Resolutions

Dearest Joshua David, Grace Elizabeth, and Faith Olivia~

Happy New Year's Eve!  Tomorrow starts the beginning of 2014!  I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by!  Have you all made your new year resolutions yet?  ;-)

We ran some errands this morning once everyone was ready.  Daddy is off today and tomorrow.  Yippie!  First, we walked around Kohl's to see what was for sale.  Then, we walked around the toy store next door since you all have been doing well with the potty.  They didn't have the toys that you all were looking for though.  Then, we went back to Garden Ridge to look at more rugs. 

We were back home for lunch and everyone cleaned their plates.  You all had rest time afterward .... Grace fell asleep but Joshua never did.  Daddy and I did some chores as Faith played .... daddy did the house budget and I did Christmas 'thank you' cards. 

To close out the year, we had a fun dinner of Bojangles food!  Haha!  This is our new annual tradition to ring in the new year.  ;-)  We watched the UNC basketball game this evening and we won!  Woo hoo!  ;-)

We talked about resolutions for this coming year .... here's what we came up with: 

Joshua:  

- research/enroll? in kindergarten
-work on riding bike
-being in big boy underwear 24/7
-drinking from open cup vs sippy

Grace:

- starting preschool
-work on riding tricycle
-drinking from open cup vs sippy

Faith:
-drink from sippy cups more and fully weaning
-pretend play

-follow two step commends

-kick ball

-point to body parts

Daddy:

-learn 4 new songs on either guitar or banjo
-complete a half marathon
-lose 10 lbs - he's already lost 17 since we've set our workout goals!  Wow!
 

Mommy:

- take a photo of you all once a week
-learning Bach's 'Prelude' from the cello suites
-be the wife/mommy you all deserve

Whew!  I think we have our work cut out for us.  We've also had a lot of great accomplishments from 2013:

Faith- rolling, standing, first steps!
Joshua- potty training, starting school, improved speech
Grace- potty training, improved speech .... you didn't talk much when you first turned two!  What joy to hear you say 'love you' this year!

So how did we do with our monthly goals for December:

Spiritual:

Goal - church twice a month .... accomplished 50% of goal

Goal - daily Bible reading .... accomplished 100% of goal

Family:

Goal - family outing once per quarter .... accomplished 100% of goal

Goal - date night once per quarter .... accomplished 0% of goal

Mental:

Goal - photography, or mandolin, practice 3 times a week (mommy) .... accomplished 100% of goal

Goal - guitar/banjo practice 3 times a week (daddy) .... accomplished 85% of goal

Goal - read a book a month (both) .... accomplished 400% of goal (daddy) and I accomplished 100% of goal

Physical:

Goal - exercise 3 times a week (mommy) .... accomplished 108% of goal 

Goal - exercise 4 times a week (daddy) .... accomplished 88% of goal
Goal - family exercise activity once a month .... accomplished 0% (too cold for walks)

Pretty good .... but room for improvement!  Go team!

Sleep tight little ones!

I love you all so much!  See you next year!  ;-)

~Mommy