{ Workin' woman }

What a crazy past couple of months!

I've realized a lot about myself. Here's a warning to you all...deep thoughts post comin' in hot...

I've realized that I don't know my full potential until I am pushed to do more. When I went to college, I knew that it was a good thing to get an education. I knew that it would be important. I knew it would help me in the long run. But little did I know how well I would do in the "corporate" world. I feel like I've been put on this path that I never really expected myself to be on. I never really expected myself to make something out of my education. Sure, I knew that I'd work somewhere for a few years or so, but never did I see anything long term. It's funny because Sarah and I were taking our so called morning walk in Bear Lake just the other week. She said "it's like people keep giving you these responsibilities that you don't want, but you end up taking it on and being so good at what you are given!". That was funny to me because she was totally right! I never thought I'd work in a big corporate office. I thought I'd go to college, get a good education, and grow up to be a mother. I've always wanted kids and figured I'd go to hair school to help support my family while my husband makes the big bucks... ;) right Cam? BUT I've realized, life doesn't always go as planned and things take you by surprise.

I recently got a promotion from my first position which I had started only about 10 months ago. My position now is the last step prior to sales if I decide to go in that direction. I also never thought I'd be a sales woman. Taking Professor Bone's sales class scared me so bad I just told myself I'd never do it. I would get nervous thinking of the final having to "sell" to my professor in a few weeks. But the more and more I think about where I'm at in life and where I can be, I just want it that much more. I realized that sales is an opportunity to work with people and I know that I'm good at that. I enjoy being with people and love making new friendships. It's just interesting to me to reflect back and think that I told myself I'd never do what I'm doing right now.

Cam keeps encouraging me to just go for it. He's my biggest supporter and a lot of the time I have a hard time because I just shut him down. He's just cute and I love him for that. But, I don't believe in myself and I know that needs to change. But I think that getting hired on by Instructure has given me experiences where I've learned I need to be strong and feel like I can be successful. I absolutely love where I'm at and just hope that I can continue to be successful not only for that sense of accomplishment, but to be able to support my family that I will have one day. One day, right?

That day will come :)

Camping for the 1st time this summer! Hot diggity dog.

We love our aftermath Costco shopping treats

Bees games with this babe

{ The Update }

I'm back! Finally. I want to start documenting my life with Cam because I want my little kiddies to be able to read about the experiences we went through.

Cam and I have moved three times within the last year. Blugh. 

I graduated in the Spring (2013) in Marketing, so we decided to make the big move back home to the 801 so that I could get a "big girl" job. But first, Cam and I needed to find a place to live. We found these darling apartments and were super excited because our friends Rach & Dave were also living there! We moved our stuff in and within a month, we started to get the munchies almost every night...yes, we had awesome neighbors. The neighbors were lighting up  every night to the point where Cam and I got in our car to spend the night at the parents house. So, unfortunately Cam and I had to fight our way out of our lease (more like threaten them that Cam's dad would take them to court), and had to find another place to live. We played secret agent for a while and Cam would talk to the management office while keeping his phone in his pocket to record their conversation. Pathetic I know, but it was getting to that point. The day we knew we were getting out of our lease, I hopped on KSL and found this beauutiful basement apartment. Within two days we were out of our lease, moved all of our stuff out of our old apartment (which we had only lived in for 3 months) and into the new apartment. 

It was SUCH a blessing.

So, during this entire fiasco, my first big girl job started out at Orangesoda which is an online marketing company down in American Fork. I was doing PPC (pay per click) work for the company but unfortunately, it wasn't the best fit for me. But being who I am, I kept trying hard to love it and kept pushing myself to do better every day. Sometimes I tend to over think things in life and I thought that was one of them so I kept chugging through. Long story short, I had interviewed with Instructure, Inc. months before I interviewed with OrangeSoda. Instructure gave me a call saying they were hiring again and wanted me in for another interview. I had just interviewed with them just a few months back and I was so excited that they wanted me to be considered for another position.

I went in for the interview and got a call a few days later telling me that I got the job! I was so very excited. It was such a blessing that I got this job because I could tell that I wasn't happy at Orangesoda. I would come home from work just so exhausted and would go straight to bed because I was drained.

Moving into our new apartment, and getting my job at Instructure, was truly a blessing from above. I am happier than ever at Instructure and can't wait to see what the future holds at this company.

Cam is continuing his Business degree at the U of U (not to mention that he's been to almost all the colleges in Utah; UVU, USU, SLCC, and now the U) and is loving that he can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. He will be done in about a year so he's getting really excited about that. I'm so proud of him for working hard and being ambitious about his future business plans. That is one thing that I've learned more about Cam since we've been married. He is so driven to be successful in this life. I know that he's going to do great things. So proud of him.

Now that Cam and I are back in SLC and are finally settled, we're loving where we're at right now. I've always had a hard time appreciating "living in the now" because I feel like I'm always looking for the next step. And we all know what the next step is after you get married. I've always dreamed of being a mother, so this was a really hard concept for me to grasp soon after we were married. I now realize that I needed that time with Cam so that we could learn and grow as a couple. I love Cam even more than I did on our wedding day when we kissed over that alter. He's taught me so much and I appreciate his endless love. He never gives up on me.

And there's your update!

Until next time,

KRR