this weekend i was able to make it down to st. george and spend some quality time with my family and watch conference.
how amazing was uchtdorf’s talk on gratitude?
ahh i just loved it!
Will is away with his brothers and Dad at the NCAA basketball tournament in Dallas so I knew being with my family would be the only remedy for him being gone.
actually donuts too.
those were also a fantastic remedy.
luckily for me, my best friend and cousin rachel was down in st. george too so we were able to spend lots of quality time together.
we went on hikes, did some yoga, attempted to go running (but were just laughing the whole time), braided hair, laid out in the 60 degree weather, made birthday cake oreo cake bites, tried to escape from all our brothers who love to bully us, and drank massive amount of diet coke.
not mad one bit.
we also played a whole lot of tennis.
let’s just say there was a whole lot of LOVE going on when rachel and i were on the same team.
i promise you when i say this
there is NO ONE i laugh harder with than rachel.
how amazing is that caprese with bruschetta!
we ate at a little restaurant called breakfast at tifiny’s while the boys were at priesthood session.
i could literally write a blog post JUST about the foods i love in st. george!
including corn dogs trucks (where they dip them in honey!!), the best ice cream, the best donuts & more.
i absolutely loved everything about conference weekend!here’s to only one more day without Will
isabelle is one of the biggest blessings in my life.
she has taught me how to be patient, have a sense of humor, be humble and always generous.
at sunday dinner this past week, we all went around and said what we loved about Bella.
i said i loved her because i needed her in my life and Heavenly Father knew that.
here’s the story to explain that…
when isabelle was only an eight month old baby my mom became pregnant with me..
(we won’t go into the issue if that was a mistake or not…. )
on august 21st 1992 my mom woke up, pregnant as ever, and knew today was the day i would come.
she called my grandma to come over to watch isabelle and told my dad and other sister Eliza to hurry and grab their things so they could head up the hospital.
once they gathered their things together, my dad said that he and Eliza would go back the car out of the garage into the driveway to make it easier for my very pregnant mother.
as my dad was pulling backwards, the tire of his car ran over something he assumed to be a piece of wood …
(our house was under construction at the time)
once he felt something under the tire he pulled forward, looked to the side, saw no wood, and resumed backing out of the driveway.
as he resumed backwards, he looked forward to see the horrific sight of isabelle laying there in the driveway.. not a piece of wood.
my dad had very accidentally run over his 17 month old child.
he carried her into our house in a panic and told my mom they needed to rush her down to St. Marks Hospital.
my mom couldn’t leave her almost dead daughters sight and felt like she could wait a little longer until she went to the hospital for herself.
they rushed down to the hospital only to hear the doctors say there was no hope and that Isabelle would surely die from this tragic accident.
at that time, my dad knew he needed to give isabelle a priesthood blessing to ensure that everything would be alright.
he said in the blessing that she needed to hang out on ” because she needed to meet her new baby sister.”
prior to birth, my parents never wanted to learn the gender of any child. so right then, my dad was inspired and my mom and family learned that i was a baby girl coming into their lives that day.
after the blessing, my mom and dad needed to leave to get to Holy Cross hospital for my arrival so they trusted that both my grandpas could take Isabelle’s matters into their own hands.
my grandpas both demanded she be life-lighted to Primary Childrens Hospital so she was put in a helicopter and taken there..
that is where her life was saved.
she went through a long recovery but my parents say she never wiped her smile off her face.
she was constantly shining and happy to be alive.
my fathers blessing was so right.
she needed to wait and hold on in this life so she and i could be together.
she is my best friend. she is my light. she is my fighter.
i think it’s safe to say we started off march right!
we finally made it up to park city for our weekend getaway we were supposed to do for valentine’s!
this year our valentines was spent in our cottage with my favorite take-out and poor will still not being able to eat solid foods.
with will finally getting better, we woke up Saturday morning grabbed our donuts and diet cokes (yes, willie is now a dirty diet fan.. sucesssss!) and then headed up the canyon.
please appreciate this phone case will bought me.
addicted is an understatement..
