Happy New Year!

{Sunday} January 1, 2012

We stayed up pretty late last night partying it up for New Years with the Wallins, so 9:00 church came way. too. fast. I still woke up early enough to make omelets for breakfast and got everyone ready on time! Amazing what having to get ready early will do. Ha. Wade, however, wasn't ready on time . . . being the Gospel Doctrine teacher will do that to you, especially when you're a really good one and like to have a great lesson prepared for everyone. Needless to say we waited downstairs for a little while for him to come down and played with my iPhone camera . . .

 Isn't he so. dang. cute!?

Me and my little man . . . 

 . . . LOVE him!

He's FINALLY walking a bit more. {Don't mind the "taking down Christmas decorations" mess all over the place. 

I do have some resolutions, and this year I decided to make them small. I always. always. go overboard making resolutions. I think that I can change overnight and so far . . . that hasn't happened. So this year I'm being way more realistic. No more, "run a half marathon" type resolutions. While I want to do that someday, I'm not going to make it a goal right now. My life needs a little more fine tuning before I can focus on something as daunting as that. So, here goes . . .

I really want to be better; a better mom, a better wife, and a better person all around. I know that the first step to all of those things is to be closer to God . . . through prayer and scripture reading/studying. I stink at it and always wish I wasn't such a dud when it comes to the "basics". So this year, that's my main goal . . . CONSISTENTLY read my scriptures and say my prayers {alone and as a family}.

Family Home Evening is also something that we stink at. I got a book to help prepare some lessons and I plan on actually preparing something instead of just flying by the seat of my pants {"OH shoot! It's Monday. Let's go to Del Taco" is more like our FHE's lately. Pah. Thetic!}

Also, I certainly don't spend enough quality time with my kids, and oh my goodness it's showing in their behavior. They don't feel loved enough and they're definitely letting me know it by sassing the heck out of my days. Stinkers! I want to spend less time cleaning and more time just spending time with them. 

Alrighty, that's that. We'll see how well I do!