The Di Sera's

New Scrapbook Pages....

2010-05-15T18:59:00.000-06:00

McKenzie's Scrapbook....

2010-03-25T21:44:00.003-06:00

I have recently been trying to get into digital scrapbooking because I want to make scrapbooks for our kids. Here is my first page I made using photoshop:

Maternity Pictures.......

2010-03-23T23:31:00.006-06:00

My good friend Elizabeth took pictures of my belly for me. I was 36 weeks 6 days pregnant in them and I look like I am about to pop...so be kind :) I am now 38 weeks 3 days pregnant and more than ready to pop. My ankles have turned into cankles and I have huge man hands. At my doctor's appointment today I was only dilated to 2cm and 80% effaced. It's so hard to hear the doctor say it could be any day now or a week or so away. False hope I tell ya. I know it's better the longer she stays in there, but I am DONE. Grandma Karyn had a little talk with McKenzie on the phone today telling her it was time to come out and she moved her bum acrossed my tummy. Hopefully that is a sign she was listening :) Anyways, enjoy the BIG belly pictures.

Whoa Belly....

2009-12-12T22:47:00.003-07:00

So I am 6 months pregnant and I feel huge! I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls that stayed small but unfortunately I'm not. I think what makes the tummy look bigger is the fact that my butt sticks out as equally as far as my tummy does...lol. I always figured that was going to happen since I was blessed with some junk in my trunk. Anyways I can't believe I am already 6 months....so crazy. Here are some requested belly pics.....

It's a girl.....

2009-11-07T13:59:00.002-07:00

We found out on Thursday November 5 that we will be having a little girl. We can't wait to meet you cute little McKenzie Elizabeth!

My Digital Studio (Stampin Up)

2009-10-08T17:49:00.003-06:00

I have been wanting to do digital scrapbooking for a while now, but I have not been able to find a program that I can work with. My co-worker works for Stampin Up and told me about this new software program they have. I read about it online and it had great reviews. I told Billy this is wanted I wanted for Christmas. Well my present came in the mail today and I LOVE IT!!! If you are digitally scrapbooked challenged this program is awesome. You can even print these pages from your home computer or send them to Stampin Up to take care of it. Thanks honey for my gift!!!!

DANGER!!!!!

2009-09-28T18:22:00.002-06:00

Most of you know my husband is a huge "Friends" fan. Since meeting him I have become one as well. I decided to combine our two favorite things....scaring each other and one very funny "Friends" episode.

Don't mind the panicked look on my face....lol.

I like the "Dumbass" comment....it kills me.

Ultrasound

2009-09-17T15:33:00.010-06:00

I had a doctor's appointment today with my OBGYN. We weren't scheduled to do an ultrasound but she had the machine right there and decided she wanted to take a look. Here is our little one:

Our little one was so active, doing little flips and having a grand ol time....it was super cute. It was funny when the doctor took the picture because we both started laughing and thought he/she looked like a clown. The doctor also said..."well I hope that is not it's nose....I don't think it is, but it could be." Well if it is, my prediction will be correct in that our child will have a big nose and big butt. She also said it could be a hand....lets hope. Poor little thing. Dr. Horvath said everything looks great and we were able to see the heart beat. Unfortunately we were not able to hear it because the little one is still too small (I'll be 12 weeks on Sunday.) After Billy and I left the appointment, he was looking at the picture and said it looked like the clown from the movie "Saw." I just laughed because it really does. See below:

He did it!!!!

2009-05-11T23:05:00.007-06:00

Billy is finally done with school! He graduated on Friday, May 8th. I am so proud of him for getting his MBA. We had a party with friends and family on Saturday and it was so much fun. Billy's sister and nephew flew in just for this event. Billy had no idea they were coming so it was a nice surprise for him. Thank you to everyone that came to his graduation and his party, I know it meant a lot to Billy to have the support.

Pictures of Graduation night....

Pictures of the graduation party.....

"Bob...potty."

2009-04-22T10:55:00.004-06:00

I received this cute voicemail message from my niece and I had to share. Camille is being brave and attempting to potty train cute little Erin. So to receive a little praise for going potty on the toilet Erin and Camille called me, and since I never answer my phone, they left me this cute message. (Erin calls me Bob, for those of you who don't know.)

After receiving this message I called them back and told Erin what a big girl she was for going potty. Since that message I have received two calls from Erin telling me that she went potty. Apparently after she gets done going she says "Bob." I am looking forward to many more calls through out the day. Great job Erin and Camille! P.S. I love the little "Bye" from Erin at the end...lol.

The people I call my family......

2009-03-03T23:21:00.012-07:00

I was going through my files on my computer and found these......

WARNING: If you are not part of my strange family the following will not be humorous....feel free to look anyway....but you have been warned :)

I had to mom.....it's hilarious.

Dad....so creepy....yet so funny!

