New Year, New You!

I have to be honest...I hate the idea do New Year's resolutions. I only know 2 people who have kept theirs the entire year, my brother and his wife who last year swore off carbonation for the year.  It seems like every year this magical date comes upon us and we make goals...again...that most of us are lucky if after the first week we are still striving for. 

I have decided that this year I want to do things a little different. I know there are things I want to do differently or do better at but I'm not calling them resolutions. I work best in lists I can cross off (there's a significant amount of satisfaction in that) so I'm going to create my bucket list for 2014 and add and remove things throughout the year. It will include things like make one new friend a month, genuinely help someone in need each month, study my scriptures to learn something, play with my kids everyday, create a fun and lasting memory for my children each day, write my grandma monthly, etc. I need to compile the list and frame it so I can get to work crossing things off. I am going to include my kids in this too. For FHE next week we will do it together so they can add things to it. I imagine for Emma and Max it will have things like learn to ride their bikes, Ollie's will be to be potty trained. I love the idea of including them because then we all get to work on this list together!

I'll post the complete list here next week when we finish it!