YAY tagged again!!

OK heres how it went down in the "olden days" back in 1994

1. Where did you meet your husband?At an ASU institute Dance. Neither of us went to ASU (or even college) but we were there with friends of friends so our two little groups were side by side. I put the "come ask me to dance" eyeball on him, and he fell for it :D


2. What was the first thing you said to your husband?I have no clue. I'm sure he asked me a question like "so where do you go to school?" Typical church dance lingo ALTHOUGH: I can't help but add this......He had asked me to dance about 2 weeks after he'd been home from his mission(July) and told me he played baseball for MCC (LIE) I remembered that and that his name was Mark. So 4 months later when we were dancing again he didn't remember me but I remembered him, and in an attempt not to look like a psycho stalker, I told him that we had danced before and he's like "really? So whats my name, do you remember?" and I played it off like "Is it Matt???" LOL


3. Where was your first date?It was December 4th, 1993. He took me to see a big Nativity display these were a new thing) and to Mcdonalds (he brought candles but no candle holders LOL) and then to the movie My Life with Michael Keaton. Total tearjerker. He held my hand after the movie, and when we were driving around I had this overwhelming comfortable feeling, like I could be in his passenger seat forever. Very strange feeling.


4. Where was your first kiss?At my house when he dropped me off from our first date. I wasn't expecting it so he sort of missed, but then I caught on. LOL My mom was DYING for details when I got home (he made a VERY good first impression on my parents) She literally planned the wedding that very night. I kept saying "STOP! Don't jinx it!!" But deep down I couldn't deny it.

6. Where did you get engaged?He came to my house at 5:30 a.m. on Easter conference weekend, April 6, 1994. He crashed on the floor of my room (sorry, I wasnt getting up THAT early to hang out, sheesh!) LOL but later I understood. He had a Easter basket with a Lamb cookie jar (it sits on my counter to this day) and inside was a troll wearing a Lamb costume and in the hood was my ring. Totally his idea. He even put candy and silly putty and stuff, just like a real easter basket. We were in the basement at my parents after I got ready to go watch conference together and we were sitting on the couch when he gave me the basket and when I opened the cookie Jar he got on one knee and formally proposed. He was so nervous he even stumbled over my name. It was so adorable!!

7. Where were you married?Mesa Temple, September 23, 1994

8. How did your reception go?AWESOME! We had the reception in my parents big gorgeous backyard and stood under a lighted Tulle Gazebo that my grandpa built over the inground trampoline. We had big white tents and tons of white christmas lights everywhere. For its time, it was the bomb! Gorgeous weather, Tons of people, We didn't have a line because of our crazy parent situation, it was just us. I loved it.


9. Where was the Honeymoon?We spent 4 days at his uncles Mansion/cabin in Pinedale. It was great, but I was excited to get home and start playing house!

10. If you could have changed anything about your day what would it have been?I would have had my hair and makeup professionally done. I worked at a really nice Salon but had just started and was too shy to ask someone. We didn't get married until 3 (which I HIGHLY recommend) so I had time. I don't know what I was thinking. Also, I would have like to save my bouquet, but I wasnt' there for the clean up and it got thrown away. And I would have had someone besides my lame-o 17 year old brother videotape the reception. He filmed about 5 minutes. I have no reception footage and very few pictures after the photographer left, except for what my Aunt took for us.


SO thats the big love story. I really would not change anything, we definetly grew up together! We are so lucky!!!

Now I tag (again) Casey K, Aimee, and Sarahbear, and I double tag Jill to do BOTH surveys. HA!

What a day!!