And one more to embarass a new member of our family.....my husband :)

Jared we have plenty of time to get some dirt on you....just you wait.

JT's Baptism....

2009-03-01T21:33:00.003-07:00

On the 21st we went to JT's baptism. JT is Warren and Carol's baby who is about 6 months old. They had asked us a few months ago if we would be JT's Godparents and we happily accepted. He did such a great job and did not cry once. Thanks Warren and Carol for letting us be a part of JT's life. He is such a cutie and we are excited to watch him grow up!

Sundays......

2009-02-08T20:30:00.003-07:00

Billy and I were lying down watching TV and our two puppies decided to join us :) I love spending Sundays with my cute family.

25 random things about me....

2009-02-05T01:32:00.003-07:00

I was tagged on facebook and decided since I haven't blogged in awhile this gives me something to blog about. (Thanks for the idea Aubrie)

1. It took me almost five years to get an associates degree. Yes I realize how pathetic that sounds, but I am still proud I got it :)

2. I have never been one to have tons of friends. I prefer to have a few really close friends.

3. I have anxiety. I get nervous before going to the store or really do anything by myself. But I do not let it get in the way and I hide it well.

4. I have a slight obsession with space, it amazes me. I look at Astronomy picture of the day almost everyday to see the awesome pictures: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

5. My secret celebrity crush is Kevin Costner, I don't know what it is about him.

6. I have a huge fear that my house will catch fire and I won't be able to get out.

7. I used to sleep in complete silence until I met Billy. Now I can not sleep with out the fan on.

8. I love to watch Soccer games, although I could not tell you the different positions of the players or even tell you when someone goes "offsides"

9. I have two pugs and I cannot stand one of them......sorry Abby :)

10. I ABSOLUTELY hate pickles. I can't stand the smell of them and will not eat any food that has been touched by one.

11. I would love to live in San Francisco one day. But I never will because I could not leave my family and friends.

12. I have a talent for hearing music and being able to name the movie it came from (background music that is)

13. I own more flip flops than I do actual shoes. It's not that I do not like shoes, I just never buy them.

14. My mother is my hero and I hope to be as good as a mother to my future kids as she has been to me.

15. I want to go to Africa

16. I would like to take cooking classes

17. I have always said I don't believe in ghosts, but I watch the ghost hunting shows on TV and get freaked out.

18. I was recently invited to join a book club. I did not finish our first book assignment because I could not stand the book. "The Life Of Pi," sorry if anyone is a fan.

19. I admire the man my husband is, and I love him so much.

20. I am going to be a quarter of a century old this month......weird.

21. I am baby hungry and have to kidnap my niece every now and then to feed that hunger.

22. I love windy days.

23. My favorite colors are purple and green, but I rarely wear anything in those colors.

24. I was a dental assistant for a week and could not stand looking into people's mouths all day so I quit.

25. Every time a dog or some type of animal comes on TV I frantically look around for my dog waiting for her to attack. I do this even when I am not at my house and my dog is no where around. She has made me go crazy.

Battle on the Bayou...

2009-01-12T21:49:00.014-07:00

What an awesome game, right? When Billy told me we were going to the game I was little hesitant to spend the money to go watch his team lose. I will fully admit I was one of those people who had absolutely no faith in the Utes. I must say I was very happy to be proven wrong! I am not the biggest football fan, but that had to be one of the best games I have ever been to. Who knows I may become a football fan now.....maybe :). I'm sure most of you watched the game so I don't need to go into detail, but what a game and also what an awesome city! It is now one of my favorites cities I have been to. If you get the chance to go it is definitely worth the trip! GO UTES!!!!!!

Pep Rally

Jazz music on Bourbon Street

UNDEFEATED!!!

"You want a Christmas card?....Here's your Christmast card!"

2008-12-16T02:45:00.005-07:00

For those of you who never watched Seinfeld you will not get the title to my post....lol. Anyway, I ordered photo Christmas cards this year to mail out to everybody. Well I just got them in the mail today and I was extremely disappointed in the turn out. Rather than sending them out and feeling like I wasted my money I decided to return them and just wait until next year to do them. So Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. I hope you all enjoy this magical time of year!

Merry Christmas!

The Di Sera's

Here is the clip from Seinfeld that I was referring to...

Polar Express....

2008-12-16T01:40:00.011-07:00

My new favorite Christmas movie is "The Polar Express." I LOVE the music in this movie and I just think it represents the true magic of Christmas. Ever since seeing this movie I thought it would be fun to go on the Polar Express train ride up in Heber. We went last friday and it was so much fun! However I don't think it would have been nearly as fun if we didn't have little children with us. My niece was super cute and excited the whole time. When she saw the train she would say "choo choo." At one point in the ride we looked outside to see Santa waving at all of the kids. It was more like a scene from a Halloween movie since Santa was surrounded by a bunch of red glowing lights. Erin was really concerned about Santa being outside and kept saying "Santa side, Santa side?" (side meaning outside). But Santa eventually made it onto the train and gave all the little kids bells. They also served yummy hot chocolate and cookies! We had a blast and I would definitely pay the money to do it again!

