UNLV

Cheer has been a part of my life since i can remember...i started cheering when i was 5 years old and i don't think i will ever be finished! haha THis is my 6th year with UNLV cheer! my second year coaching and we are off to a great start! I really love all of the girls and have fun going to practice. We have such a talented team!

my hubby supporting us at our first game!

Nakia, me, & Savanna (Coaches)

I don't think i will ever be able to give it up. The week of the game we had 2 girls get hurt sooo Savanna and I had to step in for the half time performance. I must admit i had fun and I still love it even though my body hurt for a week after practicing with them again!

SJ my favorite!!

One year ago today...

This is us a week after we met!

OCTOBER 17, 2010 Steven Tidwell and Jessica Worthen locked eyes!!! I remember driving home late that night and I was soooo giggly, i kept having to tell myself that i just needed to breath and that i was out of control. So this is how the story goes. There was a big mid singles event all weekend and I was convinced by a friend to attend. It was a three day event and somehow i ended up participating in an event everyday. I told my mom that this was the last singles event i was ever going to go to because they are so awkward and none of the guys are cool. Well my friend spotted steve on sunday (she thought he was cute) so i thought i could probably hook them up. oddly enough i ended up talking to his roommate that he had given a ride to church. I had no idea they were roommates. Steve then somehow ended up in our conversation. It was turning out perfectly in my mind...now i can set him up with my friend. Well anyway they liked what they saw and invited me and my friend over that night. I wasn't going to go but last minute i decided to...anyway when i got there my friend was on her phone the whole time so steve and I just started talking and playing pool...the rest is history. Things i remember about this day: -steve telling me I have the most beautiful eyes he has ever seen -playing in the rain like little kids -laughing soo hard my cheeks hurt -feeling completely confident and secure about myself -never wanting to leave -my heart beating faster than i can even count -knowing that i could fall in love fast if i wasn't already (if you know me it doesn't take long :) -not being able to fall asleep that night -excited to wake up in the morning to see what was going to happen

This is what i came home to!!

This is us 1 year later! haha we still love each other :)

Chopped It

BEFORE

AFTER

I had a wild hair...and cut it off! It was time for a change and although i was nervous i did it!

Birthday BOY!!

AUGUST 9

Well im a little late in getting this post up but what else is new. This is the man of my dreams! He is perfect (most days) :) and spoils me to the moon. I love him and had fun celebrating his birthday with him!

This is the present he was most excited about! He is so young at heart <3

This is what our week consists of...we loved every second of it!

The Girls

If you have talked to me recently you know that I am scared to death to have children! I don't know what it is but all of the sudden "real life" just became real on Feb 5...the day i got married when suddenly everything i ever dreamed about could be happening to me! (and is happening to me!)

Well last week all those butterflies in my stomach started disappearing!

Ryan and Brittany got to go on a nice vacation and they asked steve and I if we would watch the girls. Oh my gosh what a fun week! The girls were soo great and loved hanging out with me!! I felt like a mom and I did a pretty good job at it! SOOO now im not that scared but still not ready. Although being at Kaylee's and Kensi's beaconing call I really missed mine and steve's alone time! Breakfast, lunch, dinner snacks in between, bed time stories, swimming, park, play time and naps sure do take up a lot of time and energy, by the end of the day i was exhausted and just wanted to go to bed. Steve was also exhausted so we would just go to bed!! No shows, no movies, no late night adventures that I LOVE!!

But i had many priceless moments with the girls that I will always remember and love. And I know I will feel the same way about our kids when we have them!

the 4th

well steve quit his job to take a 4th of July vacation! haha but we had a blast :) (thats kinda a joke...he just got a new job but it was perfect timing bc we got to go to the beach with his family!) We stayed up really late thursday night watching 24 and then woke up at 630 friday morning to drive to California. Newport here we come...





Friday morning we started our journey to California! I tried to stay awake but it was really early so i slept most of the way to barstow. Steve is such a good sport. Soo Barstow is a must on our way to Cali. We have always stopped there to eat at Del Taco with my family and i felt right at home when steves family said they wanted to stop there too! This Del Taco is special because they overload your tacos, all of the ingredients barley fit into the tortilla. (thats why the boys LOVE it) Its pretty awesome! Eat, Restroom break and we are back on the road! A couple hours later we got to LA, we went shopping and hung out. That night we went to an Angels vs Dodgers game. We were cheering for the Angels but they got creamed. It was still fun!






Saturday we got up early and went to the beach! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the beach and it was a perfect day. The boys dropped us off with all of our stuff and we set everything up while they went on a hunt for a parking spot. We were obviously the newbies bc we didn't come prepared with quarters to feed the meters so steve and i went on our little adventure. We have been watching Dual Survival like its our job and we are pretty obsessed. Cody (a guy on the show) hasn't worn shoes in forever and steve thinks thats awesome so he talked me into being like Cody Lundin and not wearing shoes. Since i thought we were only walking to the pier, mostly in the sand I agreed. Well once we got to the change machine we found that it was out of order! Typical :) so we walked around to different places to see if anybody would give us change. Well we ended up walking for 2 hours to a Bank of America to get enough quarters for our meter. Needless to say it was a fun adventure, my feet were very sensitive the rest of the day but it made my hunny happy! The rest of the day was full of body boarding, sun tanning, and playing in the sun. It was a perfect day!



Sunday was just as great. We relaxed on the beach with all of our friends and enjoyed playing with our nephews. We built a sand castle and steve dug a hug hole for them that they turned into a slide. They loved it. I must admit we have the cutest nephews. That night we all went to dinner together at the Outback and finished it off with Americas Cup. (a yogurt place in Cali that we love) That night ended in all of us laughing so hard that 3 of the boys threw up! it was hilarious!

Monday morning we all ate breakfast together and got back on the road. When we got home we went to lunch with Steve"s family and Nana and Papa. They were in town so we were excited to see them. Later that night we went to Worthen circle to see all of our family members light off fireworks. It was fun and relaxing.

A great 4th of July to spent with my sweetie. Since we've only known each other for 8 months we still have a lot of things to experience with each other! It is awesome!!!

Lake Trip

There is probably only one thing in my life that I will wake up at 5AM for...and that is the LAKE...I must admit that the lake is my second love. First of course being my husband, but when I went to the lake for the first time I tried knee boarding and I was in LOVE. Then I saw my cousin wake boarding and I knew i had to do it. Once my two feet hit those boots for the first time i have never looked back. It is the bomb!

Steve and I got to go to the lake for the first time together and it was fun to see each other in that environment. You know we are still learning a lot about each other since we have only known each other for seven months! haha im so grateful he is active and we like doing the same things. I know we are going to have such a fun life together! Steve did such a great job on the wakeboard (he didn't want me to show him up :) but he loves the tube and he was king of the tube! We had a blast!!!!!





Gettin' some air!!





Feeding my man like a KING!!

i hope there will be many more lake trips this summer!!!!