marc and michelle

Ode to Marc and Myself

I got tagged by Lindsay a few days ago...so have fun getting to know Marc and I a little better (Oh and check to see if I tagged you at the bottom...but if I didn't mention you and you are interested in doing this...consider yourself tagged!  It is a lot of fun.).

My Husband...

-What is his name? Marc Andrew Rasmussen

-How Long have you been together? We have been married for 2 1/2 years (June 5th is our wedding anniversary)

-How Long did you date? Our first date was October 2003. Marc graduated in December of 2003. He then moved to the East Coast to work. We saw each other about every other month and talked on the phone or wrote emails CONSTANTLY! He then moved back out to Utah (to let me finish school and get married). We got engaged in February 2005 and got married in June 2005. (So we dated for almost 2 years)

-How old is he? Lets just say he wouldn't want anyone to know how old he is. I think he may have robbed the craddle and is a little embarrassed by our age difference. :) His birthday is is December 21st.

-Who eats more? I'd say we are in pretty close running for this one! We both REALLY like to eat.


(In all my pregnant "chubby" glory...and still eating)

-Who said I Love you first? I did, but in my defense, Marc was trying to say it in every way possible and fumbling all over himself to try to get it out...without really having to say it. So I saved him and just said it and then he smiled and said it too.

-Who is taller? Marc he is 6 ft. tall

-Who can sing better? Its probably a toss up. I had voice lessons and did choir in in Jr. and High School....but Marc just naturally sings well. The little show off. :)

-Who is Smarter? DEFINITELY marc! You think I could survive the classes he had to take for Dental school...no stinkin' way! We both have different areas where we are smarter, but he was the one that graduated BYU with 3.9....and we just won't talk about my GPA at BYU. If you want to compare our High School grades than hands down I win that one! :) Yea for Me!

-Who does the laundry? I would say I do, but just yesterday Marc did our laundry. Usually, I do the laundry and we both end up folding it in the evening.
(He is also a master baby bundler)

-Who pays the Bills? I do. It's best that I know where the money is going, since I am the one spending all of it.

-Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are standing up looking at the bed, than I sleep on the right side. We have always slept this way. We have talked about switching sides a few times, but it just never feels right.

-Who mows the lawn? Well, we don't exactly have lawn...but during the summer Marc helped mow the lawn around my parents house and then at my Dad's apratments. And when we do have lawn...that job can MOST DEFINITELY be his.

-Who cooks dinner? Currently we eat at "Janae's Cafe" (my mom cooks for us) every night, except Thursdays...when I cook. However, Marc really loves cooking, so in the future we might share this job.

-Who drives? Mostly Marc. I hate driving with Marc in the car, I feel like I make dumb mistakes and drive him crazy. I do drive though when he has some studying or something to do, while we are headed somewhere.

-Who is more stubborn? Me. Marc is usually the one to agree with everything I say...even if I am not right. But then when he really believes in something he will dig his heels in too.

-Who kissed who first? Marc kissed me. Who me ever kiss a boy?! Never! I was way too shy and nervous to kiss a boy, seriously.

-Who asked who out first? Marc asked me out to dinner, I told him yes and then called him back and said no. I had a roommate who really liked him and I didn't want to have a bad relationship with her, but I also felt really bad turning Marc down. It took a long time for Marc to ask me out again, but eventually we did go out. He took me to the Bombay House for dinner and then over to his sister and brother-in-laws apartment at Wyview.

-Who Proposed? Marc. I knew it was coming because when we bought the ring I was there, but I also wasn't sure exactly what day he would do it. I knew what day the ring was supposed to be done, so that day Marc took me out to dinner at P.F. Changs and then told me we were just going to go pick up the ring together. When we went to get the ring they said it wasn't done yet (wink, wink). But Marc decided that we should still go out to Utah Lake (one of our first dates we went out there with breakfast and read children's story books) and talk about our goals and things for the future. While out there he got down on both knees and proposed!

-Who has more friends? Me. Marc is always asking me how I know someone or was shocked at all the people I would say "Hi" to on BYU Campus when we were going to school (It helps when half your high school goes to BYU). :) However, Marc is really good at making friends. he has a way with letting people know he is interested in them and getting to know people quickly.

-Who is more sensitive? Probably Marc. Don't tell Marc I told you this, but he is always one to tear up at a good movie.
-Who has more siblings? Equal. We both have 5 children (counting ourselves) in our families.

-Who wears the pants? I am pretty sure that we share them. It seems most decisions are made by us talking together, but we can both be VERY indecisive (take dental school for example...still no decisions and we had to put down two deposits at different schools, so we can think about it a little longer. Pretty bad I know.).

I sure do love my husband and am so grateful for his example and for our relationship!

I am now tagging...Amy M., Melissa W., Mitzi R., Liz E., Katie D., and Megan H. (once again, just because I didn't mention your name doesn't mean you are of the hook.  If you are reading this and would like to do it...then you have been tagged!).