Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Goals for 2016

Last night at Family Home Evening, our family reviewed goals we'd made last year, and then set new goals for this coming year. Here's the rundown:

KANYON
His 2015 goals report:
1. Swim in deep end - achieved
2. Tie shoes - still in the process of learning
3. Buy laptop - achieved (he paid for part of his "half laptop/half tablet")
4. Do laundry all by himself - achieved
5. Play less on dad's phone during Sacrament Meeting at church - achieved

The list of his 2016 goals:
1. Raise a pumpkin patch
2. Be better at snowboarding (go down the mountain without assistance)
3. Learn how to do a double knot in shoe tying
4. Get all A's at school
5. Brush teeth every morning and night


MICAH
His 2015 goals report:
1. Do a fun run - achieved
2. Join cross country - achieved
3. Go to the temple - achieved
4. Get all A's - achieved
5. Don't say "frick" - failed
6. Don't spend more than $20 a month - failed

The list of his 2016 goals:
1. Get all A's
2. Pass the scout swim test
3. Improve playing the trombone
4. Learn to tie a neck tie
5. Do laundry twice a month


JONAH
His 2015 goals report:
1. Learn to tie a tie - failed
2. Get all A's - achieved
3. Participate in a fun run - achieved
4. Don't make annoying sounds - failed
5. Give everyone in the family a gift for their birthday - partially failed (he got gifts for Ammon & Dad)

 The list of his 2016 goals:
1. Make his AR goal every quarter
2. Get better at skiing
3. Learn to tie a neck tie
4. Play on the basketball team
5. Pass the scout swim test after swim lessons


AMMON
His 2015 goals report:
1. Run the mile in 5:15 - failed (he got down to 5:28, but then got injured during XC season)
2. Get par on the course - failed (the par is 36 and he got 37--so close!)
3. Read Book of Mormon - failed
4. Get all A's - achieved
5. Save $3000 - failed
6. Clean room weekly - failed

The list of his 2016 goals:
1. Get all A's
2. Learn to play the guitar and ukele
3. Get or break par on any golf course
4. Go to state individually in golf and cross country
5. Don't get injured
6. Run the mile in 5:10
7. Pay a full tithe


KALA
I already did a blog post about my 2015 goals. Read the full report HERE

The list of my 2016 goals:
1. PHYSICAL - Run in a 5k
2. SPIRITUAL - Go to the temple 6x
3. EDUCATIONAL - Complete 30 credits and Pass Praxis II test
4. PERSONAL - Blog every week
5. SOCIAL - Do acts of service weekly
6. FAMILY - Take one son on a date each month
7. FINANCIAL - meet with Josh monthly to have a budget meeting


JOSH
His 2015 goals report:
1. Lose 2 inches off waist - failed
2. Run in a race - achieved
3. Climb a new mountain - achieved
4. Fast once a month - failed
5. Pay fast offering - failed
6. Pay off credit card - failed
7. Go camping in a new sport - achieved
8. Spend individual time with one of our boys each month - achieved

The list of his 2016 goals:
1. Fast once a month
2. Pay fast offering monthly
3. Pay off mexico trip and one vehicle (truck or suburban)
4. Get to 200 lb or less
5. Learn more Spanish
6. Climb one new mountain


FAMILY
Our 2015 goals report:
#1: Finish reading the Book of Mormon - failed (We finished the year in Ether. We started reading it in 2013 together, and it's taking longer than I thought to finish it!)

#2: Have a lesson from "Preach my Gospel" at Family Home Evening - achieved (Josh, Ammon, and I all rotated teaching lessons from it throughout the year. We are about halfway through the manual.)

#3: Invite one family to join us for dinner once a month in our home - achieved (we all got two turns to invite families over, and had such an enjoyable experience doing it!)

January: Kala invited the Hobbs family. They came over for game night & dinner. We played Telestrations; it was so much fun!

February: Josh invited the Tarkalson family. They came over for the Superbowl & the table was overflowing with food!

March: Ammon invited the Williams family. They came over for dinner, then the kids played outside until it was dark, and we had Family Home Evening afterwards.

April: Jonah invited the Oliverson family. They came over for dinner and then the kids all played outside. The girls liked the tire swings, and the boys had a good time together.

May: Micah invited the Bingham family. They joined us for dinner, and then while Hunter played with the boys, Jim & Michelle taught us a new card game called "golf", and we played a couple rounds of it.

June: Kanyon invited the Silva family. They came for dinner of chicken enchiladas and we played/relaxed in the yard afterwards. Kanyon loved sitting on the hammock with Hestyn.

July: Ammon invited the Jackson family. They joined us for a steak dinner, and then Eli played with the box on Xbox while Darcy & Phil chatted with Josh & I in the living room until well past bed time!

August: Jonah invited the Roylance family. They came for a bbq hamburger dinner. The boys all played apple wars outside as TeddySue & Jason visited with Josh and I.

September: Micah invited the Eagle family. They came over and we had lasagna for Sunday dinner, and afterwards Kota ran around on the motorcycle/four wheelers with the boys.

October: Kanyon invited the Bills family. They came over and we had corn chowder and cheesy bread. They brought flowers for us, which was so nice, and we gave their girls some mini pumpkins to take home. We had a good visit with Nathan and Elisha while Kanyon enjoyed playing with their girls all night.

November: Josh invited the Wilcox family. They joined us for Josh's delicious steak and mashed potatoes.

December: Kala invited the Judy family. They came over for poppyseed chicken, and we had an enjoyable visit afterwards while the kids played.

Our 2016 goals:
1. Have a monthly testimony meeting as a family
2. Read the Pearl of Great Price
3. Invite one family over a month for dinner
4. Save as a family to go to Disneyland this fall

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