...Willard & Co...

I vow to be a better blogger!

2012-01-25T20:40:00.001-07:00

I have been the worst blogger, I admit it. But I am going to be better. My sweetheart Wesley is doing new things everyday and I can't believe I haven't written anything down. I need to do better and I will!!

Wesley James is here...

2011-10-05T20:10:00.006-06:00

Well here goes the story of Wesley's birth!! My due date was Sunday, Aug. 21st and it came and went. Monday morning I woke up at 6:30 to my first contraction and they came every 15 minutes for about 2 hours after that so I called my mom and she was on her way down. Of course the minute she got through Salt Lake the contractions had almost stopped all together. I had about 1 every hour...suckie! So Drew and I went to wal-mart to see if walking around would get things going a little faster. Got yelled at in the parking lot by a girl that felt we took her parking spot. She said, "are you kidding me, I'm 9 months pregnant." right to Drew's face. I then got out of the car and said, "I'm having my baby today (pointing to my big belly), I think I got you beat." That sure shut her right up. Ha ha. Drew's mom decided to come down after the contractions were coming a little more frequently. We went to see The Help at 10:00 that night and they were coming 7 minutes apart the whole movie and by the time we got home they were every 5 minutes. Drew and I waited about an hour then decided to go to the hospital. When they checked me I was a 3 and 80% effaced. They kept me for an hour to see if I would progress, which I didn't, but when they called my doc he said to keep me and start pitocin-probably cuz I was overdue. This was around 4:00 a.m. I asked for the epidural at 6:00 and let me tell you, OUCHY! It didn't work the first time and it was the worst pain I've ever felt. At around 10:30 I started to really feel my contractions on the left side and a few minutes later could lift my whole left leg. How do people go natural!?!?!? They rolled me around and it still didn't help. I was in so much pain and was delirious by this point. They decided to give me a mega-dose and I could actually relax after that. It took me 8 hours to go from a 5 to an 8, which was a little frustrating, but then I hit a 10 about 45 minutes later. I pushed for a half hour and little (or big) Wesley was born at 4:43 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23rd weighing in at 8 pounds 7 oz, and was 20 inches long. He's been such a good baby! I can't believe how fast these last 6 weeks have gone by and how much he has changed in that short amount of time. We are in love and couldn't be happier!!
To see his newborn pictures go to saraursuaphotography.com :) she does amazing work!!

Our Lil' Man's Room

2011-10-05T19:42:00.003-06:00

Well, the room isn't quite finished yet, but I've had more than one person say they needed to see pictures. Here they are! I was thinking really outside the box when I bought the fabric for his bedding, but I can honestly say it is one of a kind!! Honestly, pictures don't do the quilt justice though. My mom did the best job quilting it. We love how it turned out!

My amazingly talented husband made the changing table/dresser. Even when he had a broken hand. I had to help change out the drill bit a time or two but he did it ALL on his own. I'm so proud of him, it turned out SO good! Wesley stares at his giraffe friend the whole time he is laying on his changing pad. I love it!Like I said, it is still a work in progress but I'm not in a hurry to finish because the day I do I will just have to pack it all up for the big MOVE! For those of you that don't know, we're moving after this semester is over (and the crowd goes wild!!!!) Ha ha we're excited. We have loved our time in Cedar, but especially now that Wesley is here, we're ready to be closer to family. Drew will be transferring to U of U to finish his degree. And no, he won't be playing football there. He'll be done with that phase of his life (or our lives) after this season. Go T-Birds!

Get Him Out!!

2011-08-16T20:37:00.002-06:00

I'm starting to get the feeling that I might be the first person that stays pregnant for the rest of their life! Don't get me wrong, I cannot complain, I've had the best pregnancy ever, but there comes a time when you just want to be DONE. I am due this Sunday and feel like since he hasn't come by now he just never will. I haven't progressed for 3 weeks! He must be stuck and completely comfortable, right? Ugh! Ok, no more complaints...just had to get it off my chest! Ha!

Here's to a spontaneous water breakage!! (cheers)

5 Women and A Man!

2011-06-13T21:11:00.003-06:00

Well, Drew survived being on a trip with the 5 crazy Bertagnolli girls, and my feet survived 5 days of walking through San Diego! I only had to move my wedding ring to my pinky one day :) This trip was much needed! I LOVED having a whole week off of work, and I re-energized my family battery!! I love being around my mom and sisters, we feed off of each other's energy so much. I wish I could see them more than a weekend every month or so. Poor Drew was such a trooper through it all, he had a great time being the designated navigator, protector from the bums once it got dark, and representative of the men in our family.

We spent as much time as we could just going, GOING, and going. Our days were spent at Sea World, the beach and pier, the HUGE Zoo, then the temple and a Padre's game. Yes, there was plenty of eating, sun burning, and calorie burning (WALKING) in between.

