Watch Out, Bad Guys

Max at the lunch table today. "These are my elbows, and these are my punchers." *starts punching the air*
Me: "Those are your fists, Max."
Max: "No. These are my punchers! They real dangerous with bad guys."

Rollin'

This little stinker rolled over (3 times!) on Sunday and hasn't done it since. Not even to show off for Grandpa.

According to Jane

"A turkey's a special chicken."

Talk about hitting the nail on the head.

Santa rocks!

He always brings the best gifts!

January 1, 2014

Today we tried to do 14 acts of service. We made it if we fudge the numbers a little bit. Here's what we did.

1. Put away our neighbor's trash can's.

2. Left a chalk message on a neighbor's driveway.

3. Helped daddy and made our neighborhood nicer by raking up our leaves (they've finally all fallen.)

4. Dropped a donation off at Goodwill.

5. Visited Sister Brink in the Assisted Living Center. We chatted with three other ladies there as well, which is where we're fudging the numbers a bit. I think we can count each of those ladies as an act of kindness.

6. Paid for the guy's lunch behind us at In N Out.

7. Emptied Grammy's dishwasher.

8. Shared a milkshake with grandpa. (This is another fudge. We didn't actually buy it for him, but the kids hardly touched it, so we gave it to Grandpa and counted it. Sometimes service is done using just what you've got. Right?)

9-12. Dropped cookies off at four homes of people in the ward.

13-14. I'm going to count those old ladies. Or maybe the playdate I scheduled with a stay-at-home-mommy who has no car during the day. Or maybe Rob taking the kids to the nickelcade could count. I know we're stretching it here. But I'm counting it as a successful day.

Goals for 2014

Hi! This blog is to aid in my New Year's goals for 2014. Accountability, accessibility, tracking and measuring. All that good stuff. So here are my goals.

1. Take one picture everyday and put it on the blog. If I have time/desire, write something about the day, picture, kids quotes, etc. At the end of the year. Print it off. Whala! Family photo album/journal.

2. Weekly service

3. Read the New Testament

4. Write one NF article, finish novel and start shopping it to agents, write one silly poem every month.

5. Read one chapter book aloud to the kids every month.

6. Keep up meaningful, real connections, by calling a sister or friend every week.

7. Have weekly family sing-along.

8. Start composting.

9. Plant a garden.

10. Draw closer to Christ and share that love.

Alright! Let's go!

2014, here I come!