ride the camel

It was fun being with my family and seeing Walker be with my parents and also my brother's family and his kids. I sure do love spending time with family. :]

♥ The Schroeder

Date Night - November 2012

Since Walker was born Casey and I haven't really had a date night. Ya we go out sometimes just us two but its not really like a date. It more like us just going to get some food while Robin and Perry watches Walker.

So about a month ago, Casey and I were able to go out on a date. We went to 'Oscars' which is now called America's O's or something like that. It was pretty good. Their breadsticks are amazing. We ordered a pizza with unlimited breadsticks and really we just wanted to breadsticks. Before we left we asked for two more servings of breadsticks and just packed them to take them home! BREADSTICKS FOR A WEEK!! :]

The Ghetto Boomers.

After we were going to go see a movie but then we decided to do something different because we always watch movies at home. So we decided to go to Boomers. It was pretty ghetto but still fun. We just played the arcade games. We played mostly the games that gave us tickets so we can get something at the end, which didn't happen. Most of the games we cheep and didn't give us all of the tickets that we earned or stole out tokens. Like I said it was pretty ghetto. We found a couple games that we liked to play the most. We liked Skeet Ball (I don't know about the spelling) and also Fruit Ninja.

It was fun to get out and spend some time with just us two. I love spending time with Casey and wish we could spend more time together.

Walker putting his socks on.

While we were on our date, Robin and Perry watched walker. He loves his grandparents. While we were out he tried to put on his sock. He kept on looking at his sock then his foot then he put his sock up to his foot. Walker knows that they go on his feet but just couldn't figure out how to get them there. He also would put them in his mouth then looked at Robin and she would say 'no' then he would put the sock to his foot and look at her again and she would say 'yes'. He would then repeat that a couple times and shake his head when he ever puts the sock up to his month. He couldn't get it on there but he sure did try. He is such a smart boy and is really trying to be much older than he actually is.

♥ The Schroeder

Two years down, eternity to go...

On Tuesday, June 12, was Casey and mine anniversary. It was also the day that Walker turned three months. I can't believe that in the past two years so much has happen. I can't believe I have been married to the love of my life for two years now. I couldn't be happier.

Visiting Grandpa Schroeder

This day is just not our anniversary, it is Grandma and Grandpa Schroeder's anniversary. In the morning we went to the cemetery where Grandpa Schroeder is. It is such an honor to be able to share this special day with such a great example. I do wish that I could meet Grandpa Schroeder. It seems like he was a great man. This year would be year 64 for them. I can't wait until Casey and I hit that mark.

Our little picnic. 

To celebrate our anniversary, we went on a little picnic. Robin watched Walker while we went. It was great to be alone with just us but at the same time I missed my little boy. We made some chicken salda sandwichs, fruit salda, and brownies. It was amazing. We went to the beach and ate while watching the waves and listening to the ocean breeze.

We got a little cold so we decided to go back home. It was only 7 when we got home, so we decided that we should go in the spa to spend some more us two time. It was great being able to spend time with just Casey. I do miss that but having little w in our life is even more amazing.

It has been such an amazing past two years. Life has been such a dream being married to such an amazing guy. I can't believe I got this lucky. Casey has been a true blessing in my life. I do not know what I do without him. He is the reasons why I am the person I am today. He is such a great husband and father. I couldn't imagine being with someone else. He means so such to me and I love him with all my heart. Thanks for being such an amazing guy. Love you so much!

♥ The Schroeder

Introducing...

Walker Daniel Schroeder

Born March 12, 2012

at 11:23 pm

7 lbs 8 oz

19 inches long

♥ The Schroeders

oh what a day.

A saying I found on Pinterest. 

