2013 Family/Personal Goals

2013 Family and Personal Goals

Family: Take scriptures to church, family scripture study every night, service project, do something nice 

             Do something nice for someone everyday, TJ and Lynsey nightly prayer together

TJ: Run a half marathon, 170, read the Book of Mormon in Russian, Pay off all debt (cars)

Lynsey: Only check Facebook once a day, read the Book of Mormon, beat 1:49, be more positive, 

              Bear testimony in church

Tallie: Learn to Sew, learn to cook, learn to rollerblade, play piano, change a diaper, read scriptures by 

           by herself, watch less TV, memorize all the Articles of Faith

Chloe: Learn to cook, change a diaper, to to primary every Sunday, watch less TV, 

Lexi: Learn letter sounds, ride a bike with no fear

Kasen: Sleep thru the night

I love starting out the new year with a family home evening lesson about setting goals and going over the previous years goals and seeing what we accomplished and what we still need to work on. I love hearing the girls come up with their own goals and what they see as important. It's also fun to look thru the previous years time capsule and then to gather things for last years. I hope that by having this little tradition with my family that we all can learn discipline and motivate ourselves and each other to become better people and to really accomplish some goals we have set. (and we always end the old year with a family dinner date to a hole in the wall Chinese Resturant, and then a movie, going on 4 years with that tradition).

And with the new year I get this crazy itch to declutter my house. TJ and I filled 4 garbage bags full of clothes from our closet and then I went around the house with a bag just collecting and putting random stuff inside. I got another 3 bags of random toys and junk. It seems that we are the "dump" house that when everyone else is cleaning out their house they bring all of the stuff they no longer want to my house. This past week my neighbor Jenette Hougarrd brought over a Dora dollhouse with lots of accessories which my kids are in love with and it really is cool and then the Wakefields brought over a princess castle which is also really neat and since they got a million Disney figurines for Christmas its just what they need. The only problem with these gifts is that they are big and take up space which is just what I tried to stay away from when I did my Christmas shopping last year. But since we will be keeping these awesome gifts I had to give in order to accommodate  them. 

My heart has been hurting for Lexi lately because she waits all day for her sisters to get home from school so that she has someone to play with but when the girls get home all they want is a little alone time. And Chloe hasn't been so nice about it and often tells Lexi to go away and won't play with her. And I don't like it and it seems weird that Chloe does that because her and Tallie play. I'm hoping that it's just a phase and that Chloe will become closer with Lexi so she doesn't feel like the 3rd wheel. Lexi broke down today and yelled "I have NO friends, only Ashli and Callie!" so I called Michelle and sent Lexi to Callies house and she felt so happy and big going to her friends house all by herself. I guess it's time for Lexi to have some play dates. She will be turning 3 on Sunday and I just can't believe she is getting so big. After she waved good bye to the girls this morning as they jumped out of the car for school she said she wants to go to school so she can give me a kiss goodbye. I DON'T want her to leave me!!!

I am officially back into the hair scene and did my first color this morning...Kasen was a dream and it went smooth. I wish I could say I was more excited about it.

I am still the primary secretary and last Sunday was a crazy day as it was the first Sunday of the new year with all of the kids getting new classes and teachers. It also was the first day we went to church in our ward as a family of 6! And next week I have to do it alone since TJ will be out of town. I hope it goes as smooth as last week. AND Chloe went to her primary class and loved it!! BIG STEPS for her!