The day we went to the beach I just could NOT get comfortable laying on a towel on the flat, hard sand. I tried not to get frustrated or be a downer but I ended up getting a little frazzled and my emotions started to take over. Luckily it was about this time that Drew was coming back from boogie boarding. He decided we should venture out and find a chair. Wait, back up, he offered to build one out of sand first. Ha ha. Anyways, we found one in a not so likely place and he was my super hero once again! I love him to death and I'm so SO glad he is my partner for life... and a little longer too ;) I can't wait for him to learn about and experience more from this sweet little baby that is on his way. I have a feeling he's going to be just like Daddy. Ha ha yikes!

Only 9 1/2 weeks or so to go! We're hoping for a little less though.

What I've learned...

2011-04-21T15:27:00.002-06:00

So far I have learned/observed a few things that go along with being pregnant...here goes...

(I'm still in the "is she fat or pregnant" stage) When I am approached by someone they look at my face, at my belly, then back at my face. Without fail!
Heartburn phased me before I got pregnant...didn't know it could get SO MUCH WORSE!!
Zantac doesn't work as well as Prilosec :) Love me some prilosec.
Sometimes when little LB moves I laugh out loud because it tickles! And I'm not even ticklish.
Pregnant skin is 10 x's more sensitive to the sun than normal...found that out the hard way...let the peeling begin!
If I only had a brain...holy crap dumb blonde should be changed to dumb prego!
Even though I know I'm supposed to gain weight it doesn't make it any easier to see the numbers on the scale go up so fast! Yikes!
Baby shoes have gotta be the cutest things ever...and they don't even need shoes.
If all these "parts" on the front of me keep growing won't I fall over?
I went to see Brian Regan's comedy show at SUU the other day...guarantee I was the ONLY one in that whole building to have to go to the bathroom twice!
Sitting on bleachers is probably one of the most uncomfortable things EVER!!
I still get nervous butterflies when I go to my doc appointments.
Choosing a name for our little guy may just kill us both. Seriously.
I panic a bit when I don't feel him move around 9 a.m. That's when he's at his wildest.
It cracks me up when Drew has only seen me in scrubs for a few days, and then when I'm in normal clothes, sees how much my belly has grown...priceless!
Now that I think about it, baby FEET are probably the cutest thing ever, rather than the shoes.

Well I guess that's all for now. I think of about ten a day but now that I'm sitting here to type it I've got that prego brain again. Happy Easter!

2011-03-25T22:29:00.003-06:00

We've got a little BOY on the way!! I'll admit it, all along I thought I was carrying a girl but I couldn't have been any more wrong. When we went into our ultrasound we weren't hoping for a certain one, just VERY curious as to what he was! This little video of him is so precious. It's the most still he was the whole appointment, maybe he was asleep? I love his cute little mouth looking like its chewing some gum/sucking an invisible binky. Not to mention his little heart working hard. We love him! Drew calls him his little LB...(linebacker).

Let's admit it, this little GUY won me over a long time ago! But I loved that the day he decided to show me he has kicking legs was my BIRTHDAY! It was the coolest feeling ever! My whole body knew that it hadn't felt something like that before. Ever since then I've been feeling him like crazy. The ultrasound tech said he is a wiggler, she even showed me his feet bouncing on my bladder :) I'm so grateful that everything looks good and healthy! The day we found out what he was I was 18 weeks, 1 day and he was measuring 18 weeks, 5 days. Lucky for us, he's already bigger than expected. Ha ha, I guess that's "lucky."

Now the tricky part is finding a name for him! We agreed on a girl name a few weeks ago, but never even considered what we would name a boy...guess we have a few months left to figure it out...ha! Any suggestions would be great...I found one that I LOVE but can't seem to talk Drew into it. Anybody had to do that before? And did it work?

Needless to say, this has already been such an awesome experience, I don't know if I deserve these blessings but I will take them. We're almost halfway! Lots of work to do and I can't wait to get started :)

It's Baby Time!

2011-02-11T10:20:00.004-07:00

That's our little one that we are already getting so anxious to meet!!! We are having a baby!! Yay! The due date is August 21, 2011...mark your calendars for the arrival of our little one. Ha ha. No baby bump to show off yet dang it, just a little pudge. I was lucky enough to not get any morning sickness, just some high doses of nausea every now and then. I'm in the 13th week now and hoping we're past that stage by now :) We have an awesome doctor and I'm counting down the days til we get to go and see more updates again. My next appointment is actually on the 5 year anniversary of my dad's passing. I'd like to think that was his little gift to us, telling us that life should be celebrated and not mourned. I miss him like crazy but when I told my aunt (his sister) that I was pregnant she said he once told her he would be throwing the grandbabies down from heaven. He loved the sports metaphors! Ha ha.
Well, here's to celebrating life everyone!! Have a great weekend and an even better Valentine's day!!

Misc...Misc...Misc...