Can you tell she is excited?

"Santa side?"

They read the book to us.....

Erin watching Billy sing.....

Family fun.....

2008-11-30T21:55:00.004-07:00

Yesterday my family thought it would be fun to get together and make gingerbread houses! I have always made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers so I was a little intimidated to make my own gingerbread. It was a bit of a pain to make (because I am a little challenged when it comes to cooking) but it turned out great! My mom and Amy were the only ones that bought the kits from the store....cheaters! Billy was supposed to help me with the house but got distracted when we showed up at Bryan and Camille's and the Jazz game was on TV. So Camille and I partnered up since her gingerbread broke :( Here are the results:

Our creation

Camille made me a Bella out of gum drops, she is even peeing on a tree....sooo tender!

Tricia and Jared made a log cabin

My mom's train

Billy and Bryan watching the Jazz game and Erin giving me her fake smile...lol

There was a moment where our gingerbread house was almost destroyed because the table collapsed, but Camille with her cat like reflex's saved our house! Good times.

The stockings are hung....

2008-11-30T21:28:00.006-07:00

I have been super excited to decorate for Christmas this year since this is our first Christmas in our house. I never really got into decorating for it before when I lived in an apartment. Thanksgiving night Billy's parents came over to our house to hang out with us. Peggy and I decorated the Christmas tree that is in our basement family room. It was a lot of fun! We watched "Polar Express" and "The Holiday", we also drank yummy hot chocolate. Thanks again Peggy for your help! The following night I decorated the living room and also rearranged the furniture. I am pretty pleased with the turn out. Billy still needs to decorate his tree and put some new lights on it since some of them don't work...lol. My mom also gave me a bunch of decorations that she had, some of which she made herself (she painted the Santa Clause hanging on my wall). Can I just say I love Christmas time!!!!!

My mom gave me this nativity scene, I used to play with it as a child so I was super excited that I got it!

Millcreek hike...

2008-11-30T21:18:00.003-07:00

Last friday I had the day off and I decided I wanted to go for a hike. I looked up on the internet places that I would be able to take dogs. Come to find out that all of the trails up Millcreek canyon are dog friendly. So I took Bella with me and we went on a four mile hike and it took us about two hours. I was impressed with how well my little pug did! P.S. I didn't take Abby because she does not do well with long distance.

Tagged....

2008-11-19T23:32:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth tagged me a week ago and I guess I have to do it :)

4 random things about my husband
1. He LOVES cake
2. He is surprisingly handy
3. He can sing country songs like no other :)
4. He makes the best lemon bars

4 movies I could watch more than once
1. For Love of the Game
2. Life As A House
3. Hot Chick
4. How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days

4 TV shows I watch
1. The Hills
2. The Office
3. Jon and Kate Plus 8
4. Pretty much any HGTV show

4 places I've been
1. England
2. Scotland
3. Mexico
4. San Francisco

4 people who email me regularly
1. Liz
2. Camille
3. Mom
4. Peggy

4 places I would like to visit
1. Africa
2. Italy
3. Bora Bora
4. Canada

4 things I am looking forward to this year
1. Getting my Associates Degree
2. First Thanksgiving with my husband (we always spent holidays separately)
3. First Christmas with my husband
4. Decorating my house for the holidays :)

4 people to tag
1. Liz and Kathy
2. Tanji
3. Camille
4. Amy, (you can write 4 random things about the person I live with...lol)

Christmas is coming.....

2008-11-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

I bought Christmas decorations today, but I'm not done yet! Here is my cute little stash so far:

Now I just have to get my husband to hang up the lights. I think he has a very special friend that may want to help him with this task, you know who you are :)

Equality for all....

2008-11-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

Saturday I went with my Aunt Liz and Aunt Kathy to the Proprosition 8 protest. It was a good experience as well as an eye opener. I have never been to a protest before so I had no idea what to expect. When we first arrived there were only a few people, and as the music started the people started coming in the masses. It was honestly a very peacful rally, good music and good speeches. I was looking around at the crowd and I could just see the love between all of the couples and how much they desire to have the same rights as everyone else. As the crowd started to march we walked by a truck load of people yelling hurtful chants one of which was "Shame on you!" There was absolutely no love in that truck and it was a very icky feeling walking by, looking these people in the eyes and seeing nothing but hate. I know how it made me feel to see and hear what this truck load of people were saying, but I can't even imagine how it made my Aunts feel. I turned to my Aunt Liz and said, "I can't believe this," and her response was "Welcome to our world." I just don't understand how there can be so much hate. I just want to tell my Aunts that I love you and support you fully, and to remember that change will happen and "the sky will not fall chicken little!"

Mmmm free pie!

