What a weekend!

We plan to have a relaxing weekend every weekend and it seems that every weekend our plans change and we do more running around then we do relaxing. On Saturday Mark and I both agreed that the one thing we were going to do no matter what was to sleep in. We both get up at 6am during the week and so by the weekend we look forward to sleeping in. So I was dreaming of sleeping in like I did when I was living at home with my parents. I was going to sleep in till 11 am and if I was lucky I would sleep till 12pm. You can only imagine how sad I was when my internal alarm clock went off at 7:30am. I guess you could say I hit the snooze bar until 8am. Then I lay in bed trying to fall back asleep till 9am. I hate being on this teacher schedule! I want to go back to my single ways of sleeping till noon. I rolled out of bed at 9am, with Mark and helped him clean up the house.
After all the cleaning was done we decide to run a few errands. We went to Provo to Losee Jewelers to see if they could solder my ring. We have been meaning to do this since we got married. Then we left there and headed to American Fork to check out the local pawn shop. Mark has been looking for a rifle for a few weeks now. I told him I would buy him one for Valentine’s Day if he found one he liked. So we have been going from Cabelas, To Sportsman’s Warehouse to every pawn shop around town trying to find a good deal and a good gun. All we seemed to find was overpriced items or nothing at all. So we decided we would wait and I would get him something else for Valentines.
I noticed this pawn shop in American Fork on Tuesday on my way to the district offices and I told Mark about it. We decided to check it out on the weekend. We were very pleased with this pawn shop. Not only did they have a great selection they also had some great prices. We found Mark a new rifle for $350 dollars. Not only did we get the gun for this price, it came with a scope also. We were very lucky to stumble across this deal.
We decide that we should take the gun out west and shoot a couple of rounds to see if it was worth the money. We gathered up Mike and Becky, Cameron and Tait, and our friends Shannan and Erica and went out west to shoot the guns. We got out there kind of late but the guys were still able to shoot a few rounds. It was a lot of fun despite the snow freezing temperatures and all the mud.
After our shooting adventures we went with the Mack’s to Outback Steak House for dinner. The wait was long but the food was great! Plus we were able to sit next to the bar and have some free entertainment. It was fun to be able to watch a group of people sit up to the bar and be completely shy and only talk with the group they came with. Then after a few drinks it seemed as if everyone was there friend and they thought everyone wanted to talk to them. We even had a guy strike up a conversation with us about the Super Bowl (at least that’s what we think he said it was a little slurred).
Even though we didn’t have the relaxed day at home that we seem to plan every weekend, we had a lot of fun. Now we plan to relax today. After church, we made our new favorite treat, Pretzel Bites. We found a great recipe on the internet for pretzels and they taste just like the ones you buy at the mall!

Valentine Tag

How long have you been married? 6 months
How long did you date? We dated for about a month and a half and were engaged for 4 months.
How old is he? 27
How old are you? 22
Who eats more? He does.
Who said "I love you" first? I did.
Who sings better? He does. Mark can play instruments so he can hear the notes.
Who is smarter? We are smart about different things. Mark is great at math and cars and the technical more complicated problem solving things, and I can do the more elementary things.
Who does the laundry? We both do. Mark is very good about putting a load of laundry in. I did it more when I wasn’t teaching.
Who does the dishes? I do them because I’m home more, but Mark is very helpful and is always chipping in.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Mark does. There was no compromising on this issue when we got married.
Who pays the bills? I mostly do, but he helps when I make him!
Who mows the lawn? When we get a lawn mark will because he wants a big yard.
Who cooks dinner? I do most of the time because I plan the menu, but mark is very good about making it when I’m busy with school. My Favorite has been beans and franks!
Who is more stubborn? Mark is. When he’s right he’s right!
Who kissed who first? Mark kissed me. Even though he wasn’t going to kiss another girl until they had dated for at least a year I think we lasted two weeks.
Who asked who out? Mark asked me out after Mike told him in a text that I had a crush on him.
Who proposed? Mark purposed on my parents couch after I ruined the surprise twice in a row.
Who is more sensitive? I am. Mark will tell you some days I just have to cry and I don’t know why.
Who has more friends? We both have the same amount.
Who has more siblings? Mark does. Mark has two brothers and two sisters and I only have a brother and a sister.
Who wears the pants? Mark leads the family but we come up with the final decision after we have discussed things.
Who are you tagging? I’m not because I’m late getting this up and Valentine’s Day is over.

I'm back for a few more days!

I'm sure all of you have been wondering what the heck has Rosie and Mark been up to for the past 6 weeks. Well the answer is school and work.
Mark has been very busy the past few weeks with work. Since we have had a true Utah winter this year, Mark has been very busy with all the wrecks out on the road.
There have been some days that he leaves the house at 6 and doesn't return home till 8.

I have been student Teaching at Northridge Elementary School.
I just finished up with the 5th grade and started today in Kindergarten. I have loved my experience so far. My day has consisted of coming home by 4:30 and beginning the lessons for the next day. Then when Mark comes home we eat whatever we can find or make quickly and then Mark will help me cut out quadrilaterals and parallelograms for the next math lesson or he helps grade the homework. I wouldn't have been able to get through this experience without him. He has defiantly been my lifesaver.

Needless to say I am ready for my house to get back to normal and our life to get back to normal, as normal as life can get! We both look forward to the weekend where we try to take it easy and get things done, so we will be ready for the following week. I hope when I get my own classroom life won’t be this crazy but I’m afraid that won’t happen until I have been teaching for at least 5 years. Until then I'll do my best to keep you posted on our life events.