Date Night

Last night Mark and I went on a very fun date. First, we ate dinner at the deli at Sundance. It was delicious. We both got the Turkey-Bacon-Avocado sandwich, except I got a half, and I got the tortilla soup. Once we were done, we headed back to our car to get our jackets because it was getting cold! Then we drove up to find a trail that Brent told us about. We couldn't find it though so we just decided to park somewhere and walk around. We got out and started walking and right in front of us was the trail! We started hiking up and the view was just beautiful. Fall is just starting here in Provo, but the trees on the mountains are already turning all shades of yellow and red. We only went about half way up, but the point we stopped out had a gorgeous view. It was definitely a wonderful date night :)

Birthday

Last weekend was my 20th birthday. I'll admit that it's one of my favorite holidays and that, maybe, I reminded Mark about it for a few months prior. He would never forget though, he loves to spoil me. I woke up last Saturday to birthday decorations in the living room and all my presents from Mark on the couch. He got me a couple of cute little things, but the big ones-and my favorites, were a pink mixer for baking and blue vintage boots! I don't have any pictures of them yet, but I bet I will soon. Both things caught me by surprise because they were things I had mentioned wanting, but I hadn't talked about in a while. The best part of the whole day was that it was the first Saturday that Mark didn't have to work in a couple of months. I loved loved loved getting to spend the whole weekend with him. We got a cake from Coldstone and then we went to Chili's (my sweet in-laws sent me a gift card). Mostly though, we just stayed in and watched conference and spent time together. And while Mark went to Priesthood session, my good friend Abby took me out for a treat and gave me the most adorable scarf. It was a perfect birthday. Thanks everybody!

A great way to spend your Saturday..

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Calling all Justin Bieber fans...

I know you're out there :) Haha so I'm only a little bit embarrassed to admit that all I have listened to this week is Justin Bieber and Usher. Just a phase I'm going through.
So today was the typical Monday and I was so not in the mood for school up until I got out of the car when Mark dropped me off. This kid was just standing there smiling at me...so I smile back. He says "Do you always get dropped off?", Me-"Yep!" Him- "Oh that's cool, I'm jealous" Me-nervous laughter... Him-"So is that one of your family members or something?" Me-"um....my husband" Him-"oh".. and off he runs! Haha I was literally dying but I was trying to hold it in until he was out of sight because he already looked embarrassed enough. He looked about 16, but I guess I looked pretty young to him too! It was so funny and random it made my day to have something to laugh about before class.
Also....my hair is finally getting long.

Saturday night..

Since school has started now, I only have one job. It's somehow much less stressful being in school than it was working 40 hours a week. But poor Mark has started working 40 hours a week as well as school! It works out fine during the week, but on the weekends I miss him, and I feel bad because he comes home so tired!
Last night we decided to go to our ward activity in the canyon. This was a big decision for us because usually we are not the most social people. I think the main reason we went is because it was at Vivian Park-the place Mark proposed to me over a year ago! We mostly hung out with the kids in our Primary class, but it was fun and we are glad we went.
This morning I finally woke up and realized that I was feeling bad for myself when there are other people out there who are going through things that I just could not imagine. I read this blog and cried because I realized how selfish I have been being. So I have just decided to stop being sad. That's all.

Michael Buble song:

I'm not surprised, not everything lasts
I've broken my heart so many times, I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in, I talk myself out
I get all worked up, then I let myself down

I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought, I thought of every possibility

And I know someday that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out
And I promise you, kid, that I give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet

I might have to wait, I'll never give up
I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck
Wherever you are, whenever it's right
You'll come out of nowhere and into my life

And I know that we can be so amazing
And, baby, your love is gonna change me
And now I can see every possibility

This isn't the whole song, but I just love it. School starts on Monday and I'm sitting at home writing a talk for church tomorrow while I wait for my sweetheart to get home from work. Life is good.

Today

Some days things pile up until I feel 100 years old. And then I have to remind myself that I'm only barely creeping up on 20. I know that everyone older than me reading this is laughing at me, but you know you've been there. Days like this I start out by pouting and feeling sorry for myself, then I progress to anger that things don't work out the way I want, and then regret for not loving each day of my life the way I should. Today I have been thinking about our Prophet-Thomas S. Monson and the wisdom and faith that he constantly shows.