2008-11-14T22:14:00.000-07:00

My friend at work told me today that there was an awesome sale going on at Albertson's until November 18th. So if you need some yummy pie and ice cream (and who doesn't?), this is the deal:

BUY THIS: One Sara Lee Pie (37 oz.) at $6.39
GET THESE FREE: ONE Sara Lee Pie (37 oz.), TWO Breyers Ice Cream (1.5 qt.)

Buy 1, Get 3 FREE!
in a single transaction with your Preferred Savings Card
thru Nov 18

Stop staring at my lip

2008-11-10T23:26:00.000-07:00

My biggest fear of my wedding day was that I would have a huge cold sore. Luckily this did not happen because I overdosed on my medication. Well I think the herpe gods were out for revenge and cursed me with the biggest cold sore EVER! Since I did not get one for my wedding it decided to come for my sisters wedding instead. My whole upper lip was swollen and I looked ridiculous. So I am sorry my cute sister for ruining all of your beautiful wedding pictures with Mount Herpe on my upper lip. The other thing that sucks about having a growth on your lip is no one wants to say anything, they just stare at it. I would just feel so much better if people would ask me, "What's up with your face?" then have them stare at my lip instead of my eyes while speaking to me. Ugh! Anyway it is getting better, the swelling is gone and now it just looks like I ate chocolate and I got some on my lip. Enough about me,Congrats Tricia and Jared on your marriage. It was such a beautiful day and I wish you both the best!

Here is a picture Camille took of me at the temple, trying to hide my hideousness.

Dancing with my niece

My two favorite boys!

Patricia & Jared 11-6-2008

Thanks Camille for the pictures ;)

In case you are bored.....(Revised)

2008-11-09T13:11:00.000-07:00

And you want a good laugh, go to this website: http://www.photofunia.com/

****My husband was threatening revenge if I didn't take the previous picture off. So here is a more appropriate one....lol.****

My dog is a genius.....

2008-10-26T20:58:00.000-06:00

My dog Bella will bark at pretty much any animal she sees or hears on T.V. It can actually be quite annoying at times because we have to change the channel or she will not stop. Well Billy told me about a week ago a particular commercial came on when Bella was in the other room and she came running in the family room when she heard the music. This commercial has a dog in it of course. I didn't really believe it until the other night. Bella was asleep under some covers and this same commercial came on and she jumped out of the covers and charged the T.V. It was crazy! She knows that when she hears that song she will see the dog on the T.V. I found the commercial on you tube to do some testing. Sure enough every time I hit play she would freak out. What a smart puppy :)

Here is the commercial.....

Don't you hate it.........

2008-10-22T22:47:00.000-06:00

When people take embarrassing vidoes of you? Billy has finally retired his NCAA College football game an moved on to boxing. I had to record him as he tried to make the guy on the tv move just like him. Isn't he cute?

Notice how he realizes he was caught? Dork :)

So much to talk about...

2008-10-15T22:40:00.000-06:00

Over the past month a lot has happened. There was a wedding, a wedding shower, a baby shower and someone got preggers (no not me.....sigh), oh and a promotion. So instead of boring you all with a long paragraph of the past events I've created a little slide show for each one.

First up Aubrie and Ron got hitched! Here are some pictures I took of their big day! Included in this slide show are some pictures of we took of ourselves at their wedding with some statues that were outside of the reception center.

Next up my cute sister is getting married on Nov. 6. We threw her a "Naughty or Nice" shower. For our game we gave everyone a roll of toilet paper and if they had devil horns on they had to make a risque lingerie outfit. If they were wearing a halo they had to design a wedding gown. The outcome was hilarious. Tricia got some interesting gifts as well.....hee hee!

The baby shower was for my friend Tanji. She is having a baby boy! Congrats friend!

To put an end to this post, my sister-in-law is preggers and I am hoping its a boy. And as for the promotion, that would be my news. I moved departments at work back in May to Student Loans. About three weeks ago they promoted me to School Relationship Manager. Basically I create relationships with schools that we work with and also market ourselves to schools we wish to do business with. I will eventually get to travel to conferences to market ourselves as well. I am very excited about this position because I no longer work in a call center enviorment! YEAH!

Billy's exciting news ****** He graduates in May 2009 and with his class they get to travel outside of the country to tour companies and see how they operate. He found out two weeks ago that he will be going to Budapest and Prague for two weeks! He is super excited and I am super jealous because I have to stay home all alone :(

OH and ONE more thing.....my sister and her fiance went to my mom's house for dinner a few weeks ago and this is what we saw when they walked in.....

Oh we all had a good laugh. I guess the couples that dress together stay together. We love you guys though! Thanks for the laugh!

I DO....

2008-09-05T02:56:00.000-06:00

Here is another clip of the last ten minutes of our ceremony. Don't worry I fell asleep too while watching it. :)

Nice moooves.....

2008-09-05T00:28:00.000-06:00

We got our wedding video back a couple of weeks ago. I thought I would post a ten minute clip of everyone making a fool of themselves. Enjoy :)

Refridgerator-Rator!