2010-11-15T18:58:00.004-07:00

This past weekend I headed up to Roy to hang out with my mom and have my second Scentsy party at her house--thanks to everyone who came, it was such a fun night! The next day I went up to the old stomping grounds...LOGAN! Oh it was fun! My sisters Tawny and Kailee go to USU and love it. I'm glad I got to go spend some time with them, it SUCKS living so far away from them. I also miss having three closets to choose my outfits from. I'm so glad my siblings and I can stay so close, we have so much fun together!
I also got to go be with my BFF, Jessica, who went to Utah State with me (best roomies ever). She goes to Weber State now and USU just happened to be playing Weber so we took advantage of a fun game. It was as if those 3 years away from the Spectrum never even existed-Utah State, hey, Aggies all the way...go Aggies, go Aggies, hey, hey, hey! I will be a USU fan for life!-I am also glad I can stay so close to this gorgeous girl, even with our lives spinning in opposite directions. Love you Jessica!

We celebrated Drew's 24th birthday on November 3rd, yes, that's right, I said 24...two dozen years!! I can't believe we have spent three of his birthdays married! It's also weird to think that he just reminded me of the time I bought him a Mrs. Potato Head for his 16th birthday (dumb sophomore girl), I don't even remember doing that or why but I love that our memories together go that far back. I love this boy more and more everyday. He keeps me on my toes and can always put a smile on my face. He puts so much time into being the best at everything he does, he's such a hard worker and I love him for it. He always makes me want to be a better person. I love you Drew! Here's to many, many more birthdays together.
Drew's high school football coach and his wife came down for one of his games, Drew loved having him there to support him! Coach B claims that he is the one that brought Drew and I together way back in 10th grade. I don't know about that, but I'm glad it happened, either way.
It was a fun season this year. The t-birds played some tough bigger schools in the preseason and put up a good fight, which sure led into a great regular season. They went undefeated in their conference and took the trophy home. Such a fun season, we'll be sad to see the seniors go. Specially Drew's friends Nick (#79 below). He's happy to have the holidays off now, but looks forward to next season too!

Love me some Amber time! The boys play on defense together and they kick butt! Glad she'll be by my side next year. Go birds :)

For Bunko in September we decided to do it Halloween style, so Brittany found these awesome ninja turtles costumes. Love them! Thanks for the great idea Britt! Loved it :) And I love bunko, even though all I do is win the prize for the most ZEROS!! Ha but it's always a good time, love you bunko girls!
I vow to be better at blogging...sorry fellow bloggers. Don't cut me from your friend list just yet!!

SummerTime!!

2010-07-18T18:47:00.006-06:00

This summer has been so much fun so far! I can't believe July is almost over :( so sad because Drew doesn't get August as part of his summer, football starts August 1st. So I'm happy we've been able to do the things that we have done. We started it all out with the summer games fireworks and then Bailey and Taylor's wedding, which was so much fun. We were so happy to be able to be a part of everything. And now they live in St. George so they're not too far away! Last weekend we were able to get up to Navajo Lake, which is only a half hour away. It was so much fun, our first time camping on our own. We fished, made Hobo dinners, and the yummiest s'mores ever!! Our campsite was right by the lake and we just had a blast. Hopefully we can get away like that again soon. I think I'm repeating myself but I've LOVED our summer so far! Happy Summer everyone!

My Amazingly Talented Husband...oh and Graduation too!

2010-05-31T17:24:00.003-06:00

So I would just like to take a few seconds and brag about my talented husband! My mom has had this armour for her tv in her front room for about five years now and she has always wanted bookshelves to go on either side of it. She ordered it from a lady who ordered it from a guy who seems to have fell off the face of the earth. Lucky for us (or my mom) we have an amazingly talented Drewby right at our finger tips. So these pictures are of Drew's hard work, he built and painted the book cases on either side of the armour. It was a little bit stressful at times because the paint-stain mixture were very, VERY hard to match. It took a while but they are finally finished. I'm so proud of Drew, he worked so hard to make these babies match to a "T" I can't wait til we have a house and he can start building all our fun furniture!

Crafty?

2010-04-19T17:43:00.004-06:00

I FINALLY got my graduation announcements finished. I know there aren't too many but I didn't really know who to send them to and those ELEVEN were a lot of work!! I decided to make them because SUU's announcements were UGLY!! And I didn't want to waste my money on ugly! Me and my sisters got a cricut for Christmas and I love it! It helped so much, too bad I have to share with my two sisters that are at the other end of the state ;) that's ok though! I never really got into scrapbooking, but making cards is fun! I also love that no two cards are exactly alike!
Only three more days of class, can't believe it! It is so surreal. But I still haven't found a job so keep your fingers crossed for me guys. See ya!

School...school...and some more school!

