always a good laugh

Unfortunately Steve & I don't live close to any of our nieces and nephews so of course we take advantage of the time we do get to spend together when it comes along! (More myself than Steve, I think so many little girls intimidate him, he sticks to the little boys). Anyway, my sister Abbie, and soon-to-be-medical-school-graduate brother-in-law, Josh (an early congratulations to him!) came up to Utah for a few weeks after he finished his rotations and before graduation to spend time with the families.

Highlight of the trip (besides spending time with you Josh, of course) was Tienna.
She's at that hilariously funny age where everything that comes out of her mouth has a "what did she just say?" response.

A few examples.

Steve & I decided to take Tienna on a movie date one night while they were here. We picked her up, goodie bag in hand, and went to see "How to Train Your Dragon" and get ice cream. One the way out of the house while we were putting our shoes on she said,
"I totally like your shoes Aunt Jessie." We all laughed.

The next best was every time she'd get close and see my necklace Steve gave me for my birthday she'd say
"Oooh Aunt Jessie, that's such a beautiful necklace! Who gave that to you?"

On the third bathroom trip of the evening during the movie night we walked into the handicap stall to go potty and she looked around,
seemed very disoriented and said, "Wow! This stall is ginormous!"

To hear her very advanced vocabulary and frequent corrections on "Uncle Steve is handsome, not beautiful, boys are handsome, girls are beautiful", etc. is always so hysterical!

Until Steve & I have kids of our own (might be a while) I am going to continually dote over Madelin, Halle, Meagan, Tienna, Zoe & Kiara,
Dane & the other little boy coming this summer because kids are so hilarious and adorable!

Pictures of Kiara - 3 weeks old


Tienna decided she needed a turn too :)

"I am with Sam!"

May 8th was a much anticipated day for the Pierce Family referred to as "convention" for many weeks and months leading up to it. When May 8th came and it was finally time for the Utah State Democratic Convention at the Salt Palace! Steve put in countless hours leading up to the day, not just organizing all the volunteers & fulfilling role of Communications Director (press releases, website design, issues content, responsible for basically how the candidate is perceived by the people) but also spending most Saturdays traveling across the state with United States Senate candidate Sam Granato to get the delegates' votes.

It all came down to the convention and I could NOT have been more proud of Steve! He has now officially won his first (of many to come) political races! Thanks to all the friends who helped out all day at the event! As excited as I am for the general election in November, I'm sure it is going to entail a very busy husband between now and then:)

Some of Sam's grandkids came for the event! So cute in their oversized "I am with Sam" shirts!


Natalie, Nicole & I with Sam


Jake, Daniel, Natalie & Nicole showing of their sweet new Granato for Senate t-shirts

Picture Overload

The past month has been exciting! I had so many photos on my computer...

Steve competed in the Annihilation Cup, which was a debate between the president of the college republicans and college democrats.
Steve won (of course) and therefor received this Stanley Cup-like trophy.

We watched the first BYU game of the NCAA tournament at the terrace in the Wilk.
I think class should be canceled at times like this.


Steve's dad came to town and we went to the third/fourth round of the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake.
It would have been a million times better had BYU made it this far!

We celebrated Steve's birthday.... over the course of a week.

We went to In-and-Out and Mckay & I gave Steve one of his birthday presents: goalie gloves.

We went to the Vampire Weekend concert with a group of friends in Salt Lake during the "birthday week" which also included the Jazz game, dinner at Tucanos where we ate enough meat to last 4 months, various outings and dessert nights with friends.

We celebrated Mckay & Steve's birthdays together in Salt Lake with my parents because they are only three days apart (Steve requested pie!)

We hosted the first-annual Easter egg bracket challenge. Steve officiated the intense event.

My "birthday week" was up next. First stop: Passion Pit concert. Same venue, we even stood in the same spot.

Terrible photo, but Steve surprised me with tickets to see Lady Gaga in Vegas later this summer!
He also got me some of the cutest things. Definite A in my book for "most thoughtful husband"

We went to Brick Oven with my brother and Mom to celebrate

Dinner at PF Changs.

Spencer/Isaac Russell concert at Velour - listen to Lighthouse. Amazing.