2008-08-31T21:48:00.000-06:00

The few of you who have been over to our house have probably laughed when you went into the kitchen because you saw this.......

Well I am excited to say that we have FINALLY purchased a fridge and I am so excited! Not only excited to have a normal size fridge, but to be able to eat something other than cereal and peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches. When you have a small fridge like this its hard to find a place to store left overs. There was pretty much room for milk, jam, a few drinks...and that was it.

Here is the fridge we bought. We get it on Thursday....Yipee!

Slumber Party!

2008-08-31T21:17:00.000-06:00

All last week I had been so excited for the weekend to come because I got to have my niece Erin over for a slumber party! It was her first night away from home and she did so well. We had put her in our guest bedroom which is right next to our bedroom. Bryan and Camille told me to have a night light for her because she gets scared. The only thing I had was a light that was neon blue. Needless to say she did not like that and instead of comforting her it freaked her out more. We ended up putting her in the living room and turned the porch light on and she fell right asleep. I could not have asked for a more perfect house guest. She behaved so well. My brother and Camille have raised a great kid and I hope I turn out to be great parents like they are. Anyway I love my cute little niece and I can't wait to have her over again. Thanks Bryan and Camille for letting me have her for the night. Below are some pictures I took of our fun weekend.

OH....and while Erin took her afternoon nap I made my first Amish friendship bread! Now a normal person would not be excited about making bread, but I have never done it before so I was pleased with the outcome. It tasted delicous. It may not look all pretty or Martha Stewart like, but I was proud of the outcome with it being my first attempt at it. Thanks Elizabeth for giving me the starter!

Fox 13

2008-08-30T01:06:00.000-06:00

Just in case you didn't wake up at the butt crack of dawn here are the videos of Camille and I on the news.....well really only Camille. I was hiding in the background.

While we were there we got to meet the local celebrities

And here is the final product of Camille's creation....just remember I helped color....hee hee!

15 min. of Fame...

2008-08-28T22:28:00.000-06:00

Hey peeps! I am going to be on Fox 13 news tomorrow morning at about 6:45am and 8:30am. So if you happen to wake up that early you should tune in!

My future offspring....

2008-08-17T20:22:00.000-06:00

I got an email with this link http://makemebabies.com/, so I thought I would give it a try! Our children are going to be ATTRACTIVE!

Try it, its good times....lol.

Chop Chop!

2008-08-17T00:41:00.000-06:00

So after growing my hair out for the past year or so for the wedding I decided it was time for a change.....a drastic one. I asked Billy how he would feel about me cutting my hair and he said he likes it better long. So I thought long and hard about his feelings and decided, oh well I'm chopping it off. I may no longer have a husband after this but at least my hair will look cute....lol. Thanks Elizabeth!

White Trash Fun

2008-08-14T02:48:00.001-06:00

Last Saturday Billy and I went with my brother and sis-in-law Camille to the demolition derby! We started this tradition with them last year and let me tell you it is a lot more fun than you think. There is just something about metal smashing into metal. While we were there it started to rain like crazy and we used our blanket to cover our heads and the extremely white trash people in front of us heads as well. See picture above....hilarious! Anyways it was a lot of fun and if anyone would like to join in on our white trash fun you should join us next year!

These girls were the worst singers ever,

but they did warn us that they were.

Watch the flag hit one of the girls in the

face.....hee hee.

Honeymoon...ooo la la!

2008-08-14T01:37:00.001-06:00

For our honeymoon we went on a 7 day Carnival cruise to the Mexican Riviera. It was my first time and a cruise and Billy's second. I am definitely a cruise person now. It is the most stress free vacation I have ever been on. The days at sea were probably my favorite because Billy and I would just kick back and relax out on the deck, cool off in the pool and eat, eat and eat. I know I gained at least 20lbs. Its hard to resist 24/7 pizza and ice cream. It was funny when we got home because every now and then we would crave pizza and ice cream and it was so sad when we couldn't just walk a few steps and get it. Our stops on the cruise were Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo. We went snorkeling in Puerto and it was a blast. I was a little nervous to do it at first because I have this weird free of finding out what is swimming below me when I am in the ocean. But it was so beautiful, I could have been out there all day. In Mazatlan we went to a resort hotel and played in the ocean for a good four hours. And in Cabo we went parasailing, which was also a blast. Not as scary as you may think, because it is very calm and you aren't really moving around a whole lot. If you are afraid of heights however I would not recommend it. Anyways it was so much fun to hang out with my new hubby and now we are back to reality. Here is a little slideshow of our honeymoon. Enjoy :)

