Ash of All Trades

Well I am back again and this time with a post on kids goals!  Yep we included our kids in our 2015 goal planning session.  We began talking about goals at Christmas time and kept the talk up until the 1st of January - then we sat down and wrote down our goals. Here are their goals: Big C age 7-8 in 2015 1. Run a 5k 2. Learn to read at 11th grade level 3. Reach 100 miles for the 100 mile club 4. Earn the Presidents Service Award 5. Make 50 Rainbow Loom Bracelets and Sell 20 of them. Middle C age 5-6 in 2015 1. Learn to rollerblade 2. Learn to swim 3. Run a 1 mile kids fun run 4. Learn to read at 2nd grade level 5. Earn the President's Service Award Little C age 2-3 in 2015 1. Learn letters and numbers 2. Learn colors and shapes 3. Learn to ride a tricycle/scooter 4. Start a class like gymnastics, ballet, etc. 5. Have 500 books read to her. They are so excited about their goals and have been working almost everyday on at least one of them.  Little C got he

Normally taking down my Christmas decorations bums me out.  I look forward to the holidays and family time then bam it is over!  This year I am really enjoying taking down the decorations, deep cleaning some rooms in the house and planning for a really awesome 2015. Throughout the year of 2014 I felt like I wasn't accomplishing a whole lot.  Each time I did a project or finished something it felt great but I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.  In hindsight it is because I didn't sit down and set any written goals.  I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere because I didn't have a checklist to cross off.  The only goal I felt I had accomplished was running a full marathon and even then I wasn't thrilled with my time.  But last year was a great year and I thoroughly enjoyed our more "free spirit" functioning - in fact it is probably how we thrived during such a busy time full of ups and downs and lots of personal growth I just want to track my

Wow it has been a long time since I have last blogged and a lot has happened since December 2011!   I honestly thought I hadn't blogged in only maybe a year not 3!!!!!!!!!  I now have 3 beautiful daughters (actually I stopped blogging when morning sickness hit with my third)! Big C is in 2nd Grade, Middle C is in Kindergarten, and my baby is already 2!  Time sure does fly! I am sadly going to skip over 2012 and 2013 and just do a recap of 2014.  2014 was an amazing year for our family with a lot of growing and doing.  While I feel that we were ridiculously busy; in hindsight everything had meaning and shaped us in some way.  When we do have down time (like the last week and a half) we almost don't know what to do with ourselves.  I am going to try and remind myself during this next year that keeping busy is a good thing (as long as it doesn't take over) - it makes us appreciate our down time so much more and it helps keep us away from things like laziness, too much TV, an