Our Goals for 2013

I am so behind! I really wanted to post our goals, and I know it's long and boring (like the last post)
But I still want to post our New Years goals for record keeping's sake.  Then I can start on all the normal picture filled posts for January and February! YAY!

If you don't care to read, I totally get it, but at least scroll down and see the cute pictures of our beautiful daughters :)

Tianna 6, Adelia 3.5, Linaya 3 months

Our  2013 Family Goals

•  Review goals more often. 

Food Storage/Self Reliance:

• Keep cars gassed up (so we can go HOME to our families)
• Make and review a fire escape plan
• build a rotation system for food storage
• live within our budget better
• stock up on ammo (this one just PAINS Luke........... uh huh.)

Church

• Read Pearl of Great Price and Old Testament
•  Read everyday and pay more attention
• Spend time explaining and discussing 
• Temple
• Plan ahead and follow through once a month
• Be to Church 10 minutes early
• Put more effort in planning Family Home Evenings

Family Life

• Renew Pass of All Passes for fun, cheap entertainment
• Eat healthy dinners together
• Travel less, spend more time as our own family

House Projects

• Organize storage rooms
• Move Laundry room downstairs
• FINISH BASEMENT!
• keep house cleaned up
• tidy garage

Yard

• Get the grass out of the garden boxes
• power rake the lawn
• plant flowers
• move the rosebush

Financial

• pay off credit card each month
• move money to IRA and Savings Account
• Save, Save Save


• price match groceries
• eat at home more often
• stay home more often
• determine needs, not wants better
• Pay tithing and offerings whenever get paid and not pile it up

Luke's 2013 Goals

Home/Family

• Spend more FOCUSED time with family
• train Copper
• Watch the tone of voice used with family
• have more patience with the children

Physical

• Lose 30 Pounds
• track calories on Myfitnesspal.com, 
• exercise with Blake 2 x a week, 
• fun family activities
• Drink less soda

Church/Spiritual

• Study church lessons each week
• read Book of Mormon
• 30 minutes of daily study time
• Home teaching 
• Home teaching reports each month
• attend Temple monthly
• Improve personal prayer

Work

• go earlier, come home earlier
• continue to improve skills and contribute to the company

Misc. 

• Go to Front Sight
• save money up

Mary's 2013 Goals

Home and Family

• Stop yelling at kids so easily
• have more patience
• get ready to go places earlier, lessen stress and anger
• have better schedule

Physical

• Lose 20 lbs
• use myfitnesspal.com to track calories
• attend work out 3 x a week or exercise at home
• start running again
• floss
• wear my contacts

Spiritual/Church

• 30 minutes of daily study
• read Ensign each month
• 1 conference talk a week
• Get Primary songlist done by last Sunday of each month
• prepare Primary stuff ahead of time
• Visit teach each month
• Pray for my sister's I teach
• improve on morning prayers

Misc. 

• Fine a play to be in
• do more crafts

Tianna's Goals

Family/Home

• Be quiet in the morning so not to wake everyone
• do what asked the first time
• be a kinder sister
• be a peacemaker--be like Jesus
• Keep room/toys cleaned up
• Keep Bathroom clean

Physical

• Take medicine without complaining
• brush teeth every morning
• get glasses on every day
• practice riding bike
• continue doing well in dancing

School

• work on reading (20 minutes a day)
• Straight A's or at least DO YOUR BEST
• Be a good student in all areas
• Recognize numbers, write them correctly
• stop writing letters and numbers backwards

Church

• be more reverent
• learn all the songs for the Primary program
• choose the right
• don't cry when can't bare testimony EVERY month
• Support Dad in his calling and not whine when he does his meetings

Adelia's Goals

Home/Family

• Do what told the first time
• stop fighting with Tianna
• Clean up after self
• Be quiet when Linaya is sleeping

Physical

• eat more fruits and vegetables
• eat dinner quickly, even when you don't like it
• stop having accidents-- no more pull-ups required

School

• Practice counting
• recognize letters and their sounds
• get into preschool

Church

• Be a good Sunbeam
• stay with teacher, sit down and be a big girl
• Don't come to Mommy while she is leading singing time
• be more reverent during Sacrament meeting and scripture study at home

WEAR SEAT BELT-- Keep it on, wear it right, not throw a fit or complain about it

Linaya's goals

• Continue to grow and stay cute
• sleep through the night
• Get on a schedule