Honeymoon...ooo la la!

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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!