Let's Try This Again...And Again...

So most of you that know me well, know that I absolutely LOVE food! I really try to eat healthy, drink lots of water and workout, but sometimes I fail miserably. I usually start a workout routine and keep it up for a couple weeks, but then I take a break for a day, and...well you know what happens. I start making excuses of being too busy or needing to do other things.

I have made a couple of goals for this year, that hopefully I can really keep. The first is to drink only water throughout the day except for a glass of orange juice or milk in the morning at breakfast and tea or koolaid at night with my meal only. I know most people would laugh at this goal, but it really is a struggle for me to grab the pitcher of water instead of the tea or juice. The second goal is to workout at least 4 times a week for at least 20 minutes. I really do enjoy working out and the energized feeling I have after doing so, but I guess it is just getting the motivation to get up and do it! The past couple of weeks I have been going through the Jillian Michaels workout routines...wow, I am so out of shape! My last goal is the most important and the one that I long to see through. I want to wake up early each morning and begin my day with the Lord, everyday, not just when it "works" out. I know the only way my relationship with the Lord will continue to grow is for me to be in scripture and prayer daily. And this is what I desire. How can I be a godly example and teacher to my children if I am not daily in His word?

The Duggars

As most of you know, I love to watch The Duggars (the family about to have their 19th child). They had two new episodes last night on TLC, and the first was all about questions from the viewers. I laughed at most of them...like, "Do the kids ever fight?" Really??? The one question that really got to me though was from a lady who asked (can't remember exact words, but...) if they were concerned about the carbon footprint they were making on the environment with such a large family! I couldn't believe someone would ask that...well I can, but whatever. Out of all the things in the world we should be concerned about, that's what this lady is stressing over? Anyway, sorry about me ranting, but it really bothered me.

Welcome to Our Crazy Life!

Welcome to our new blog! I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon. We wanted to keep all of our friends and family updated with pictures and funny stories of the kids, and believe me, between Maddie and Gavin, there will be a lot of funny things posted on here!