Best 26th Birthday Ever!

It was my 26th birthday this week, it was so wonderful! I took the day off and Mark and I went to Phoenix for the day. We had no idea what we would do there and everyone we asked for cool sugestions had nothing to give! So we decided to go where ever with no plans, which turned out to be a great idea! We went to Encanto park, which turned out way to hot, so we left. But we came across a beautiful neighborhood and had fun dreaming of owning one of the homes on the historic street. We then went to the scottsdale mall and spent 5 hours looking around and shopping. We even took a nap in the mall! We decided to sit down for a bit and ended up falling asleep on the comfy couches...we were tired ;) For dinner we went to this pizza resturant called Cibo's, we almost missed the place because it was in a neighborhood in a house. It was a beautiful home and amazing pizza! Definitly a do over! Overall the day was fun because it was just mark and I. As long as we are together, we are having an amazing time! I got Rock Band 2 from mark for my birthday, the in laws got me an amazing fancy new camera so I can get into photography and grandma O got me tickets to the goo goo dolls concert. My mommy gave me lots of new accessories and clothing, always nice to have a fashionable mommy to help you pick out cute things. I had a great birthday and an amazing week, best 26th birthday ever!

We like change!

Looks like this season is going to be full of new begginings. I finally got that raise I was hoping for, a whole .29 cents...which doesn't seem that impressive, but that is about 600$ more a year. Better then nothing, right? right.

Mark and I have decided to be extra physically active this season, and forever more. We are working out every day, no matter what! Mark is working with a personal trainer, and doing some of the gym classes with me. I love having a gym membership, so helpful. We have been going to spin classes and I love them, I want to certify and teach spinning someday...I think I can do it. I am also running again, and I am up to 1.5 miles in 12 min without stoping, so I am on the right track. I am hoping to get myself to 5 miles non stop by the end of june.

I have volunteered to be part of my works month of fitness and weight loss by joining the 'biggest loser' challenge. if I lose the most weight in the month of may out of 10 people, then all of the money raised will go to my favorite charity, I have chosen 'casa de los ninos'...I am excited and nervous! I don't like to have others depending on me to lose weight, but it is really good motivation :)

We went to the pima county fair this past week, it was a lot of fun, and a good way to kick off our fitness month ;/ Mark and I ate so much fair food...it was awful! but the next day we started our new goal of getting in shape. It was worth it :) So far this month is looking great...guess we will just have to live it and see :)

Spring is Here!

I have not written this in a while, but that's okay, I doubt anyone is actually reading it anyways. We will just call this my little marriage journal.

Mark and I are coming up on our 7 month aniversary, but it feels like we have been married for years. I was thinking yesterday driving home from work, how I have never enjoyed being with one person so much in my life, which is kind of crazy for me. There is not a moment that we are not laughing and having fun talking with each other. He is a wonderful husband, and I find myself being very lucky to have him.

We are teaching primary together now! I am so happy to finally be teaching with him, I will be honest in saying that I have never been so happy being released from a calling then when I was released as choraster to be with Mark. We teach the valient 9 class, which is 9-10 year old boys. They are so cute and it is such a fun class! I love teaching primary, and the coolest thing is that we get to see these boys grow up. hopefully they will always remember us as their cool teachers :)

I am still working at APAC, though I am feeling a little burnt out. I just need a vacation or a raise to help motivate me. Otherwise I might be looking for a new job after I reach my year mark in september. I love my job, but I just don't feel like I am being challenged enough anymore. Mark finished up his golf season well, he played in almost all the tournaments and managed to place in the top 5, which is really good. Now he is going to practice hard this summer so he can play in the tucson amatuers. It stunk to have him gone to play in the tournaments, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make for his happiness, I am very proud of my little golfer.

I have a new hobby now, it is going on nature walks and taking pictures of the things I see. be it people, buildings or all things nature. It is a great way for me to forget about work and stresses and focus on just how beautiful this world is! I am also going to try scrapbooking the pictures I take, but I think I will wait to scrapbook till I have the money to support the habit. I bought a couch too finally! it is beautiful, and I got a great deal on it! Plus Ana gave us her old kitchen table, so our place is finally looking like a home instead of a bachelor pad. Now just to get into a house! that will be the ultimate goal. If I get that raise, then maybe that goal will be closer in reach.

Well, Mark and I are very happy, life always has it's trials, but I can never say I am not blessed. Heavenly father is really looking out for us and we have always been taken care of. I am very grateful that divine design put mark and I together, because I could have never been happier then I am now.

We need a vacation!

Actually...I NEED A VACATION...Mark just has to go with me.

