change the way wireframe is diplayed I have no clue what i did. In the first picture you can see what i dont want. When in wireframe mode I want to be able to have it look like it does in the 2nd picture. I have no idea what i did but i need help i am a major noob.
To optimize the viewport speed, by default Blender does not show all edges in wireframe mode.  To force it to draw all edges on a particular object, go to the object data panel of the properties view and check draw all edges under the display rollout.  



Here is an example: