Changes

oh my goodness,
We have been so busy this past year, my blog is not the only thing i have
been putting off for so long either.. so many things i have not been able
to get to that i love and enjoy ..

But that is life, most everyone can agree i'm sure.. and i don't
even have kids.. so cheers to all of you with a zillion things going on and still making
time for the things you love to do for yourself! You rock!

There has been so many changes and new things happening over here,
i do not even know where to start..

First of all i will just start and say that there has been life changing decisions made,
huge lifestyle changes and just a lot of changes in general in our life this year so far..
good changes, but very hard and challenging changes.

Christian has always wanted to go into exercise science, but really did not
ever communicate which way he wanted to go with his degree. With working full time
and supporting us and going to school, it was taking a toll on his body and mind.
working 12 hour graveyard shifts then school, I would never hear him complain
or grieve. But i could tell how much stress he had with wanting to excel and mentally could not

We often would talk about school and he would always feel doubtful of his ability to actually do
what he wants to do, which is go into Sports Medicine (med degree).
Doubting himself he would tell me he will just go to physical therapy school.
It made me sad to think he thought this way about himself and that he had these doubts..

so i prayed and really took some time to think about our future. I took Christian
aside one night and told him that I strongly feel that he needs to quit his job and
go to school full time and really put everything he has into doing what he wants to
do with his life. At first he disagreed with me, knowing that i would struggle to
provide for our family by myself. But as we talked i told him everyone has
there struggles in life, whether we struggle now or later in our life is our choosing
 and I know that this is the right decision for our family and our future.

So we moved into a old cheap apartment, Christian quit his job, and here we are.

So with that said, it has been hard and we have been struggling.. but it has made us so much
stronger and love each other more than we knew we could. If we did not have each other
we would never push ourselves to be the best we can. And one day our struggling will pay
 off and we will look back at these times and remember how hard they were but
how sacrifices make us so much more grateful for each other and everything in this life.

And just FYI (because i like to brag) Christian is kicking some major butt at school this semester.
and i only brag because he is taking anatomy at UVU and its insane.. but he loves learning it and is
doing so well!

We have a very long road ahead with this but i can see him get more excited about it and
 it makes me really happy!

** other changes:  I have changed  my health and eating lifestyle this year.. clean eating,
and exercising 6 days a week. It has been hard but I never knew how much
self control i had. It might not seem like a huge change, but oh boy it is!
Meal prepping and food guidelines.. i have learned so much in the 3 weeks i have been
doing it. And i feel really great!

okay so there is so much that i have to share that has happened since i last posted..
but most of all.. Jordan and Cameron welcomed their first baby boy, Finn on December 23 2013
He has brought so much joy and happiness to our family. I love being an Aunt, i love this
little man with so much of my heart.

xoxo - Micall