Being pregnant is great but sometimes I am so excited to be done with it. I have so many emotions where sometimes I just don't know what to do with them. I can't make my mind up or decided on anything. I feel like I am going to be getting every pregnancy symptom possible ((which probably isn't true but it sure feels like it)). I am sick of worrying about gaining weight. I know I need to since I lost so much during the first 3 to 4 months of my pregnancy, but I just can't wrap my head around the fact that I need to gain weight. It just is a fact thing for me to do. I really don't want to gain weight because I am scared out of my pants that I won't be able to lose it and then I will be "fat". I feel like I am never going to feel normal again. This is applying to being able to eat normally. To explain more, I pretty much couldn't eat when I was sick with morning sickness, then when I started to get an appetite I was scared to eat because I was scared that I would just throw it back up ((which is not fun and is a hard thing to overcome when that is it you did for months)). Then I got sick with a bad cold, which made me just want to drink juice and eat little of things. And now I am starting to feel better from the cold, I start getting heartburn. I feel like the world is coming after me! I am just so scatter-brained right now that I just don't know what to do with myself. I just don't know what is going on. I have no motivation to do my homework, listen during class, or clean our apartment. I really need some help. I know what I am doing is what the Lord wants but I sometimes wonder, can I handle this. I really don't like my job, correction I hate my job. I just don't enjoy it and don't see where I would use it later in my life. I really want to quit and be able to focus on school and being a homemaker, but I know that I need to work so we can have money to live off of. I have so much to do for school for my portfolio that I just don't know where to start. I just feel like I don't know what I am doing and I won't be able to do what I see in my mind, so then I won't be happy with the work that I do. I have this big portfolio event that is going to be happening a month after our little guy is born and it is stressing me out! I know I have like 5 months to do it but with everything else that is going on during those 5 months makes me feel like I won't have time to do it! I want to try and finish it before I even have our little guy so I can focus on being a mom when he comes. I know that I will have help but it still scares the crap out of me. And then I start thinking about being able to give him the best life that he deserves. Casey and I are a poor young happily married couple, we don't have much to give. Yes, we are going to give him everything we can but there is so much more that I want to be able to give him. He isn't even here and I am worrying about where he will grow up, if he will have friends, what choices he will make, teaching him to choose the right, and much much more. Is this even normal for me to be going through.?! I bet it is but still I am just going crazy. Ok it might be some of the crazy pregnancy hormones that I have right now but I am just ready to be done sometimes but I don't want to be done but I know if he comes now then he has a very little chance of living and that is not something I want. I want a healthy baby boy. And I know that we will have this healthy baby boy. I do love my life and I do love everyone that is in it and I do know that what I am going through is suppose to be happening and that I will be able to get through it even if it is going to hard but I have great supporters that will support me and I have the Lord to guide me, but sometimes I just don't know what to do. That is all. Goodnight.

♥ The Schroeder

Baby Schroeder.. Boy or Girl?

Monday is the BIG ULTRASOUND!

We get to find out what baby Schroeder is going to be. 

Lots of the family thinks its going to be a boy but we don't know until 

we see what the doctor says.

Casey and I will be happy with either a boy or a girl. 

We are just excited to have our first baby and excited to know what its going to be.

So what's your guess..

Boy

or Girl?

 ♥ The Schroeder

To Celebrate Our Year!

To celebrate our year anniversary we didn't do much. We mostly just spent time with one another. Sunday was our actual anniversary. We started off the day by having french toast for breakfast. We then went to church. After church we walked around temple square. For the rest of the day we just spent some time together. Casey made a wedding video for me and I gave him all three x-men on blue-ray. He loved it and so did I. Later that day, we had lemon chicken for dinner. It was pretty good. For dessert we made funfetti cupcakes since we weren't able to have the top of our wedding cake.

I also cut casey's hair if you couldn't tell. I love it! :]

Monday we both took the day off from work so we could celebrate some more. I had school in the morning that I could not miss so we had to work around that. After my class we got some cupcakes at a gourmet cupcake place that we had a Groupon for from Casey's mom. We went home and made ourselves some lunch and then took it to memory grove to have a picnic. It started to rain a little so we decided to go back to our apartment and just hang out there.

It was great having some days off to spend some time together and remember the best day of our lives. Our wedding day was perfect. We couldn't have wished for anything better. It is great to be married to my best friend. Yes there are those moments where I ask myself what am I doing? and then there are those moments where I say I couldn't ask for anything else to be happening in my life right now. I love every moment of the time that I get to be with Casey. He is truly the love of my life, my soul mate, my eternal companion. I could not imagine being married to anyone else. I love you Casey.

One Year Ago..

I got married to my...

best friend

eternal companion

soul mate
true love

CASEY!

And I couldn't be happier!

I can't believe that it has been a year already. 

It has gone by so fast but so much has happened.

Our wedding day is a day that I will never forget. Everything worked out how we wanted it to. It was a beautiful day. We couldn't ask for anything more. We are both so happy for the memories that we have shared together for this past year being married. I love casey to death. He will always be there for me when I need him and I will be there for him. I do not know what I would do without him in my life. We have been married for a year with many many more years to come. I can't wait for all of our adventures ahead of us. Happy Anniversary Casey! I love you!

We also get to share this special day with Casey's grandparents. We want to say to them...

Happy 63rd Anniversary Grandpa and Grandma Schroeder!

.In Love.

Fall in love,

total surrender,

your heart and soul.

Give it to someone that you love,

& don't be scared.

If it is ment to be then..

it will work out.

I remember when I first fell in love with casey.

These past couple of days has been the best!

I have spend some time with just being with Casey.

We decided that we wanted to take a vacation.. 

but since Casey had to work this week and 

I had to find a job,

we would just take a day trip somewhere,

where we can be together.

We then went to Park City.

We did not do much,

but the little we did

made me realize...

I am in love with..

my BEST friend!

& I wouldn't change it 

for anything!

Being in love 

with the BEST man on earth

is the BEST thing that could

ever happen to me!

Casey...

- is amazing

- is my strength

- builds me up

- comforts me when I feel down

- is incredible

- is funny

- laughs when I am not funny but I think I am

- cares for me

- loves me for who I am

- the perfect for me

..is.. 

everything I could ask for.

 I love being in love with Casey Daniel Schroeder.

Happy moments can be rained on.