2010-03-30T16:44:00.002-06:00

I am 17 days in class, 8 assignments, 1 research paper, ZERO logs, 1 presentation, 1 portfolio, 2 tests, and 2 finals away from THE BIG DAY!! No, not that big day, the big GRADUATION day! I can’t even explain how excited I am to be done and I don’t even know what I’ll be doing after May 1st, but I just can’t wait! This semester has actually been one of my easiest and I’m so happy for that because I have got some serious SENIOR-ITIS! It’s so hard to force myself to go to class, so lucky for me, I can skip every now and then!! For those of you who don’t know I am graduating in the Family Life and Human Development department with an emphasis in Family Services. So it’s a little bit like social work, except I can’t do social work without a Masters (that’s not gonna happen anytime soon!).
I would also like to say, “HOLY COW” about all the school stuff going on between mine and Drew’s families. Here goes…Drew’s older brother, Nick is accepted to Portland for Nurse Anesthetist school, his mom is accepted to U of U’s Master of social work program, his sister Karlie got accepted to Weber State’s dental hygiene program, his other sister Alissa is trying to decide which school to accept a basketball scholarship to, and my brother, Shayden is going to attend Auburn University in Alabama to get a Masters (and maybe a PhD) in Marriage and Family Counseling, I’m graduating, and my little sister Kailee will be going to USU in the fall with my other sister, Tawny. Together now…”HOLY COW.” I feel like my Bachelor’s degree is nothing compared to all of them. Congrats family, that is so awesome!! I’m proud to call you my family :)

That Dumb Scale!!

2010-02-21T19:38:00.002-07:00

So about a month ago I got a thing in the mail that said I could try out the new snap fitness in Cedar City for free if I participated in a "fitness study." The only requirement was that you couldn't currently be working out (for once that played in my favor!). So I've been doing that the last three weeks, three times a week, and I've been going to the funnest thing ever...ZUMBA...with my friend Brea twice a week. Last week I worked out 6 out of the 7 days! I'm really trying to get back into shape and seriously, I don't think I have sweated (doesn't sound right) that much since cheerleading in high school-I'm not a big sweater-but I've been dripping sweat after Zumba and my workouts at Snap. Yesterday was my last day at the fitness study and I decided to weigh myself on the same scale I weighed myself on last week and (no need for a drum roll) it turns out I gained a freaking pound!!! I didn't even lose a single pound. Drew says this is because muscle weighs more than fat and I probably got a lot more muscley. I think he was just trying to make me feel better. The frustrating thing is that I know I'm capable of weighing a lot less. I don’t want to tell you how much weight I’ve gained since I got married. Yes, I look okay in clothes, but summer is coming quickly and I am nowhere near bikini ready. Yes, I am trying to help my husband gain more weight by making him fattening food, but I don’t want that to be my excuse. Yes, I probably love chocolate way too much but what girl doesn’t? Yes, my 8 month pregnant friend weighs just 5 pounds more than me. Yes, if you haven't noticed yet, I am venting!!! HELP!! What’s the secret?? Ha ha…I need some words of encouragement…or something! If you've gotten this far, thanks for listening!

Valentine's Weekend

2010-02-16T17:40:00.005-07:00

How exciting, instead of just having one Valentine's date we decided to each plan our own little thing so Drew took Saturday and I took Sunday. When I got home from the gym on Saturday morning, I came home to these beauties...there were so many of my favorite flowers all in one beautiful bouquet!
I'm holding the bouquet like it's my baby. The only baby I can afford/need at the moment :)

These pictures were taken after a long day in the kitchen cooking, which is why I look so tired! I cooked so much food, I was pretty proud of myself. I made salmon, rice, steamed asparagus, and a chocolate cream pie!
Oh! But i forgot to finish what we did Saturday! Drew made breakfast then I cut his hair, got ready, and we went and washed my filthy car. Then we went and loaded up on medicine (cuz we are both so sick!) and went to Chili's (my chicken was in the shape of a heart) and then to Valentine's Day! I've heard a few people say they hated that movie but I just loved it! I laughed and cried too! Anyways, we had an awesome weekend and hope that you did too!!

Trotting the Globe to Cedar City

2010-02-16T17:33:00.003-07:00

So one day Drew decided to put his name in a drawing (12 times) to win tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters that were coming to Cedar. The next day we're sitting at home with the radio on and we hear Drew's name...He won tickets!! So we went with our soon-to-be-married friends Bailey and Taylor and had a fun time! That blow-up thing that we like to call Globie was cracking us all up. It's not everyday that something decides to show up in Cedar City so we're glad we could take advantage of a free night and have some fun!
Oh and the last picture is of Drew and two of his favorite things...snow and that darn jeep :)

Oh December...

