Contrary to popular belief

As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have never imagined my life as it is now 6 years ago. I have never imagined that I will find the love of my life in BYUH neither did I expected that he is going to be from a different culture. I know that in the Philippines there are a lot of women who marry foreigners just so they can get out of the country and search for a greener pasture; money comes before love. I honestly do not know how that works for them. I got nothing to say about that, they choose to do what they do and I strongly believe that nobody has the right to talk crap about them. I know for sure they too have made their own sacrifices for that. So why exactly am I writing about this?

It sucks that people always tend to generalize. I just want to throw it out there that not all women, especially Filipinas, who marry a foreigner wants a ticket out of their country. People really need to stop thinking that way. It is offensive and very disrespectful. Nobody knows what us (those who gets into intercultural marriage) have to sacrifice just so we can be with the love of our life. We have to sacrifice our language,  our culture and in some cases our home country. Every marriage is different and how a couple deals with their everyday challenges is what creates the "perfect life" for them.

Money does not rain on you when you marry a foreigner. We struggle the same way as those who are married within their race. It doesn't make us financially exceptional when we marry a foreigner. Sometimes people just need to think and to hear themselves first before they speak.

I have also believed that we are ought to serve in the country of our birth but I also strongly believe that even if you are far from your home country there are still ways for you to serve. There is nothing that can limit you when it comes to service. There are tons of way that you can serve other people you just need to try to be creative and think outside the box.

I am blessed to have this wonderful opportunity to learn and explore a whole new culture and language.  Not everybody has the chance to have this experience. You get to travel, eat new foods, learn a new language and learn about a new culture in the comfort of your home and the best part of it is you get to share all these crazy adventures with the love of your life.

2 years and 1 baby later

2 years and 1 baby later we finally said bye bye to fast foods well not really of course we still eat them but now its more a treat for us. I have to admit that for the last two years (just to put it nicely) I wasn't the best cook so all the time oftentimes we resort to fast foods. I throw tons of reasons to myself, to my husband and to others just to justify why I don't cook all most of the time but the truth is I'm just not into it. It's not something I like to do nor do I look forward doing. But it came to a point when we needed to change our lifestyle and be more conscious with our health. It is sad though that it came to this point before I realized how important it is to serve my family healthy home cooked meals but yeah they say better late than never.

I am really happy to say that I now serve healthy home cooked/prepared foods for my not so little family. I am also happy that we are all enjoying it even Aidan. He even snacks on vegetables and fruits which is what I really wanted him to do even before he was born. Not only are our tummys happy but also our pockets. Cooking at home really helped us save our money especially now thay we are paying Jesse's tuition in full since he cannot apply for scholarships until next Fall.

Well of course this does not mean that we are not going to eat out all. We have these family date nights which we sometimes call our treat nights when we eat out and try the different local restaurants and from time toi time fastfoods in our area. But even during these times we still try to look for the healthier option.

I have found a couple of websites that offers healthy and easy recipes, one is www.myhealthydish.com  I really find her recipes yummy and easy to make. There's really a lot of help in preparing healthy meals online and I'm really hoping that they can help us keep this habit of healthy and clean eating.

Enjoying our milkshake 

(His dad forgot to get him a highchair and went straight to the table, we were surprised that he walked to where the highchairs are and pulled one for himself, haha)

 McDonalds after weeks 

 First trying ketchup