Life has been good to mark and I. We are very blessed and I should be very grateful for everything the lord has given us. However, I just want a vacation with mark so I can learn to breath again! I love my job, but lately it has been stressing me out! Our recruiter was fired back in January, so since then I have been playing the recruiter until they find someone to take it's place. I thought it would be a good way to gain experience, but all it is, is making me spend longer hours at work and piling on the work load with the same amount of pay. I have been trying to get the guts to ask for a pay raise...but I don't want to seem whinny. So, I have decided that in for memorial day weekend, mark and I are going to go back to our honey moon spot in San Diego and finish our honeymoon (since we only got two days.) Otherwise, I am going to pass out with ulcers in my stomach (which I think I might have, cause my stomach has been hurting lately)

Now that I am done venting...marriage is the best and I married the best man in the world! Mark is just so good at making me feel better and making me feel loved. He is competing in golf tournaments these days and is planning on being gone during spring break to play in a tournament in Phoenix :( I will miss him terribly! But I guess I need to get used to it. He is planning on playing in the Tucson Amateur this fall, so I know he will be practicing his bum off. All in all, life is good...until you take it to seriously.

P.S...I love mark

5 months down, a whole eternity to go...

It has been a whole 5 months since mark and I married and it feels like so much longer! That is a good thing by the way. We are very happy and everyday is more fun then the last. Mark is still going to school and looks like that will be the 5 year plan till he finishes medical school. He is still playing golf for pima and has hopes of going pro someday. I am working as an HRA for a company called APAC customer services inc., I LOVE MY JOB! I come home exhausted everyday and I LOVE IT! I get to work with people to make their lives happier and I get to find jobs for people while gaining new perspective on life everyday! It is seriously a blessing to have this job and I really lucked out in getting it.

I am now the corester for relief society, which was a big bummer because I wanted to be a primary teacher with Mark...that would have been so much fun! We would have had a blast teaching together! but I guess I get to learn a new skill.

We have established a tradition. Every tuesday we go to famous sams for their 35 cent wing night, we have been going since we got married and have made friends with the waitresses, so they give us some hook ups. We also have our official date night every friday, which will NOT be ruiend after we have babies...we will love our children, but not that much :)

Speaking of babies...I am not pregnant yet. yesssss!

Well, that is the update for now!

Wedding & Honeymoon

I have not written in this blog for a long time! But since I don't feel like going to bed, thought I would put in some updates.

So, we are now officially married...YAY!! The wedding was wonderful, and my sister Ana did a great job planning the reception. The entire sealing I was so focused on not crying, that I hardly paid any attention to what was said! Probably not such a good thing, but hopefully my family can tell me when I need it. It was such a relief to finally be married to Mark. Oh how I love that man! We took pictures outside the Temple, but it was so dang hot outside! We were sweating so much and the kids did not want to stay very long, so I didn't get as many as I would have liked. And the photographers film was damaged, so some of the pictures were lost...so hopefully I don't end up with altsimers disease and I will always remember our wedding day.

We had part of our honeymoon directly after the sealing. We stayed at a very nice hotel in pheonix for the night, and got the honeymoon sweet (oo la la!) My favorite part was the rose petals on the floor leading to the bedroom where our sheets had rose petals in a shape of a heart and porno music playing in the background...hilarious!! That was a fun night :)

The reception was beautiful and exactly the way I always wanted it! I had beautiful flowers, a beautiful cake, beautiful canopy and a beautifly handsome husband! Other than being married to Mark, my favorite part of the whole event was finally having my brothers and sister all together agian, the first time in 7 years! It was so much fun to dance and laugh with my brothers again!

As for the honeymoon. Mark and I had to wait two weeks to go, because that is when I could get some time off from work. We went to sandiego and enjoyed the sun and ocean! We will live in sandiego someday...I AM CERTAIN! We rode the rollercoaster at mission beach and mark was scared for his life! haha what a weenie! It was so much fun to be just the two of us and to know that even though we had to go back home to reality, we were at least going to do it together!

Graduated and Ready for life!

I am now a graduate with a Bachelors in Sociology for Brigham Young University Idaho! It feels great to be finished with classes. I am going to be working in the human resources departement for a company called APAC, which should help to bring in the bacon till Mark finishes school. I am now home, able to be with Mark, our long distant journey apart is over and now we can focus on the rest of our lives together. We are hoping to find a house, since the market is so low right now and Obamas tax break for new home buyers, it seems like the best time to get into a house. There are less then 2 months left till the wedding and we are feeling the pressure of getting everything set for our future marriage, but whatever happens, happens...at least that is what Mark tells me. For some reason, I am not as stressed as I thought I would be? Everyone else around us seems to be stressed out for us, but Mark and I don't understand what all the fuss is about the wedding and the marriage...can't we just be happy and let that be enough? We are not getting married to have a wedding, we are getting married to share a life together. Everyone is different, Mark and I are very laid back people (him more than me) and whatever does not happen, we will live without.