2010-01-03T16:32:00.002-07:00

I just have to say that I miss December SO MUCH already! It is so much fun to be able to leave life in Cedar and head up to Roy for a few weeks! Drew and I had so much fun over the last few weeks and now we're back to life, ready to take down all my Christmas decorations.
Life in Roy was spent playing A LOT of cards and games! We also went to the lights at Temple Square, we went to a performance by the Utah Symphony, ate WAY too much food, went snowboarding for the first time in two years (since junior high for Drew), went to the temple, , went to the cute lil' Bee's cafe in Roy with mine and Drew's parents, went bowling and to Ligori's for Whitney's birthday, got some pictures taken by the wonderful Kelli Willard (KelliWillardphotography.blogspot.com), made lots of Christmas candy, played in the snow with Bella, did LOTS of shopping, watched 24 into the wee hours of morning, Bertagnolli family Christmas party (always a hoot!), tested out my new sewing machine (which was a lot of fun, I'm a little nervous to use it without my mom standing by, but excited to try new things), and not to mention all of the Christmas festivities! Sometimes it's a little stressful dividing the time between whose parents' house we will be spending time at but I've come to the realization that it will never be exact and you're never going to make everyone happy. We had a nice Christmas Eve dinner with my family and played the present game, opening some awesome yoga pants (does this mean I have to take up Yoga? I think not! ha!), did a little Christmas mischief, and headed over to ma and pa Willards to watch a movie and hit the hay. The tradition in Drew's family is that they get to go get their stockings in the middle of the night so Drew headed up at 3:30 a.m. and got his then we went back to sleep. We opened all our presents there and then headed over to my Grandpa's house to visit with my extended family. Then finally at about 3:00 we went to my mom's house to do our Christmas there. We opened my stocking at about 6:00 so our Christmas day lasted a very long time, lots of fun!
I'm so grateful for FAMILY! My family is incredible and I love spending time with everyone. i hate that it can't be more often but it's also fun to be able to stay for a while. I hope you all had a great Christmas! And HAPPY NEW YEAR! Bring it on SUU, here goes my last semester!

Long Hair Please!!

2009-11-20T17:57:00.007-07:00

Ok, so I have decided (and I'm not changing my mind) that I'm growing my hair back out! I like my short hair and all but there are only like 2 things I can do with it-straighten it and flip it out-so I'm throwing in the towel and growing my hair out. It might be a process but I can't wait to be able to pull my hair back into a ponytail again. I would love to be able to just pull it up on my way to work at 6:00 a.m. So, nobody try to talk me out of it :) And I can't wait to curl it and braid it and do more than 2 things to it. My goal is for it to look like Miss Reese's. (I can hope right??)

I also would like to say that I am SO EXCITED that Drew is currently on the road for his last game of the season! No more practices every day, I can have my husband back! Don't get me wrong, I love that football is getting Drew through school and also helping out with our rent but I am BURNT OUT!! I love game days but that's about it these days. I truely have a love/hate relationship with football, but after Sunday I will be a happy camper. That is until January when Spring training starts back up again. I guess I could call this a bit of a venting post because I sure am complaining a lot, but I just can't wait til Monday!

Christmas??

2009-11-09T20:39:00.002-07:00

Ok, so I have a predicament...I own 3 Fall time decorations and I'm a little antsy to get my Christmas stuff out because I have a lot of Christmas stuff. I always made fun of the people that would decorate so soon but I want to! I don't know how much time Drew and I will even be spending at our house because we'll hopefully be going home for the majority of the holidays so I want to see them up for a good chunk of time :) Anyways, I wanna know what you think, when can I start decorating!?

San Luis Obispo Trip!

2009-10-22T20:48:00.006-06:00

Me and Brea at the sad, sad football game. We lost 23-24. Missed a field goal with 7 seconds left in the game. It was so sad, we felt so bad for those boys.
It was an awesome vacation and we had a lot of fun, the only thing that would have been better would have been spending some time with our husbands. Those coaches basically keep them under lock and key on game weekends. I would have loved to at least spend a few hours with him at the beach or something, but ya win some and ya lose some.
Loving the beach! It wasn't that warm but we still had a lot of fun jumping and playing with the star fishes! Brea is holding onto her little baby bump :) It's another boy by the way!

We went to a castle in San Luis Obispo called 'Hurst Castle.' It's a big tourist attraction in California and to tell you the truth, the only real impressive things were the pools. This indoor one above was tiled everywhere and the whole pool was 12 feet deep. The ladders on the sides are made out of granite and go all the way to the bottom of the pool. And if you look on the right side of the picture towards the middle there's a cool platform thing. Too bad these awesome pools never get used!

This pool was AWESOME! Both sides had huge Greek decks that were just calling my name. How luxurious...too bad nobody has used these pools for years! I sent this picture to my family and told them this was our hotel pool. Ha, I can wish right??
Yuki (Brea's sister-in-law), Brea, and me had to take advantage of the decor :)
Riding on the airplane. Our plane from LA to San Luis Obispo was TINY! It was a 30 seater with propellers on the sides. Yikes and it was SO LOUD! But a fun experience, we got to walk out on the runway and walk up the stairs that fold out of the plane. Kinda like you see in the movies. I wanted to run out to the plane yelling, "Hold that plane! Hold that plane!" Ha ha I'm a Dumb and Dumber fanatic! So fun.
We forgot about the time change from Cedar City to Las Vegas so we sat at the airport for a while. I put in a dollar, won a dollar, then lost it back. Not a great first gambling experience.

Away Game...

2009-10-21T22:57:00.002-06:00

Drew had a game at Utah State about a month ago (yes, I am slow, I know) and it was more like a home game for us considering we had the most family there than there will ever be at a game here in Cedar. It was tons of fun having all that family to be with and I actually headed up to Roy a few days early to hang out with my family. I even surprised my mom, it was great :) The top picture is me and my siblings...we just happened to be sitting in "order of arrival." The game was really frustrating, the coach was playing a defense that wasn't working and Drew wasn't in so he was a little sad after the game cuz he didn't even get to show all of the family his skills. Ha ha. Anyways, yes that's a few posts in a row about football but let's face it, football is my life from August til April-excluding December.

