New Years Resolutions

I can't believe how fast this year flew by for me! It was such a good year. I think that I 'grew up' a lot this year. I learned so much about myself and what type of person I want to strive to become. This year I hope to continue to work on myself spiritually, temporally and physically to become a better me. I don't think it's bad luck to share your new years resolutions... I think it helps to make people aware of your goals so that they can help you accomplish them, right? Here I go... This year I want to gain a stronger testimony of personal scripture study. Jeremy and I tried really hard to develop a habit of reading together as a couple at night before we go to bed this past year. We did a good job... I think we've finally got it after 4 1/2 years of marriage! Now I want to work on reading alone during the day. I'm going to start with reading the Pearl of Great Price, just because I don't think I've ever read it before and I think it will be fun. I also want to work on my personal prayers. I've started doing better with those over the last year but I can always do better.

This year I want to be a better mom. I want to have more patience with my children and just love them more. I want to get down on their level and play with them every day. I want to help them learn new things. I've been so blessed to have such sweet children and I just need to enjoy them more and forget about keeping my house 'perfect' and just play!

This year I want to be a better wife and become best friends with Jeremy again. Our lives have become so busy that we've lost a little of that spark that was there when we first got married. I want to fall madly in love with him again. I want to do sweet things for him all the time and really just appreciate him more. He's so great, sometimes I take him for granted because he's just so good to me all the time.

I also want to take care of myself better. I need to build up my self-esteem and really feel good about myself and who I am as a person. I want to get in shape and lose a little weight so that I can feel pretty every day. I want to take time every week and do something just for me. I want to get outside of myself and develop relationships with all of the amazing friends that I have around me.

Wow... that's a lot of stuff! I didn't know that I had so many things that I wanted to work on this year! Wish me luck! (These pictures are 'then and now' shots of the kids and Jeremy and I... it's crazy how much people change in a year! And there is one of Graham so that he doesn't get left out...)