July 26, 2008

2008-08-14T01:09:00.000-06:00

I can't believe we are finally married! It still has not officially hit me yet. Billy calls me Mrs. Di Sera and I will correct him and say not yet, because I have not changed my name yet so I really am still a Grimshaw. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be for me to give up my last name. Its a little sad. Maybe I will just tell Billy I changed my name and secretly stay a Grimshaw.....he'll never know right? Just kidding, I am happy to be a Di Sera it will just take a little getting used to. So on to the wedding day. It was one of the happiest days of my life. I know everyone says that, but you know it really was. I am very lucky to be with Billy and that he chose me to be his wife. Billy is a one of the kindest men I have ever known. When I met him five years ago I was with a guy who was not very good to me. At the time I didn't know any better because I just assumed thats how men treated women. When Billy came along he showed me how I was supposed to be treated. I love him so much and I am so excited to share the rest of my life with him! I would talk about the wedding day but I am pretty sure that everyone who reads my blog was there so I am not going to go into detail. Here is a link to look at some of our pictures that our photographer posted on her blog. If you would like to see all of them let me know and I will give you the password. There are some good ones of Rachel and Boo dancing!

http://opiefoto.blogspot.com/2008/08/billy-becca-072608-wedding.html

I am a slacker!

2008-08-14T00:59:00.000-06:00

So I have a TON of blog catching up to do. I thought the best thing to start with would be my bridal shower. My good friend Elizabeth threw my a FABULOUS bridal shower. The food, games and company were great. Everyone told me what a great little hostess she was! I got a ton of gifts that were much needed and appreciated. Elizabeth had me put on this apron when I first got there that had a BUNCH of kitchen crap stuffed in the pockets. She told me to greet the guests as they came in and if they asked about the apron make up some lie as to why I was wearing it. Once everyone was there Elizabeth told me to take the apron off. She then told everyone they had to name all the items that were stuffed in the pockets of the apron. It was such a cute idea I thought, and I got a cute apron out of it :)! We also played bridal pictionary and my teamed kicked trash! Thanks again Elizabeth for the great shower and yummy yummy food!

Granite High fireworks

2008-07-07T02:38:00.000-06:00

On July 3 Billy and I tagged along with my brother and my sis-in-law and her family to watch fireworks at Granite High School. When I first asked Billy if he wanted to go, he asked if we needed to bring our guns with us (dork). But surprisingly it was probably one of the best fireworks shows I have seen in a while. Thanks Bryan and Camille for letting us tag along it was a lot of fun. Below are some funny videos I took of Billy playing with our cute niece.

I decided it would be funny to put ice down Billy's pants while he was resting. This is how Billy was lying before he realized it looked like he had butt sweat.

This is after I showed him a picture of his butt sweat lol....

He is such a good sport!

Chalk Art Festival

2008-06-16T00:55:00.000-06:00

This last Saturday the "Grimshaw girls" got together, like we have for the past four years, and participated in the Chalk Art Festival at the Gateway mall. This year's creation was probably my favorite and by far the easiest. In the past it has usually taken us 8 or more hours to finish our chalk art but this year I would say it took 4 to 5. This year as well we had the privledge of being featured artists because we won last years competition for "Best use of Medium." My sis-in-law Camille is the one who got us girls involved in this to begin with and is the only true artist. She draws it and we color in the lines. I'm am so glad she asked us all to join her four years ago because it is so much fun to hang out with my family and create something together! Love you girls!
This year we decided to make one of Camille's famous mermaids. She picked me to be her lovely model....lol.

This is what the picture looked like when I first got to the Gateway Saturday morning. Camille and my mom started it Friday.

My cute mom chalkin away

Amy workin on the mermaid's tail

Camille the Artist

Tricia and her mad coloring skills

FINISHED!!!!!!!!!

This was done by another featured artist and I loved it!!!!

This is the one we won for last year

And this was the first one that started it all

If you want to see more of my cute sis-in-law's art go to http://www.camillioncreations.com/

Fun Tag

2008-06-12T01:34:00.000-06:00

So I was browsing in blog world and I came across this fun tag. Answer the questions below. Google image your answer, then post the first picture that comes up.

Pet name: Billy calls me Bunny.

Favorite Treat: Ranch Sunflower Seeds

Place I would like to live: San Fran

(umm....ok)

Place I would like to visit: I want to go to Africa on an African safari

Middle name: Anne

Age: lame number 24

Major: Business

Favorite vacation: Pacific Coast Highway (driving in a convertible)

Worst habit: Pulling on my eyelashes

This tag is for anyone who reads my blog.....I know you are out there.....

"OH CRAP!", Billy saw my wedding dress!

2008-05-24T00:39:00.000-06:00

So I was in my room checking my email and Billy comes in. He starts looking around and all of the sudden I hear him say "OH CRAP." I looked up from what I was doing and said "What?"

He had this look of panic on his face and said, "I just saw your wedding dress." I look over to the closet where my dress was hanging and saw this..........