Frustrating...

2009-10-04T18:33:00.001-06:00

Well I've tried to upload pictures two different times but my internet keeps disconnecting before they upload so I'm giving up for the night. (Guess that's what I get for stealing internet). Ha ha. Happy Fall!!

SUU Wins! Good game Drewby!

2009-09-04T10:28:00.004-06:00

Drew did SO GOOD at his game last night! I'm not one to brag but I feel like I've got some bragging rights today..ha ha! I seriously am so proud of him! SUU played Dixie State for the first time in 60-some odd years and we won 36 to 7! The whole team played really well, especially the defense! Drew got an awesome interception. He jumped up to block the throw and hit the ball with his finger tip and while he was falling he caught the ball and held on to it for the interception...SO cool!
He plays a bit of special teams (kick off) and did really well there too. I think he got 2 tackles on kick off if I remember right. He's number 44 by the way.

Ready...Break!

Drew and his brother, Nick (they look a lot alike!). It sucked that their game was on a Thursday because not a whole lot of our family could get away in the middle of the week. But I had Nick and his dad there to help me cheer Drew on!
The ones where the red looks orange are from Tim's camera, kinda makes the pic look funny.
A little piece of the article in the newspaper this morning: "Thompson [Dixie's QB] completed 16-of-27 passes for 146 yards but was intercepted once, on an athletic tip-and-catch play by SUU linebacker Drew Willard". Short and sweet but awesome, seriously I'm so proud of Drew, he's come a long ways and I'm so excited to see what the rest of the season has to offer! Go T-Birds!

No Pictures...

2009-08-23T12:16:00.002-06:00

Ok, so I have so much to post about but no pictures yet so one of these days I'll get around to it. New car, new house, new job, school, football, crafts, I don't know if I can handle it all! But eventually I will post some more :)

1st Anniversary!

2009-08-03T22:03:00.003-06:00

This past year has seriously FLOWN by, it's been the best roller coaster I've ever been on! I love being married to Drew and I'm so glad I can be on this journey with him!
For our anniversary we went to Las Vegas, Drew's brother hooked us up with two free nights at the Palazzo in a serious luxury sweet! One night we went a show called the "V" or the Variety show at Planet Hollywood, I would recommend it to anyone, it was way cool! We took my first taxi drive there (which wasn't that exciting) and walked back to our hotel after. We stopped at the Bellagio to watch the water show and ate at Margaritaville too. We think our server was mad at us for just ordering water to drink. Ha ha but who cares right!?

The living room of our hotel room which had a big old tv and I loved the shades, it was completely dark so we could sleep in til like 11:00 and we weren't blinded by the sun!
Another piece of the room with ANOTHER tv that Drew's facing. And I forgot to take a picture of the bathroom but it also had a tv in it. Who does that!? It was a fun little vacation and now we're back in Cedar City, just moved into our new place, and Drew is off to football camp staying in the dorms for 2 and a half weeks and I'm sleeping alone til my friends get here on Friday!

Bertagnolli/Willard Boat Night!

2009-08-03T21:45:00.003-06:00

The last Monday Drew and I were in town we got to go boating with both our families together. The water was so rough and it was windy but we all had a really fun time! It was Whitney's first time on a boat and a lot of "first times" on the wakeboard so it was all fun to watch and good that our families are so close so we didn't have to choose who we would spend our last days in Roy with.
Drew was drivin the boat...look, you can see a little chest hair! ha ha. I love him!
The front of the boat: Mom, Shelly, Alissa, Whitney, and Kailee
The back of the boat: Laura, Tim, Tawny (has Mulan hair), Karlie, and Shayden!
It was Whitney's first time on a tube too and she was loving it. It made my mom SO nervous, I don't know who it was more fun to watch, my mom or Whit! ha ha
Kailee May, gorgey sister!
Tawny's first time on the wakeboard, it took a second but she got the hang of it :)

Golf on the 4th, Baby Ellie on the 7th

2009-07-14T15:56:00.004-06:00

We went to dinner at The Mandarin (i think that's what it's called) in Bountiful with my family the other night. This is us during our 45 minute wait in our matching clothes-and no we didn't plan it but they would have been cute engagement picture outfits. ha ha. And if Kristi or Candace were there they would have said, "chin down." ha ha. I guess that's the cheerleader coming out in me.

Cute shoe-socks Kristi bought for baby Ellie!
Just a few hours after she was born! I guess baby Ellie was sick of all the pictures. Ha ha. Shalise looked so awesome after just having a baby, I hope I look that good when my time comes around! Thanks Shalise for letting me come visit before I have to leave again :(
I love how close my friends from high school are! I love them all and I'm so glad we still make time for each other!
Drew and I were really bored on the afternoon of the 4th and we wanted to get out and do something so we went and hit a (HUGE) bucket of balls and then played our own little round of mini golf on the green behind us in this picture.
These pictures are actually in backwards order, he hit the ball and a split second later it was on the grass right in front of him. The ball had gone straight up and hit the bowery thing above us and that's why he's laughing. That wasn't the first time that happened either!