Well we certainly sent off this break with a bang!!! LOL Dayton was SO cute at the fire station, he was surprisingly shy, I don't know what was up with that. He said his favorite part was getting the "stuff" at the end (coloring book-which has been colored to perfection, plastic hat and sticker badge) It was a fun field trip and very informative. Then it was Zoo time. We all headed out, 3 moms, 10 kids, one koala bear, and a partrige in a pear tree. LOL I thought everyone was really good the whole time. The kids were all virtually perfect and I don't remember any crying until the end when Wyatt wanted to climb to the "Hole in the Rock" which yes, its cool and all but it was 3 pm, the little ones needed naps and the moms were DONE. He got over it before we got home. It was actually the perfect thing to do because they were no trouble putting to bed on time tonight. Wyatt says he "can't memember-I want to go to school, I don't want to go to school, I want to got to school, I don't want to go to school...but I choose go to school" I think "memember" must mean "decide". Well it was a relief either way, and our packet is DONE, Woo Hoo, thanks Sadie!!!! Unfortunately, I was so tired that I forgot to do something very very very important, which I'm still ashamed of right now, I'll come clean after I have had a chance to redeem myself. Besides that, it was a great day.

I thought this tag was very cute, thanks Maddy! Nobody ever tags me, so I'm all excited now :D




What is his name? Mark
How long have you been together? Married for 13 years
How long did you date? 2 weeks, then he left for 3 months to work with his brothers in Panama, then 2 more weeks when he got back, and then we got engaged. So technically, 4 weeks
Who eats more? I can really put it away, but he can eat insane amounts of food sometimes.
Who said I love you first? I can't remember...it was one of those "Are you thinking what I'm thinking" moments
Who is taller?Mark. . .by a foot
Who sings better? If Mark would try he could probably sing better than me... but he won't so I win!
Who is smarter? Mark, dang it! But I do think I'm a better speller
Whose temper is worse? Marks temper is waaaaay worse than mine. Luckily life has beat a lot of the temper out of him.
Who does the laundry? Always me.
Who does the dishes? Always me.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If we are laying facing the ceiling I am on the right
Who pays the bills? Me-but he has to nag me to do it-It's not a good system
Who mows the lawn? Mark is supposed to but I find myself taking over every now and then
Who cooks dinner? ALWAYS me. He can only cook Wendys or Hungry Howies.
Who drives when you are together? Me, and he backseat drives me the whole way, it sucks.
Who is more stubborn?Mark is WAAAY more stubborn than me
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? What??? I'm wrong????Just kidding! lol I usually break down and send him a well worded, very thought out e-mail, and that gets the ball rolling on apologies.
Whose parents do you see the most? I'd say its even
Who kissed who first? He grabbed me and went for it on our first date-much to my surprise, but I loved it
Who asked who out? He got my number when he took me for a spin in his Jeep and called the next day.
Who proposed? Mark did an elaborate surprise Easter basket all on his own, ring and all. It was the best!
Who is more sensitive? I say me, because I'm a girl
Who has more friends? Mark definetly has more friends. He has TONS of friends. People are calling him to chat constantly. It can be irritating.
Who wears the pants in the family? When it comes down to important things, he definetly does, but I pretty much run things my way in the day to day life. If we disagreee and I get my way, I almost always end up looking stupid because he was right all along. Drat!

I loved doing this one, I hadn't thought about some of these things in a long time. I tag..........Casey K (because we all want to know more about her and Scott), Aimee, (because I miss visiting with her and Ben) and Sarahbear, (because I know she loves a good survey)And if anyone else wants to do it, We'd all love to read it!

Last day of break

I don't have much to update, but I am up in the wee hours unable to sleep. I hate that. We are just getting geared up for school again on Wednsday, it will be nice. We have had a really nice fall break. I am a little worried because Wyatt is really not wanting to go back, and I was afraid of that. He is just not interested in the schoolwork. It is hard to motivate him if it is something he doesn't want to do. I just don't think he can see the point in the schoolwork, it is not rewarding for him. We may have a few rough mornings ahead.

