What We Believe

This week the Human Rights Campaign came out with a red equal sign that has blown up all over social media sites (for those to show their support for same sex marriage). In the past days many of our friends have posted/ had discussion on this topic. I think its really easy to sit back and not say or post anything. I especially know this since I usually keep quiet on such discussions. Its not because I don't have an opinion, I just usually allow everyone else to share theirs instead. But in this case, I want to know that Sam and I put our beliefs out there. That we stood up and said, "hey, we respect how you feel, and now this is what we think." So with that being said, this is what we believe:

By believing in this it doesn't mean we have less compassion towards others (we do), or that we don't love people who choose different lifestyles than we do (we do)! It just means we share a different belief and it is our duty as the holders of this belief to stand behind it. 

Things We're Excited About

-March Madness, we love it, although our brackets are constantly on the edge of destruction
-My new planner, haven't used one since college (4.5 years)
-Decorating our soon-to-be new place
-General Conference, hoping for some answers to prayers
-Our trip to Seattle/British Columbia in May
-Summertime in our soon-to-be new backyard
-Lots of new babies this summer, 1. Nephew in May, 1. Miracle Messerly baby in July and 1. pseudo niece or nephew Swift (gender to be determined in a few weeks) due in August

Victoria, British Columbia

Spring?

Well if you live in Utah County, you know how bless we've been these past three days. We have had absolutely gorgeous, warm days. I am an optimist in thinking that the warm weather is here to stay... I'll keep that as my opinion until Mother Nature forces me to change it :)

As each month passes in our second year of marriage, I always take pause and think back to what we were doing last year. I know this is a luxury, because once the years begin to add on to one another, this may not be as easy to do. Last March I started my job at the Olive Garden. I have loved my time there, truly enjoying the work I do as well as adoring my co-workers. But my decision to go back to waiting tables was an answer to a much bigger problem we had to work through. Last March Sam and I decided to begin our cause to start a family. Sam suggested I only needed to work part time, yet we needed to find good insurance to cover the cost of having a baby. The perfect answer was the OG. But, the other obvious fact in this equation is that it has been a year, and I'm still not pregnant. I have no shame in writing this as a part of our blog, because it is a part of our history, and has been a trial we have learned to deal/work through. I've grown a lot in learning to cope with the emotions associated with this problem, but what its really boiled down to for me is that I completely trust my Heavenly Father in his timing for our family. No that doesn't make every bad day better, but it helps. Sam has been wonderful at balancing my fears and emotions with strength and calm. I guess that's all I'll write on this topic for now, but as we enter our second year I know that we are about to enter into a new stage of hardships- trying to diagnose what is wrong, that is, if anything is wrong at all.

As for other news, Sam and I are moving in two weeks, so we are about to start another journey in that as well. We'll be much closer to two of Sam's sisters families as well as his brother's family too. Although it will make for a longer commute to work, we're excited (or at least I am) to see what its like to live away from the 'bubble' of Provo/Orem.