We also had a fun little bbq at my mom's house that night then went to the Clearfield fireworks with Drew's parents. It's been so great being so close to family and friends! I can't say I'm excited to move back to Cedar City but in a way I am. But I know when we do move down we'll be wishing we were right back up surrounded by family and friends again. Lucky for us, we've got great Cedar friends too!

LoNg PoSt!!

2009-07-01T10:20:00.007-06:00

Our second camping trip was to Washington Lake in the Uintah's, it was really really cold but fun too! We thought we'd get a little fishing in before we left so Drew and I dropped my brother Shayden off on a rock in the middle of the lake to fly fish. He was only catching the brookies.
Our dog Bella wasn't loving the canoe ride, she was crying the whole time so I got off on the shore with her and we played in the snow-YES, I said snow! She loved running through it. Drew didn't have any luck fishing either and I gave up after my line got all tangled and I had nobody there to help me besides a spastic dog. Ha ha.
For breakfast the last day we had these little boxes of cereal, bagels, or fruit and yogurt. Drew chose all of the above so I thought I'd take a picture. His football coaches are dying for him to gain weight so he's trying as much as his lightning speed metabolism will let him. He ate all those cereals he's holding, 1 and a half bagels LOADED with cream cheese, and a big bowl full of fruit. I thought it was pretty funny!
Drew was carrying Kate and dancing down the stairs to our seats but you can't tell he's dancing in this picture.
A few cute Willards :) Alissa and Kate
We went to Tuacahn in St. George a few weeks ago. We saw Footloose, which was pretty good! Except it really bugged that the girl was taller than the guy. He was a midget. But it was a fun little getaway, we swam right before, went to the play, and hit up a little late night Beto's before hittin the hay.
It was kinda hot, which explains the big shine on my face! It rained for few minutes here and there but it was nice cuz it cooled us off! Thanks Willards for taking us down there!
This was our first camping trip of the summer and it was SO FUN! We went with some of my very best friends and we just played the whole time.

Me and Shalise telling Jessica about a funny story that happened when we got up there. Remember that Shalise? Ha ha, good times!
That handgun Clay and Kristi brought was a loud sucker. Photo Op ;) Me and my honey! I love this guy, he puts up with so much of my crap and still loves me the same. What a fun person to be around. I don't have any pictures of it but after we got all packed up and ready to cook our hobo dinners it started to downpour and hail and everything, it was terrible. But Drew, being the person that he is, wasn't gonna let a little (actually a ton!) of water get in his way. He cooked everyone's hobo dinners while we all hid for cover. Thanks honey, you're awesome.

Wicked!

2009-05-03T21:35:00.002-06:00

Last Saturday I was lucky enough to go to the Broadway play, "Wicked" with the Willard girls. It was one of our Christmas presents and we've been waiting not so patiently for April 25th to come. It was seriously the best show I have ever seen, I don't know if I ever looked away from the stage. They were amazing and I would love, love, love to see it again!

While we were at that, Drew was playing in his spring football game where they split the team into red and white and he played really well! He sacked the quarterback a few times and intercepted a pass with a minute left in the game and they won 13-12. I was so proud of him but so sad I couldn't be there to watch. Now we're up North living in Roy for a few months and it's great. I love being so close to family :)

A little about me...

2009-04-21T15:50:00.003-06:00

ABC Tag:
A: Addiction ~ Double Chocolate ice cream :/
B: Breakfast (what you eat) ~ Cereal or fruit
C: Chocolate or Chips ~ Chocolate
D: Dessert or Appetizers ~ Dessert
E: Essential Items ~ Cell Phone & Chap stick!
F: Favorite Color ~ Pink & Orange
G: Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms ~ They all hurt my teeth
H: Hometown ~ Roy, UT
I: Indulgence ~ Mini Cadbury Eggs
J: January or July ~ July! I can't wait for summer
K: Kids ~ Still feel like one...
L: Life isn’t complete without ~ Drew and the rest of my fam
M: Most exciting memory ~ July 30, 2008, the most perfect day ever!
N: Number of brothers & sisters ~ 1 older brother and 3 little sisters
O: Oranges or Apples ~ Oranges
P: Phobias or Fears ~ Snakes disgust me, everything about them
Q: Quote ~ “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game”
R: Reading currently ~ Jesus the Christ
S: Summer or Spring ~ Summer
T: Tag 6 People ~ Shay, Shalise, Brea, Niki, and Sarah.
U: Unknown fact about me ~ I broke a bone 4 leap years in a row!
V: Vacation I want to go on ~ Anywhere with a beach or pool
W: Walking or Running ~ Running
X: X-Ray or Ultrasound ~ X-Ray I guess since I've had so many
Y: Your favorite Food ~ Italian!
Z: Zoo or Bowling ~ Zoo

Shay, Shalise, Brea, Niki, and Sarah, I better be reading the ABC's about you soon :)

Easter Sunday!