I slowly turned my head back to Billy's scared face and said slowly, "Babe, thats not my dress its my slip, it goes under my dress." He walked out of my room all embarrassed as I was yelling, "Do you honestly think I would have bought that for my wedding dress." I couldn't stop laughing so I had to try it on for him so he could see what a beautiful bride I was going to be!

Cute...

2008-05-03T02:26:00.000-06:00

I've been meaning to post this video of my niece for a while now but just haven't. She is very much in love with the picture of my nephew Devon on my laptop. Whenever she comes in my room she points at his picture and then points back at herself, which she does when she wants something. Its stinkin cute. Enjoy....

House hunt over....hopefully.

2008-05-03T01:16:00.000-06:00

After almost three months or so of house hunting we finally got ourselves a home. We had been mostly looking in the sugarhouse area because we like it so much, but soon found out that the houses were a little small. We did however find one we liked between 2700 s and 3300 s above Highland dr. and put an offer on it, but somebody else beat us to the punch and we lost it. It was really frustrating for a while there because everyone kept saying how bad the market was, but as soon as we found a house someone would swoop in and buy it. BUT finally on Monday we had decided to stop looking in sugarhouse and focus on East Millcreek/Holladay area and SUCCESS. We found one that was perfect. Good size, good area, nice backyard with a view of Mt. Olympus. The house inside needed a little bit of work but we decided that wasn't a big deal because everything else was great. So Wednesday morning we put an offer on it (after Billy had a couple of panic attacks). We thought for sure they were going to come back with a counter offer or once again someone else had put a better offer in than ours. But Wednesday night Billy gave me a call and told me they accepted out first offer!!!! Yeah!!!! We are super excited, and a little nervous at the same time. We close at the end of this month so hopefully everything goes well and when we have the inspections done on Monday we don't find anything major wrong with the house. So here are a couple of pictures of our new place:

Engagement pictures

2008-04-01T22:47:00.000-06:00

We took our engagement pictures on Saturday! It was a lot of fun and really cold! Check out some of them here http://opiefoto.blogspot.com/2008/04/billy-becca-engagements.html .

Cute family!

2008-03-05T00:05:00.000-07:00

I took a cute picture of my niece Erin today and it just so happens that she was wearing a bib that said "I Love My Auntie," hee hee, ok so maybe I did it on purpose.

I also took this video of her today because she just started saying "Hey!" and it is my favorite thing because she jolts her whole body everytime she does it!

Her Birthday is today and she turns the BIG NUMERO UNO! Happy Birthday!

Here are some updated pics of my cute Nephews who I miss and never get to see....:(

The older boy is Angela's boyfriends son, but basically Angela's as well so I consider him my nephew. His name is Blake. Handsome boys huh?

So since I don't have kids of my own to brag about I wanted to brag about the cute people in my family!

Birthday Cake

2008-02-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

So it was my birthday yesterday and as Billy and I were driving back to his apartment he started being a little brat. So I took the lid from the tupperware holding left over cake and put a little on Billy's face. After doing this I realized that Billy would want revenge when we got out of the car. So when we pulled into his parking lot I jumped out of the car before it even stopped so he could not take the left over cake from me. He stopped the car and started to charge, but was suddenly stopped in his tracks when a full piece of cake hit him in the face. You would think this would stop him, but it didn't.....so I threw the second one and it hit his U of U sweatshirt. This of course made him stop coming at me because now he was more worried about the frosting on his sweatshirt than getting revenge. I thought I would share this story and picture because it is one a the few times that I have been able to take Billy down! Please excuse the bad quality of the picture it was taken with my camera phone.

I am on a roll...

2008-02-04T01:08:00.000-07:00

I am constantly checking everyone's blog to see their new updates, but rarely do I look at my own blog. Elizabeth pointed out to me that I had a few comments on one of my posts asking me to please update my own blog. I had never noticed them lol! So here I go....Billy finished his first semester at school and is now 1/3 of the way through his second. He is doing really well and is EXTREMELY busy. We usually only see eachother on the weekends if we are lucky. I am however impressed how he can manage his time so well. I would be having a mental breakdown if I had to juggle all the things he does on a day to day basis. Wedding plans are pretty much done. I wanted to get them out of the way so I could focus on school. We have decided to get married at St Thomas More, which is Billy's parents church. We had to meet with the priest and he agreed to marry us. We will be having a ceremony with out a mass. The church is beautiful (picture is below), I wish I had pictures of the inside but I don't unfortunately. The reception is still at Memorial House. I won't go into every detail of what I have planned for the wedding because I know it is boring to other people, but we only have the small details left to plan and the major stuff is done. If you want to check out the photographer I picked her link is on my page, its Opie Foto. I am in love with her pictures, she is so creative and fun! Another fun thing to mention is I am lucky enough to get to watch my niece every tuesday and thursday mornings! I love that I get to see her everyday. I am currently in the process of trying to get her to call me Aunt Bob. She can't say my name, but she sure can say Bob. Hopefully it is a nickname that will stick because I think it would be funny if she said to her mom and dad a few years from now that she wanted to go visit Uncle Billy and Aunt Bob! lol.....I'm sure Billy will find that entertaining as well...... :)

I give in....

