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.