answers & winners...

The game is over! And we have a tie for first place: Brittney and Meaghan! Both of you missed 3. Actually, my mom only missed 3 too... but she raised me, so I figured that didn't count.


Congratulations!!! This was a tricky quiz, so you two did awesome!

Now for the answers... and explanations:



1. Right before Mark left for his big trip to Hawaii a couple years ago, Mark went to Master Cuts and had his hair shaped into a mullet. He sported a mullet around Hawaii for a few days before shaving it all off. True. Mark thinks he is Mr. Funny Pants. I thought he was joking about doing this. Then he showed up to surprise me at work and he looked like a nerd from the 80's. It was terrible. Then he shaved it off. Thankfully!





2. Mark first introduced Shannon to his parents, and she was really shy and hardly said one word to them. False. Mark introduced me to his grandpa first! I didn't meet his dad until we had been a couple for a few weeks! But I was really shy. But I talked.

Here we are on the day I met his family for the first time!
and Mark is holding his nephew, Mikey, who was just born!

*Note: Almost every single person missed this question! The trick word in this question was parents. I didn't meet Mark's mother until we had dated for 2 years!




3. Chris and Mark would go skateboarding at night, and one night Mark went down Cherry Hill and Mark fell off the skateboard doing about 25-30mph and scraped up his knee and shoulder. False. Mark wrote this one, and it was really tricky. It was actually Brittney's husband, Chris, who fell off his skateboard. But Brittney got it RIGHT and knew it was her husband!! Way to go!


4. Mark had to have stitches on his head after jumping up too high in his garage and banging his head on a beam. He now has scars. True. I wasn't around for that one. That was before my time.



5. Mark was suspended once from high school after he beat the pulp out of a guy for ripping his shorts in the gym. True! Mark would tell the story better, but there was a jerk in his PE class. He ripped Mark's favorite soccer shorts. And, if you know my husband, he loves his soccer shorts. So Mark beat him up. But the teacher turned around and let him do it!



6. When Mark first met Shannon, he was positive that she sported a perm and was in awe of her curly hair. True. Although that wasn't actually the FIRST thing Mark thought when he saw me... ahem...



7. Shannon's first impression of Mark was that he was rich and popular. True. Definitely 100% true. At church, he talked to everyone. And he was always really funny. So I just watched him from afar and thought how cute, and unattainable he was.





8. Shannon played Goldilocks in Kindergarten and was nicknamed Little Miss Sunshine that same year. True! I was full of smiles, happiness, and extremely talkative in Kindergarten.




9. On their first date, Mark told Shannon that he could see himself marrying her. False. Doesn't that sound dreamy though?! He actually told me this a week into our relationship. I was his FIRST girlfriend ever. So he didn't want to rush into things TOO quickly. Haha...

us - a week into our relationship
at a Copeland concert in Nashville

*Note: EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU missed this one!! You all must think Mark is Mr. Romance!!



10. Shannon spent her middle school years obsessing over Super Mario I & III and dedicated all her time into seeing just how many lives she could obtain and how many times she could beat the game. True. I had no life back then. And I still have no life.

CONGRATULATIONS, AGAIN, TO THE WINNERS!

we live on the bandwagon.

We practically just live on the back of the bandwagon. Copying our dear bloggy friends is right up there on our Favorite Things To Do list.

Ahem.

So we have prepared a little quiz to see which of you can guess our life history the best.

Because there is no way you would know any of these facts to be true or false unless, well, you grew up with me (or Mark). And the only bloggy reader that can say that is my sister. And she only "sometimes" reads my blog. (Can you believe it?! Only sometimes!!! Sigh!)

Just leave a comment (Hit comment right under my post. And sign your name. Or don't. Some of you like to be Anonymous.. so whatever floats your boat!)

There are only 10 questions, so just let me know which you think are TRUE and which are FALSE. And I'll reveal the answers tomorrow.





1. Right before Mark left for his big trip to Hawaii a couple years ago, Mark went to Master Cuts and had his hair shaped into a mullet. He sported a mullet around Hawaii for a few days before shaving it all off.

2. Mark first introduced Shannon to his parents, and she was really shy and hardly said one word to them.

3. Chris and Mark would go skateboarding at night, and one night Mark went down Cherry Hill and Mark fell off the skateboard doing about 25-30mph and scraped up his knee and shoulder.

4. Mark had to have stitches on his head after jumping up too high in his garage and banging his head on a beam. He now has scars.

5. Mark was suspended once from high school after he beat the pulp out of a guy for ripping his shorts in the gym.

6. When Mark first met Shannon, he was positive that she sported a perm and was in awe of her curly hair.

7. Shannon's first impression of Mark was that he was rich and popular.

8. Shannon played Goldilocks in Kindergarten and was nicknamed Little Miss Sunshine that same year.

9. On their first date, Mark told Shannon that he could see himself marrying her.

10. Shannon spent her middle school years obsessing over Super Mario I & III and dedicated all her time into seeing just how many lives she could obtain and how many times she could beat the game.

October?!

Mark just called me his "sweet October"

because "that's when autumn arrives and looks so beautiful"


online dates with my man are the best

well, except for real life dates, I mean. those totally rock.

Secret Life!

I love to use my blog to plug my favorite things. So today, I would like to share one TV show that I absolutely love.

Let it be known that I do not watch much television. 95% of the stuff I watch is "non-fiction" - and TLC and Discovery Health are my two favorite channels. I primarily stick to parenting and health shows. But I do sometimes really love good-ol' fiction stuff, like Army Wives, and - the show that I'm choosing to show off today - The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

I found this show last year, and I can't get enough of it. It's on ABC Family (another channel I loooove!) And it is actually written by the same writer as 7th Heaven. I'm sure you remember that adorable show about the preacher and his wife and their 7 rowdy children.

I primarily love this show because I love children. Don't get me wrong. But I also love it because it shines new light into teenage pregnancy. Teen pregnancy has been on the decline for the last two decades. Until very recently. It's hiking back up. But Secret Life shows teen pregnancy in reality, along with marital problems, teen problems.. and, well, it's really accurate.

Plus, the writers of the show are practically SCREAMING "Wait till you're married to have sex!!!" So, it's all good.







this show is amazing. you will not be let down.

And, plus, it's only 1 measly hour out of your life. Season 3 premiers this Monday at 7pm on ABC Family.

And don't be worried that you've "missed too much" because we're already into season 3. Amy just had the baby, so you haven't missed much!


Come back and thank me once you're addicted to Secret Life.

all better!

somebody learned how to swing today


and somebody decided that he did not like the slip and slide

(click on this picture to see his sad little face!)

but his brother is a fish! and he can't get enough of the water.

see?



but for now, one month away from being a full year old...


H is content to be a land animal for now!




PS -- C is happy to announce that his most favorite Aunt (me!) is all better! yippie!

blaaaah.

Dear Bloggy Friends,

I'm still sick.
I was up all night.
And I felt like a knife was jabbing my stomach.
I was nearly in tears.
Begging my mom to take me to the ER.
I took some finnigrin to knock me out.
And it did.
And I slept. and slept. and slept.
All day long.
So I have nothing to blog about today.
Because I'm still sick with this stupid stomach bug.
And I'm so over it.
I just want to feel like myself again.

random shot of PM