2013 Goals

It's January 1st, so it's time to document where the kids are now and set some new goals for 2013. We also included a review of our 2012 goals, so we know how we each did and where we need to continue to work.

                  Rebecca

Favorites: Baby dolls and cooking food in play kitchen
Stats: 27.8 lbs, 3'0" Shoe size 6

Goals
Learn more words in Spanish
Brush my teeth by myself
Moms goal for Rebecca-
Learn to write all the alphabet letters
Start to learn how to read
Learn to swing on her own


2012 Review
Rebecca grew 3", put on 3.5 lbs and went up 1 shoe size. Looking back at last years goals-she knows almost all her letters and can tell us what letter words start with, and even write a few words. She became quicker on her Strider bike, but still doesn't like to lift her feet using it.


                         Ammon

Favorites: Legos, riding his bike, hunting
Stats: 46 lbs, 4'2"
Shoe size 1

Goals
Read 5 Harry Potter Books
Earn my Temporary Black Belt or Black Belt
Learn to do a Media kick




2012 Review
Ammon grew 3", put on 3.5 lbs and went up one shoe size. He read many Magic Tree House books, but tired of them, so he moved onto other books. He learned to make scrambled eggs, and is still working on getting dressed quickly without getting distracted.


               Corrine

Favorites: Horses, running, Horse Lego's, softball
Stats: 70.6 lbs, 4'8" Shoe size 6 (kids)

Goals
Become a better swimmer
Improve my reading
Keep my bed cleaner

2012 Review
Corrine grew so much in 2012! She grew 3", gained 10 lbs and went up 3 shoe sizes! Corrine started to get into reading, and read the 10 books she wanted to read, but not all were Junie B Jones. She's working on strategies to help with her spelling and it's improving. She ran a 5k in 27 mintues. So close to her 25 min 5k goal. She is still working on stopping to suck her thumb at home.



             Simeon

Favorites: Reading, sports-archery, baseball, play Skyrim
Stats: 70.6 lbs, 4'10" Shoe size 6 (kids)

Goals
Become a Life Scout
Hit the ball into the outfit minimum 20 times
Pitch 3 games in baseball
Read 5,000 book pages

2012 Review
He grew 2 1/4", gained 4.5 lbs, and went up 1.5 shoe sizes. He blew his goal to read 10 books out of the water! Gained the 4 pounds to get to 70 lbs, learned to cook a few more things, and wants to help in the kitchen more. He earned his Faith in God Award (and his Arrow of Light). He's trying to get along better with his siblings, but it's still a work in progress.




                      Kari

Goals
Stay to the budget
Exercise more
Spend more individual time with the kids
Stay on top of laundry better
Take pictures for 3 other families
Get 2012 Project Life album done
Update kids school albums & Christmas Album

2012 review- 3 of my goals dealt with physical activity and becoming healthier. 2012 was a hard year physically for me with injuries to my ankle, wrist and hip/back, so I sadly didn't meet any of those goals. I am feeling blessed to be able to walk and stand up and have energy to take care of my family so I'm alright with not making any of those goals. I got my recipe book organized better, but it still needs to work. I felt like I kept the house cleaner, especially the kitchen cleaned this year, even with our dishwasher not working for a few months. I kept in better touch with family and got cards or presents to everyone until the last few months of the year. I felt more positive in some aspects and not as positive in others. Many of my 2012 goals are still a work in progress.


                            Johann

Goals
will add later



2012 review- Johann did good with visiting the YM. We sent out Christmas cards to his clients rather then birthday cards. The physical and healthy goals were also hard for him this year.




                            Family

Goals
Go on a week camping trip this summer
Family Home Evening weekly
Calmer/less busy year of activities

2012 Review
We started out strong with family prayer, but life got busy and we didn't keep it up. We have made it a point though to have individual prayer with each of the kids every night. That has been a very neat experience to hear the kids prayers and to help them to say more meaningful prayers. We started reading the Book of Mormon, but stopped pretty fast. We need to figure out a better system to keep us reading it. I feel like this was our most stressful, busy, crazy year. We got some good systems going, and then schedules changed. This will forever be a work in progress as the kids get older and activities increase and change.