we skied all day, hot tubbed all night, and ate at redrock for dinner.
even though there are redrock’s in salt lake, i love the one in park city.
their french onion soup is my #1!
nighttime was filled with walking park city’s main street and still managing to both really really want ice cream.
if you know me, you know that i LOVE getting to know people.
i love learning people’s stories, their weird facts, their quirks EVERYTHING.
i could sit with a stranger and talk for hours.
aaaanyways,
my dear friend ash kae from miss to mrs inspired me to do a post about ME!
so here are some fun facts::
i have a sweet after EVERY meal. even breakfast. if i don’t have one my mind can’t physically concentrate until i get chocolate.
i haven’t pierced my ears yet. probably never will.
to be honest, i think i would spend way too much money on earrings so it’s a win-win.
i stress myself out way too easily. i have an app on my phone called wünderlist where i have an overflowing list of things to do… groceries, movies to watch, books to read, recipes to try, people to reach out to etc etc. and if i don’t complete them all i literally can’t function.
unless i have hurt someone else’s feelings.. i hardly ever cry.
i currently have five different jobs.
i have two big brown freckles in my left eye.
i did a backflip on skis my junior year of high school.
i am a nerd for Dan Brown books.
i lookup anything and everything i don’t know on google
my last searches have been:
how much over budget is Sochi from the winter olympics
(answer: 14 billion. more than any other winter olympic event combined)
smallest LDS temple built
(answer: chihuahua mexico temple)
fever, swollen glands, vomiting, migraine in adults
(answer: my husband Will)
24 hour urgent cares SLC
(answer: they all actually close at 9 p.m.)
i eat an apple EVERY morning.
with heaps of whole foods honey peanut butter on it.
i knew i was going to marry Will when i was 15.
never told him that of course.
my family calls me Wivver.
because when i was a little girl i said my name was OWWIVIVA
i didn’t miss one week of sending Will a hand-written letter while he was on his mission.
i wake up in the morning excited to listen to A.M. radio in my car..
nerd alert.
actually, all of my close friends have told me that when they first met me they were scared of me and then all discovered i am actually just a big, giant nerd.i love configuring/fixing electronics and computers.
so, there’s that.
now do a post about you and tell me that you did so i can learn more about you!
but it gave me a great excuse to finally use my favorite kitchen appliance!
will has a virus that involves him only eating liquids.
so i enjoyed my half meal
my half turkey, avacado, cheese panini and half caprese salad
our half cake!
funfetti cake is quite possibly one of the greatest inventions of all time.
i licked the batter all day
oh and yes, i enjoyed this cake to myself as well thank you very much.
it was a fun idea but bummer timing considering the fact will just came down with this horrible virus.
he was supposed to come home from school and be completely surprised but him staying at home all day and not being able to eat anything put a damper on things.
yesterday i came home from a long saturday of dance to find some fresh flowers on our porch.only to realize Will bought them for me to celebrate the 25th!
ever since our first kiss was on the 25th we celebrate every 25th of every month.
but three months of marriage?
already?
how does time fly by this quick?
everyday gets better and better living the newlywed life with william
for month three, here are three facts about living with mr. will.
1. say hello to your newest netflix crazed boy.
we can watch any netflix show on our tv so let’s just say it’s embarrassing how many seasons we have watched.
all i will say is long live chuck + blairhe walks around our cottage saying “i’m chuck bass”
2. his food habits are hilarious.
i was raised in a home where we used zero butter. my mom has a phobia of butter so i have been raised without using any butter on anything!will on the other hand..
butter crazed.
i make him waffles in the morning and i think i put a half cube of butter on his waffles and he says it’s never enough.
he even puts butter under his cream cheese on his toasted bagels!
i fear he will have a heart attack at 30.3. he is NEVER in a bad mood.
he is constantly dancing, singing (both very frightening) and has a smile on his face at all times.
no matter how stressful his day is he just happy to be alive.
i thank my lucky stars every day i live with him.
definitely the best decision i have ever made.
here’s to the best day of every month. the twenty fifth.