2008-01-29T23:08:00.000-07:00

So I haven't posted anything in a while but I got "tagged" so I thought I would participate. I don't have a husband yet so this will be for my fiance....

What is his name? Billy Boy

How long have you been married? 0 years

How long did you date? It will be 5 years in June.

How old is he? 31

Who eats more? He does, just ask his dietitian...lol.

Who kissed who first? Well I would say he did, but he said I made the first move.

Who said "I love you," first? He did, although he said it in his sleep twice before he actually meant to say it.

Who is smarter? He is definitely more intelligent, but I think I am more people smart than he is.....I had to give myself some credit.

Who is taller? He has got about an inch or two on me.

Who sings better? Neither, we both suck. Although he sings country songs pretty well.

Whose temper is worse? Defintely him....those Italians I tell ya!

Who is more sensitive? I am for sure

Who does the laundry? Both as of now, since we live in different places.

Who does the dishes? Well I'm sure he does his own, but my sis-in-law usually ends up doing mine....oops sorry Camille :)

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? We have our own beds to ourselves at the moment.

Who pays the bills? We do our own at the moment, but he will when we get married.

Who cooks dinner? Neither of us do, we usually end up eating cereal or something.

Who drives when you are together? I would say its pretty even, but I prefer him to drive.

Who is more stubborn? Me, or at least thats what he tells me, but he usually gets his way and I go along with it.

Who's parents do you see the most? As a couple we keep it pretty even, but I will go to my moms almost every sunday even if he doesn't.

Who proposed? Well I think I did about 20 times before he did, lol......but he was the one who made it official.

Who has more friends? He does, just wait until you see our lines at the wedding.

Who has more siblings? I do.

Who wears the pants in the family? He does, he is the more dominant one is our relationship, but I prefer it that way! (sometimes....lol.)

Ok I did my part....hee hee.

Found it....

2007-10-21T02:43:00.000-06:00

I found my wedding dress today. I had made plans earlier this week to go with my mom and my sister to look at bridesmaid dresses and then that turned into wedding dress shopping. I had no intention of finding a dress or even buying one, but I did! I had a whole entourage of people there with me, but I'm glad they were all there to share that with me! It ended up being the second dress I tried on and I knew when I saw it that it was the one, every dress I tried on after that did not even come close. I would post a picture, but I want it to be a surprise for a certain someone....hee hee. Thanks again to my family for being there and also my good friend Elizabeth for helping me try the dresses on! Love ya!

Update

2007-10-06T04:02:00.000-06:00

A lot has happened since my last blog entry. We have both been crazy busy. Billy started school at the U of U in the Executive MBA program. Which keeps him extremely busy. He has class once a week. He is such a dedicated student and I am amazed at how much time he sacrifices to focus on school. I am so proud of him! Poor guy has even had to miss a couple of Ute games. Last Sunday we went to the U together and studied. It was kind of nice to have him as my study buddy. He definitely motivates me to stay focused. I started another semester at good ol SLCC. I have been there forever and a day and I am proud to say that I should be done next semester, that is if they don't decide to spring another class on me that I didn't know about. I have met with three different counselors and all have told me different things. As far as wedding plans are going we have reserved a reception center. It is going to be at the Memorial House in Memory Grove Park. That is pretty much all we have done, but we have plenty of time. We set our wedding date and it is going to be July 26, 2008. It's going to be very hot, but we had a limited amount of options on dates since we have to plan it around Billy's school breaks. It works out nice because we think July 26 is the day we established ourselves as a couple four years ago, so it does have some sentimental value to it. I moved in with my brother and sister-in-law about a month ago to save money for the wedding. So it has definitely been an adjustment getting used to living with a house full of people. The plus side is that I get to see my cute little niece everyday!

I get to call this cute kid my nephew!
pretty much the cutest kid ever!

Billy is a goober!

Me and my cute niece!

New to blogging

2007-08-14T03:33:00.000-06:00

Iam new to this but I thought I would give it a try! It gives me a chance to spout out my random thoughts and hopefully not bore anyone in the process. Well my latest news is I just recently got engaged over the weekend! YEAH!!! I am going to be the future Mrs. Di Sera! Kind of weird to type that. Billy asked me on Saturday August 11, by the alpine slides in Park City! I was completely shocked, so shocked that I missed him pulling out the ring because I looked away. He picked out the ring all by himself and I must say I am impressed, he has got some taste. We have yet to set a date, it will more than likely be summer of 2008. And I promise I won't be trendy and do 08-08-08. Billy just started school and is up in snowbird for his first week of class. He is pretty excited about the whole school thing. It is a really good program and I know he will do very well, (he's kinda smart like that!) Well I will try to keep this thing updated, but I am not making any promises, hee hee!