It's been a while...

 Well, it's been two years since we've posted on the blog. I guess now is as good a time as any! Major events over the last two years include:

1. The birth of our first niece! (She is now a year old)
2. Our apartment flooded in a freaky flash storm
3. I finished up my Montessori teacher education training!
4. Adam got a promotion and has been able to do a bit of international travel for work - I got to tag along for the second Japan trip
5. We both lost a lot of weight as participants in an infertility and weight loss study (I lost 35 pounds, Adam lost over 150! We are now working to keep it off)
6. We spent a week at a beach house in North Carolina with my family this summer, soaking up the sun
7. My sister, Samantha, went on a mission. Since being back, she got engaged and is getting married in Oregon next month
8. We are both very involved in our church callings. Adam is the new executive secretary and I am working with the beehive group (12-14 y/o) in Young Women's.
9. Adam ran his very first 5k race in May and did it in under 25 minutes!
10. We've completed a few hikes around Utah this year. The most rewarding one was probably the hike we did last week - Squaw Peak, elevation of 8,000 feet.

Now that the crazy busy summer (Kansas, North Carolina, Japan, etc.) is over, we're getting back into a "normal" routine. My school year started in August. This year I have the smallest class size yet. Only 20 students! Our school was awarded a grant to fund preschoolers. As part of the grant, we are allowed a maximum of 20 students per early childhood class. I'm excited to see how the smaller class size will benefit everyone involved.

As far as the baby-making business goes, we've started a new fertility drug (letrozole/femara) this month in hopes of inducing ovulation. All prayers and well wishes are greatly appreciated! This journey is starting to wear heavy on us... in the last 3 years we've now tried - 6 rounds of progesterone, an intrauterine scan (which revealed what my subconscious was afraid of - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome- aka PCOS) 3 rounds of metformin, an HSG test, herbs, vitamins, acupuncture, 2 different fertility monitors, weight loss, vacations, talked a lot about adoption, lots of prayers, lots of tears, and a partridge in a pear tree! 

As a fellow infertile has said, “We rob ourselves – and those around us – if we let our infertility struggles define us and dictate our lives. As huge as this is, chances are that there are still a lot of other things in our lives that are good and going right – and we should fully embrace those as well.” 

While in the throws of infertility and constant disappointment and meltdowns, this thought is sometimes hard to remember. It's been a lot to handle but, even through all of the literal emotional roller coasters, we've been able to turn to each other for strength and support. I'm lucky to have such a great man by my side through all of the trials that this life throws at us! 

Happy Sunday everyone! Be good. Do good. Feel good.