Sunday dinner in Salt Lake with family. Every year we have strawberry shortcake on my birthday

Birthday lunch with my girlfriends. Of course when Mia spills she pulls out her Tide pen and takes care of it. We thought it was hilarious! Love her.

BYU Baseball games with these friends. We are going to miss Jake when he leaves to NYC this summer!
AND we are super excited for Justin & Holly's wedding in June!

Callie & Grant got married this past weekend! The sealing was amazing!
Another addition to the wives club is always exciting!

The traditional boy band photo (and Natalie)


We are looking forward to a fun (and relaxing) summer to include Seven Peaks, playing Spades with Natalie & Daniel, craft projects with the wives club and many pick-up basketball games at 24 Hour Fitness! (oh, and maybe a little work & school)

monday's thoughts

i spend a lot of time thinking as i drive to and from work 45 minutes each way five times a week.

today's thoughts...
i was ECSTATIC when i checked the weather and it said 70 degrees and sunny on friday for my birthday! (excited for the tulip festival with my mom, then all afternoon/night with steve!)

i officially applied for graduation today. i feel so old. and am excited to be DONE with college on wednesday morning after my final internship interviews. hallelujah

was sure my sister had her baby between yesterday and today... then i called her to find out, and still no baby! :( BUT she is having it on Wednesday morning!

still thinking about how amazing the passion pit concert was last thursday night.

thinking about when steve and i are going to go shopping for dress clothes for him. it's extremely hard to get the kid to shop with me.

how excited i am for gossip girl tonight. hopefully watching it with brookie.
but not as excited as i get about the bachelor/bachelorette.

how much i love my haircut i got last week. ellen at dexterity salon is a miracle worker

what to make for dinner. answer: grilled chicken with chili pepper pasta and roasted tomato sauce, garlic bread.

wishing i had bought more that 6 boxes of somoas (girl scout cookies)

trying to figure out a way to take sewing lessons this summer. i would love something like this to learn on (....i know, i'm dreaming...)

there are only a few things i asked for my birthday. something like this being one of them. i have a sneaking suspicion steve got something like it :) i'm excited

i found myself thinking about the west wing. steve & i are now in season 7, and i finally find it fascinating. i'm really happy president santos won.

laughed about the fact that the governor of utah was going to be eating at my restaurant tonight, received calls all day about the security of lugano tonight. it was a little annoying.

trying to decide if i should work or go to the isaac russell show on saturday night. i should probably do the first, but will end up doing the later.

(steve & i at the NCAA tournament in salt lake city, march madness 2010)

Weekend Review

Easter & Conference has been a fun weekend! Yesterday Steve & I were busy with work, his soccer game, basketball games, and the highlight of the day: I learned to make home-made cinnamon rolls by my mom! So good! I decided to take last night off because I knew work would be slow so my mom and I went to dinner and shoe shopping while the boys were at Priesthood. The boys came home to freshly baked cinnamon rolls and we watched the end of the Duke vs. VW game. The night ended with Mckay, Steve & I making a late night trip to the amazing Molca Salsa!

Today has been more relaxing.

We hope you are having a Happy Easter wherever you are!

Three girls and a little boy :)

My oldest brother and his adorable wife Heather recently found out they are expecting a little boy... this new is exciting, but definitely more exciting because they have three girls already so it's the FIRST boy! I am so excited for them! Madelin, Halle and Meagan will love their little brother so much!
(Probably so much that dress-ups and nail polish will be experimented on this little boy...)

We are so excited for you guys! We really are hoping to come visit this summer!

This picture was taken the Sunday before we got married, soon after Jason & Heather arrived for the wedding.
I think this was the first time Madelin, Halle and Meagan met their Uncle Steve:)

23rd Birthday!

Nothing is better than having the best husband and best friend ever.
I love waking up next to him every morning and falling asleep next to him every night!
Nothing puts a bigger smile on my face then to see him smile :)

Happy 23rd birthday, Steve! I'm excited to spend many more birthdays together!

We celebrated last night at the Jazz game, then a hilarious dinner at Tucanos.
Today, after Steve spent the morning feeling sick, we spent time in Salt Lake with family then back to Provo to celebrate with friends!