Last night, I remembered when we got engaged. Maybe that is because my sister-in-law, Sidney, got engaged to Scott Winters. Congrates you too! We are so excited for you guys!

I was so excited Casey and I were going to be married to each other! I was on this amazing, happy, high. I was talked to everyone until super late.

So first, back up a little. Casey and I started talking about getting married during Christmas break. I wanted to get married to Casey but I just kept on telling myself I am way too young to get married, I was only 18. We knew that it was the right thing for us to do but I just could not get over the fact that I would be getting married when I was 18. When I was about to go to college, I did not even want to really get serious with a boy, and defiantly not thinking marriage. I was planning on getting married when I was 21-23 years old. But that plan wasn't the plan that Heavenly Father had for me.

So we dated.. and then started to get serious. We both knew that we had to get married to each other because we both could not picture life without one another. So on January 31, 2010, Casey popped the question. I, obviously, said YES! In the back of my mind I still was thinking I am too young, but I did not want that to hold me back. After telling our family and friends, I felt amazing! Everyone was so happy for us!

Then it was when Casey and I went on Facebook to change our relationship status is when I started to feel hurt. It wasn't because Casey hurt me or my dreams weren't going to come true, if anything all of those thing were the things that helped me. So in high school, there is always drama. Sometimes people don't get over that drama and they keep a gruge on you for your life pretty much.. But anyways.. Some people (not going to say names) were commenting to each other about how they thought I did not know what I was doing, even thought they did not say my name directly, everyone knew that is who they were talking about. I felt hurt and discouraged. Casey then talked to me about how Heavenly Father had a plan for him and me, and we shouldn't have some little Facebook comment put me off that plan and be discourage. I also got some courage from my family and friends.

Still today, I get comments like, you are too young to be married or like you sure you are suppose to be married at such a young age. You know what people...

Yes I do know I am got married young and I know what I am doing. I also know that I am married to the BEST man in the world & I wouldn't change that for anything!!

Sometimes those comments still get me but I know that it shouldn't. Casey says, "They are just jealous".
I am so glad that I choose to get married at the age I did and to the person I did. I wouldn't change it for anything. Casey is the man for me and will be for me for my whole life and after that too. We are married for eternity and nothing is going to stop us. We know that we got married young for a reason and we may not know that reason yet but I have complete faith in my Heavenly Father and how he made this happen for a reason and we will find that reason when we are suppose to.

Time with the Parents

This past couple days I have been away from Salt Lake City. In the early morning of monday, I went to northern california to spend some time with my parents and also to go to my friend, Mackenzie Biringer's (Bezzant), Wedding.  I had a great time!

On Monday:
I arrived at the Oakland Airport around 9. Then I meet up with my mom and spend sometime with her. We went shopping and just looked around in Berkley. We then went home and dropped off my stuff then went back out shopping to find my mom a new purse. We found everything but a new purse. I then went to get my hair cut, by Shauna Holt. I totally love my new bangs and a trim! After I got my hair cut, I ran some errands for my mom and with my dad. It was great spending some time with my parents. I missed them so much and I wish I could spend more time with them. We then just hung out around the house and spent some time together!

On Tuesday:
I woke up and went to the oakland temple to see mackenzie get married! I am so glad that I was able to go. I would not want to miss it! It was great seeing her and her family and also some friends I haven't seen since graduation. After the ceremony, my mom and I went shopping at the mall. We found her a super cute purse and also some presents for people I still had to get presents for. We then we back home and got packed for the trip back to salt lake. My parents decided to come up to utah for christmas because none of the family was going to be going to california because we are all going in January when my brother, Alex, gets home.  (sidenote: he gets home on January 19 and will be talking in church on January 23rd at 11AM at the stake center in Livermore.) We got the car all packed and headed over to the reception. It was gorgeous! I loved it! It was great seeing people that I haven't seen since I moved to Livermore or graduation or my wedding reception. Mackenzie looked so happy and so did steve. After the reception we started to head to salt lake. There was suppose to be a big storm coming in so my parents wanted to get ahead of the store and get as far as we could before we got tired. We got to elko and stopped there to sleep for a while.

Here are some pictures of the wedding:

On Wednesday:
We finished the drive to the Salt Lake Valley! I got to be with Casey again! Casey cleaned our apartment and I was so happy! We went out to lunch with my parents and also our neighbor Justin Furnell. Then we went shopping. If you haven't noticed my mom and I love to go shopping together! My mom got some new shoes and also some gifts she needed to get for some family members while I got some new shoes as well (thanks casey and my mom for letting me get them!) and casey a present that he picked out and really wanted! We spent some more time with each other and then my parents left to go visit my mom's sister. Casey and I just relaxed in our apartment. When my parents got back Justin and Mitzi came over and chatted with us.

It was a great time. I love spending time with my parents. They have done so much for me and I wish I could do something for them to say thank you! I love them so much!

SHOUT OUT TO MOM AND DAD: THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!

On christmas eve, after Casey gets off work, we will be going to san diego for a couple days and spend some time with Casey's family. We are both excited for that. We love spending time with both of our families!