2016 | HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year everyone!

 

2015 was a great year, so I'm a little sad to see it go.  I did everything from touching the Pacific Ocean for the first time (and literally, it was a touch.  It was dark.  I had heels on.  I ran up, touched it and ran away before I could get pummeled by a wave. And now that tangent is finished.) to take a first family vacation, and of course welcome Linden to the family.  He's the cherry on top.

 

2016, you have a lot to live up to.

 

I really am excited to see what this year is going to bring us - what adventures we'll go on, what shenanigans the boys will get into, what friendships will develop and how each of us will grow in every aspect of life.

 

I'm not normally one to partake in new year's resolution.  I try not to set myself up for failure, but this year I decided to make goals for myself in different areas of life.  I decided that most of my goals will not be everyday resolutions because that's usually when I fail.  Instead, I decided to mix it up and do different approaches for my health, home, and happiness.

 

I sprinkled in some pics of Linden from today because of course that makes reading this a hundred times better.

 

 

Health

I know. I know. This seems to top everyone's NY resolution list.  I've got some pregnancy pounds that are hanging out, so that certainly will be taken into consideration. 

 

I'm not going to say that I will workout everyday.  I just know it's not going to happen.  For the most part I've been diligent about staying active and working out over the past 8 years so my focus is more on what activities I want to cross off my list this year.  Instead of having a set workout plan everyday of the year, my goal is to complete P90x again and Jamie Eason's 12 week weightlifting plan.

 

 

Home

Toys, tools, clothes and paper have taken over our house!

 

Organization and purging are on top of my list as far as the home goes.  My goal is to tackle one room each month and really go through it and remove all the things we don't need or use and organize the items we do.

 

 

Happiness

My goal here is to focus on friendships and family relationships.  I want to enrich the friendships that I've been blessed with and look forward to the friendship that will develop over this next year.  I feel like this is essential for digging my roots in deeper here and making it my home.

 

Family relationships are also important to me and Joe.  Joe puts up with me. a lot. And I put up with him too, but over the years we've learned what makes each other thrive and what hurts each other.  The focus needs to be on helping each other thrive every day.  That extends out to our boys and each of our family members.