When do you give up?

Just wondering is it ever acceptable to give up in life...no matter what it is??


I had two very intersting-okay, not interesting but traumatic, horrible, rough , exasperating, frustrating experiences this past week. When is enough really enough? Does God really give us ONLY the trials we can handle? I have to answer that question as a NO! I think he gives us trials that we CAN'T handle, we just push ourselves to the limit to overcome those tough times and in the long run we do get stronger and gain more faith so that we can handle those unbearable times. But really I think I have met my tolerance on one of those Goliath's I have had in my life for some time now. I feel DEFEATED and HOPELESS...TRULY. I would like to think of myself as a strong person but maybe there are some trials in life we were not meant to overcome. So then what do we do then? Give up? Keep fighting? Honestly, I want to wave my white flag at this point. Surrender and accept defeat!

Aubrie's New Adventures

I have been meaning to post about my sweet Aubs. This week she started going to school all dday instead of half a day. She LOVES it! I asked her what her favorite thing about going all day is and she replied " Lunch!" She loves that she gets to stay all day and play with her friends and has thrived off of being in school. She will start reading her first book tomorrow.
Also she started taing gymnastics about a month ago with her lovely friends Macy and Kaitlyn. I love these girls, thay are like family to us and Aubrie has such a nice time going with them to gymnastics. Aubrie went on a field trip to Allstar Gymnastics in school and for two weeks she hounded me about putting her in them so I finally did and am so happy I did. Here are some shots for her being "Miss Busy". She is staying true to her nickname.

Caleb's Book Club

The book that Caleb is reading right now. I need to inform my son that he has a larger reading base than I do! I told you " a boy with an old soul".

I LOVE THIS!

The first 3 people to respond to this post will get something made by me. My choice. Made especially for you.

Restrictions and Limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be, because I don't even know what it's going to be!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The Catch: You must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 3 people who comment on your post and agree to do the same! So get ready for your mystery treat but be prepared to share the love!

Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you get when you get it.

My Scooby

Brynley is really into Scooby Doo right now. All of our kids have liked it alot but Brynley LOVES Scooby. She sings the song all the time and likes the fruit snacks that are Scooby Doo, she even refers to them as "Scooby snacks". But she really loves it when Mitch does an Scooby Doo impression. I thought that her singing it was just too cute not to share.

The World of Technology

I hate it! Our computer crapped on us on saturday night, right as I was doing my photography assignment which is due on sunday and I always try to have it done before then but was running behind last week so of course on saturday night, our comuter just wouldnt work. I did however, by some kind of luck got it to work just for me to download my work and get my assignment in! But after that it wasnt going to cooperate again. So the computer guy was called on monday monring and he had it since last night and really wasnt able to fix much. So now we had to pay him, which wasnt cheap and still go and buy a new laptop! Argh! The frustration of it all. Since hen did we become so reliable and ADDICTED to technology? Mitch and I were talking about how different each generation is and how we never would have imagined having a cell phone in 4th grade, whihc by the way is my pet peeve, and which is another post!
But I am back for now. I cant post pictures until we get a new one. So just imagine me pulling my hair out and yelling profanities at my computer!
PS- I am also dying to blog about American Idol! Coming soon!

"My Bangs"

I cut Brynley's bangs today. She needed it badly. Her hair was always in her face, she reminded me of a cute little puppy with its hair in its eyes. After I was done I told her, her hair looked "so pretty and that she looked older, like a big girl". She said "Like Aubrie". And so when we picked up Aubrie from school she quickly said to Aubs "You like my bangs Aubrie?" She had to have her big sister's approval.
But when I went to take her picture, she wasn't having it as you can see! She just wanted me to take a picture of her "ip-ops".

Romantic...

This Valentine's was the best yet! Mitch surprised me with a sweet little getaway to Durango for the night. He had told me a awhile ago that we would be going but he never told me specifics. We stayed at the General Palmer Hotel, which was nice. We had dinner at Sweeney's and then walked around and had dessert at The Palace, which was so yummy! We had such a nice time ALONE! I dont think either of us wanted to come home but the kids were probably driving Mitch's dad crazy. Sam was so sweet to keep the kids for us and we appreciate him so much!
Mitch-el thank you my love for thinking of me and making our Valentine's special. Mitch told me that it is his favorite holiday now, and I quote "How crazy am I to not take advantage of such a romantic, special opportunity to sweep you off your feet, to pamper you, to spoil you and to treat you like the goddess you are!"

Thank you dear you are the BEST ever!