Being Happy Doesn't Mean Everything's Perfect. It Means You've Decided to Look Beyond the Imperfections!

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I'm so sorry to all the wonders, readers, supporters, friends, and followers... I have been absolutely terrible at this whole blogging thing! I promise to be better! Life the past few months has been crazy! So here's the update! I finished my last semester of nursing school! That's right.... I'M DONE! I am officially a graduate nurse! This is a dream I have had sense I was 12 years old. I had a few eye opening experiences at that age which convinced me that a Nurse was what I wanted and was meant to be!! It has been one of the hardest and most rewarding journeys I have ever gone through and I still can't believe that this dream of being a nurse is finally a reality! I'm loving this honeymoon phase I am in and never want it to end! I take my boards in a week which gives me my license to work... I'm nervous but know there's no putting it off... I just want to get it over with! I have a few awesome job interviews lined up and I'm nervous but excited to see how it all works out! I'm so loving this! Nathan started one of two of his very last semesters of business school! He is so close to being finished and we can not wait! He has been having interviews all month and we are getting so excited for him to finish school and start one of these great jobs lined up! Life seems to be looking up for us in the career and school department but there's always the family business on the back of our minds that seems to put a damper on things. We are still waiting to find out the results of Nate's surgery! If it helped or not. If you don't remember, our odds are pretty high but still you never really know and can't really deviate from gods plan. We go in this next month to re-draw lab work and figure out a plan... they promise a real plan this time but hah... it seems to never go as planned! Without knowing our results, we have been persistent about watching and trying on our own but still nothing.... It's so much work! But at least it's fun! (Wink wink) I don't know why we go through trials but I know there is always a reason and everything in life has a purpose. Nathan and I have a personal goal to go to the temple at least once a month... we have stayed true to that goal sense being married and can definitely see how it blesses and plays a role in our lives and marriage. So we went to the temple a couple of months ago with a few personal questions in mind and the whole time I just balled like a baby! I balled because I knew the answer to my questions even before going to the temple... My answer was to stop worrying about it! I was doing all that I personally could and now I needed to be patient and have faith! It's the same answer every time and I knew better! Just be patient! It's not easy and some days are much more difficult than others but we're trying! One certain question Nate and I both asked was well..... ADOPTION?! I have always loved the idea of adopting even before being married but one of the questions I asked in the temple was if adoption is right for us? Nathan and I both felt good about it and have been looking into it!  I know that there are many reasons as to why we can not have a baby right now and maybe one of those reasons are because there is a little one out there that we need to find first! We are both excited but it will be a long process and we want to get our next lab results before starting that process. I have had so many thoughts running through my head the last few months and I was letting them consume me and get me down! One great blessing about going to the temple is how it clears your mind and makes you think straight! Nathan and I decided right then and there that we were done worrying! Worrying is so silly and just like everyone else, We still have our days but we're done! We decided to be happy and enjoy what we have now! We know that there is a time for everything and as each day moves on, things move a little closer! In the mean time, Nate and I started a bucket list of things to do together! We are so excited about our little list! It gets bigger all the time and both Nate and I LOVE crossing one of our adventures off and love even more doing them! It is such an accomplishment and we feel like we are living life and loving every minute of it! Life is too short to worry and we figure that we are doing our part and the rest will fall into place when the time is right, whether it's through adoption or IVF... either way Life is good and it's meant to be and we'll keep you up on our progress. I'm sure that we will continue to have our ups and downs because that's just part of life! But at least we have each other and our own agency to choose how to live! Happiness starts with you, not with your relationships, not with you job, not with your money, but with you! Happiness is a Choice! Being Happy Doesn't Mean that Everything is Perfect... It means You've Decided to Look Beyond the Imperfections! It's your choice! I know that I will have to continue to remind myself, especially when times get hard but today and always we choose to be Happy!

(P.S the pictures above are recent! I am always getting new pictures taken of us because "US" is what I cherish most in life and I can't get enough of... So there will always be a lot!)