"On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve"

"The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility"

"Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion"

-President Thomas S. Monson

Not photogenic

Since Mark and I have been married we barely take any pictures. It's not because we do less than when we were dating or engaged. It's not because I'm not as excited to show everyone how cute my man is. The real reason is that we (mostly me) are not very photogenic. Here is our best picture from our attempt last week:
After we took this picture I remembered when we first started dating and we wanted to take our first picture together. It went a little something like this:

I'm not sure why we never asked my roommates to help out, but it sure is a funny memory!

Busy!

I should definitely blog more! I will work on that. We have been busy the past couple of weeks visiting our families! We got to go to Florida over a weekend to see my family and to be at Ben's graduation-it was sooo much fun. It was great to see my fam. and so wonderful to get to go to the beach! The next week we got to go to Texas for a whole week to see Mark's family! His brother Nick got home from his mission in Chile and we wanted to be there for that. It was so nice to be with family and enjoy some southern sun-not to mention Mark's favorite part of being there-the food! Now we are back though and slowly coming back down to reality. I FINALLY changed my name this week and we are still on the search for second jobs. Mark had an interview this morning and I have one this afternoon; I know we will find something! We had to find Rosi a new home because of all the trips we were taking and the fact that we aren't supposed to have here in our apartment anyway-it was sad, but the little girl we gave her too was over-the-moon excited. I'm kind of proud of us because I feel like we're really on our way to becoming real adults, haha!

Becky

In the spirit of Mother's Day tomorrow, this post is dedicated to my momma. This beautiful lady is exactly the kind of mother and wife that I hope I can be. She has given me the most perfect example of true love I could ever ask for. She has experienced trials that I can only pray I will never have to, but in the face of those hardships she has not only persevered, but she has grown even stronger. She has constantly thrown her support behind me in ANYTHING and everything that I go after. It's hard living across the country and I miss her very much, but I know that the (almost) 18 years I spent at home learning from her will stay with me the rest of my life, and that I will keep learning from her even while I'm not at home about being a woman, a wife, and a mother.
Thanks for being the best mom, I love you.

I'm not sure, but...

I might be the luckiest girl in the world. What other 22-year old man would put up with all my silliness, and not only put up with it, but love it? That's right, none other than Mark Wenger. He has to suffer through the pains of living with a teenage girl- the girly music, the girly movies, the (occasional) temper tantrums, but he does it happily. That, my friends is love. ♥

ETSY!

I have always loved etsy. You can find the cutest things and they are all hand-made. So I thought I would give it a try. Check out my store and don't judge! ;)

Monday

Sometimes walking through the BYU Law Building is like walking into an episode of Full House. I just want to take those poor guys aside and say "Hey Law School kid, you can study all you want, but it won't get you anywhere if you're still dressing like Uncle Joey." I wouldn't say that though, because that would be rude. Annnnd the sad thing is, they will probably never learn to wear cool clothes, but they probably will make lots of moola. Why does it seem like no one but me has their priorities straight?!

Oh, also, I love Mark.

And I'm so glad this Monday is over. 

And I have been obsessed with making headbands. I got the idea from Nicole! I will post pictures later.

Sunshine.

We are tooooo busy. But spring/ summer is oh. so. CLOSE.

Anything but homework :)

                             This is what I would much rather be doing. Funny huh? I'm actually terrible at it, but it's still fun and I get pretty mad when Mark beats me -even though he beats me 100% of the time.

I also wouldn't mind watching this. ♥

"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." -Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights





About to leave for our one year of being together/two months of being married date.



"May this be our year for enjoying the light and truth of the gospel in our homes. May our homes truly become places of refuge from the world is my humble prayer." - Elder L. Tom Perry










And last but not least...OUR NEW CAR!

Rosi

Rosi is the cutest pet ever! A lot of people are grossed out by mice, but I love them. A few months ago I told Mark about my pet mouse Bobo that I had when I was like 7 that died. I told him I wanted a new mouse when we got married, and he said no because we aren't allowed to have pets. Of course that wasn't the end of that because I am a pest so I begged him for a mouse every single day, but he still said no. So when we got back to Provo I was still begging him but just to be annoying, not because I thought he would ever give in! One day we were on our way to Target and he turned early and stopped in front of the pet store!!! I picked out the sweetest mouse with some help from Mark. I'm so lucky to have such a sweet, patient husband.

We are married! We got married on December 19, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. We are having tons of fun getting settled into our new life.