I have a lot of work to do over the next couple weeks. Its Cade's birthday, Halloween, making a wedding cake, (lots more pressure since its for someone else and I'm being paid for it) and getting everything situated and done before I go to Montana. I am going to have to really kill myself every day to get it all in. I will for sure be ready for a weekend away. Unfortunately I am missing a few major events while I am gone, which is a bummer but I cant do anything about it now so I just have to do what I can ahead of time. My mom says she has lots of fun stuff planned which I don't doubt, shes a busy bee and I'm sure it will be a lot of fun. Yesterday I got to go to the mall with my friend Kristi and check out the scene and got a cute new sweater from Forever 21 to take. Boy there are some cute things this season. I still need jeans and another sweater. The good thing is, there is no such thing as dressing up in Montana. Just wearing my regular clothes I will be overdressed compared to most people. I'm sure I will be unprepared for how freaking cold it is going to be.



Tomorrow is the REAL zoo day LOL. The zoo is a lot of work, it will be fun though. We are going in the afternoon after Dayton's preschool goes to the Fire station, so hopefully it isn't too hot and the animals are out.

Fresh, new life!!!

I had mentioned before how my babtsitting job seemed to be phasing out and today was the day. I guess actually Mark got me "fired" LOL thats what I keep telling him anyway. I'm sure he really appreciates that, so if you see him DON"T tease him!!! :D 2 weeks ago I was supposed to pick up the 1st grader early for early release, and I remembered, but was in the middle of finishing a hair client and couldn't go so I sent Mark to get our kids and her, which he of course forgot to pick her up. So the school called the mom and then she called me pretty upset that I had "forgotten her" (which I hadn't, but either way, I looked bad) and Mark tried to apologise profusely later and got kind of a blank "uh-huh" response. We were only a total of 20 minutes late to get her, and the little girl wasn't upset by any means, but her mom was not pleased. It was good though, we ended on good terms and still have a good relationship. So how am I feeling about all of this?? FREE!!!!! I had taken a recent pay cut and that was making it barely worth it anyway, and like I mentioned before....my life is SO much less hectic, just without that responsibility I feel 10 pounds lighter mentally. Its so great. I'll make up the $$ somewhere else, I really don't even care about the $$.


So what have I been doing with all my awesome freedom??? Well nothing yet but man I can't wait for school to ge back in now, booooya!! My main excitement is I'm really getting the itch to hit the gym and healthy eating HARD, which is quite exciting. Today I slept in again and then helped Sadie with her new job(more on that excitement later) and then out to lunch with my friend Kristi and her daughter and to see Hairspray while the boys (she has 2 boys too) saw Transformers. Hairspray was even better the second time, mabe because I have the soundtrack now and I knew the songs better or something, but I totally LOVED it! I think the gym should have a Harispray dancing class where we can go and shake it to 60's music and do the fun Mambo and mashed potato for an hour. That would be the funnest workout. Cheesy, but fun! Yes, I am a total total nerd deluxe!

So the new job. My neighbor Heather asked yesterday if the kids (Cade and Sadie, mabye Cooper as assistant) would be interested in walking their 2 dogs 3 times a week for an hour each session. Heck ya!! An opportunity to be responsibe, pay tithing, save and have Christmas money, you betcha!! Cade was at a sleepover so I supervised the first time out this morning. It was fun, the dogs are BIG ( a chocolate lab and a 5 month old great dane puppy) and we ran them to death. They are really good dogs. Maggie (the lab) comes when you call her and Moe (the dane) just sticks to her like glue. It was great. The kids love it because they want a dog so I'm like "there ya go". This will be interesting, for sure. I really want to take a step back from it and let them handle things without me micromanaging things.

So thats all that has been happening. I changed all my summer bedding out to fall stuff ( I even flipped my mattrass myself) and stayed up all night till 5:30 am cleaning (although you'd hardly know it now after tonight!) and tomorrow we might go to the zoo, so I'm looking forward to chillin in my bedroom with all my recorded shows and zoning out for the rest of the night. YAY!!