2009-04-16T15:07:00.009-06:00

This is my family on Easter Sunday. After church and a big, long nap we all went out back and enjoyed our Easter Egg hunt!

We had a few Easter Egg wars. That's me pelting my brother, Shayden.

My mom looks really springish, I can't believe she still went along with giving us an easter egg hunt! Bella is so big now, she loved going after all the colorful eggs and even got into the chocolate in my mom's closet before she had stuffed the eggs. She loves chocolate! Ha ha oops.

Whitney's basket got a little too full and it broke.

Tawny's happy with her Easter basket too!

After the Easter Egg hunt, Drew's family came over to my mom's house for our Easter dinner. It was so nice to not have to decide which family we'd go with. Our families are good friends so it's so great when we can all be together like that. We love our families and we are so happy when we can spend time with them! Summer is just around the corner and we can't wait to be back in Roy with them all again!

I know these aren't all lined up next to their pictures but I struggle with that. I've deleted the pictures twice now and I don't want that to happen again so use your imagination :)

New Post! New Post!!

2009-03-25T17:40:00.003-06:00

I don't have any pictures to put up :( but I will say Drew and I have had a fun time lately! We went home for Spring Break and spent some good time with our families and friends. I got to see my friends and catch up with them and that was awesome, I love you all! I got my wedding ring fixed so that diamond doesn't slide out (yikes!), I got my hair cut to my chin by one of my good friend Shari and I love it. Drew has been begging me to cut it lately because I've had short hair up until like two years ago and he missed it. Ha ha. He got to play in an alumni basketball game, which I'm not quite sure if he liked, but it was a blast from the past watching him play basketball again at good old Roy High (he he). Best of all, our jeep is finally fixed! Drew and his dad worked on that thing like crazy last week and it's running! In case any of you don't know it's been broken since we tried to drive it home after our Christmas break so this is great news. We had to leave it up there because his dad has a few finishing touches on it but we are so excited! Specially Drew, that thing is his second love.
Drew had his second outside football practice of the year yesterday and he sprained his ankle pretty bad so he's not too happy about that. Other than that we're just loving life and waiting waiting waiting for the semester to get over! And for that darn warm weather to get here.

CyD's 22nD BirThDay!

2009-03-03T13:38:00.001-07:00

I was so lucky this year because I got to have a birthday weekend! Not just a day. My mom and two of my sisters came down to Cedar to celebrate with Drew and I and we just played, played, played. They got here Friday night and we went to dinner at Winger's and got some huge asphalt pie...yum!! Then Saturday we headed down to warm St. George and went to the Fiesta Fun Center. I was dying to hit at the batting cages so we all had a few go's at it. After that we raced the go-carts, I took last place but that's only because Tawny and Whit sabotaged me and we wrecked on like the last lap..AH! But it was really fun! Then we shopped for a while at the strip mall. I got a pink can opener :) and some other fun kitchen things and some cute springy clothes. Oh, we can't forget the awesome yellow purse!!
We all worked up a big appetite and ended up at the good old Olive Garden. Like always it was yummy, then we went back to Cedar and played cards all night! Sunday was my birthday and we went to church, ate some yummy food my wonderful mom cooked, then had to say bye to the family. It was a lot of fun! We had a good old time. I love my family so much! They all are the greatest.

2009-02-18T16:06:00.000-07:00

We finally got our wedding pictures back and we're so happy with them and how they turned out. Here are a few, the rest are on my facebook page if anybody is really interesting in seeing them all :) enjoy!

2009-02-11T21:20:00.000-07:00

So on Saturday Drew and I decided to finally re-finish a dresser we bought at the DI for $45 dollars. It was an ugly yellow and brown color and I'd have to say, after lots and lots of work we made it beautiful and finally, after being married for 6 months...we have a dresser! It was a lot of work but lucky for me Drewby did most of it. I love him :) He's my sweet little valentine. Ha ha.

2009-01-22T13:07:00.001-07:00

Unfortunately Drew had to miss 3 Valentine's Days while he was on his mission so this year will be our first together since high school. I can't wait and can't believe he's almost been home from his mission for a year! I love him so much and I'm so happy to be married to him :) Happy Valentine's Day!

Christmas Time!

2009-01-06T15:41:00.000-07:00

Christmas was a blast, Drew and I got to be home with our families for 3 weeks! It was so fun spending time with all of them.
And we got a puppy! Her name is Bella and I love her. It was sad to leave her along with our families too! (She was a Bertagnolli family gift).
Now we're back in Cedar and just started another semester of school. Good news, today I just found out I might be able to graduate in the fall! Yay!

NEWBIE!!

2008-12-11T18:17:00.000-07:00

So i am a total newbie at this whole BLOG thing, but i promise i will post some pictures asap of me and my cute husband Drew!!

MuAh Cyd