Goodbye 2015!!!

Happy New Year's Eve! Today we got up and ate rainbow waffles and played (Collin worked). We have been getting ready for our game night tonight!!! We can't wait to play games with adults! But it's also great because we are forced to deep clean a lot (not all, ha!) of our house. It's so nice to have a clean house! Not realistic to happen often but it's nice. Collin is streaming up lights all throughout our living room and it feels like new years!

Collin came home way early from work  and we all got dressed up to play in the snow!!! Hattie, as always, lasted about 5 minutes (actually longer than usual) so Collin took her in and I got to play with my Freddie in the snow!!!!! It was the best ever! I love that happy adventuresome kid. He's just so enjoyable right now. 

2015 was a great and crazy year. Moved twice in 6 months and received many blessings and lots of experience along the way. We had many ups and many downs but have become stronger because of the challenges. My testimony has grown and matured so much this year. I desire to sincerely study the scriptures because I love them. I love Heavenly Father and have come to know him through prayer. I have "poured my heart out to him." Every time I turn to him, I am comforted; things get better; they work out. I love my children, even through the tantrums and strong wills (of us all) and love my husband very very much. 

2016, here we come! This year I hope to have a healthy happy pregnancy, labor and birth of my third child. I'm so so excited to give birth at home. It will be a beautiful experience with my special little family.  I can't wait for the spring and summer and green and nice weather. It's months away though...

Freddie will be starting preschool and that is super exciting for us all.

We have lots of goals we will be working on this year. Excited for the future. 

 

REVIEW of 2013!

Collin and Frederick are going out on a date and little Hattie Hat is snoozing in my lap, so I'm going to spend a few moments reflecting on our year. I always like doing this because it reminds me of all the great times we've had and the many many many ways we've been blessed.

Collin, Mommy, and Frederick, New Years Eve 2012

First off, here's a list of goals I made for this year. I give myself 8 points (on a scale that doesn't make sense). Pretty okay. Not great, but okay.

Now let's look at.....

Goals!!!!!!! Dreams!!!!!!!! 2013!!!!!!!

New Years!!!! I want this year to be awesome!!!! I WANT TO HAVE A BETTER ATTITUDE.
I want to have another baby or get pregnant.
I want to move...into a house with a yard so Fred and I can play out there all the time.
I want to HELP COLLIN REACH HIS GOALS AND DREAMS.
I want to read my scriptures daily and finish the Doctrine and Covenants. I want to read scriptures with Frederick. I WANT TO HAVE FAMILY HOME EVENING EVERY WEEK.
I want to be happy. I want to improve my marriage. It is wonderful now but we had lots of challenges in general this year and I want Collin to KNOW HE IS MY #1.
I want to stop yelling.
I WANT TO DO ZUMBA EVERY OTHER DAY AND YOGA THE DAYS IN BETWEEN.
I want to continue my video chat book club.
I want to write letters regularly again.
AND STARTING NOW Collin and I have a life goal of watching ALL the James Bond films! (I know, I know..."there are some that are really boring"...) we still want to do it!
This year feels good. I feel it in my heart and bones. I want to do good things with all the good things that have been given to me. Happy New Year!!

Happy 2013!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(by the way....crazy that its 2013, huh?!)

remember...
2012 resolutions
Smith 2011 top 12
2011 party in DC