Dinner with Barry and Lisa

We went to dinner with the Bradshaw's tonight.  They are so awesome.  It was so fun to just sit and visit with them.  Sean and Barry are so much alike with just saying things how they are, nothing sugar coated with those two.  We laughed and got really full and had a great time.  We committed to doing it again soon.  I hope we do because it really was fun.

When we got home, Trevin was asleep in the basement and I couldn't find the other two.  I was baffled for a minute because they usually call and tell us if they are going somewhere and it was odd that they had left Trevin.  Then I remembered it was Young Men's.  That is where they both were.  I'm glad that they were responsible enough to remember and get themselves there because I totally spaced that it was tonight.

Setting Goals

We had planned on going to the BYU Museum of Art for the art display on Christ tonight, but when I went to order tickets, there weren't any left for tonight so I ordered them for next Monday, but in the meantime I had to come up with a plan for tonight really fast.  Usually the first Monday, we set goals for the new year, and Trevin didn't do that last week when he had the lesson, so I figured I would.  I searched high and low on every computer to find the list that we had typed up last year.  Apparently, we need to do a better job of posting or writing down our goals.  Everyone could remember one or two they had set last year, but not all of them.  I knew right where mine were because I made a scrapbook layout with them, blogged them, and also had them on my computer desktop for a few months.  Those being the same few months that I did pretty good with them.  Once I quit putting them on my desktop, I quit following through with them.

For family night, we reviewed first of all what we had accomplished last year.  Travis and Tyrel both received their Eagle's, which was one of their goals.  Trevin got his All 20 Award and Arrow of Light, which were two of his goals.

My goals last year were as follows
Exercise at least 3 times per week (Tyrel will be my exercise buddy) - this one lasted about a month and a half
No 2nds on food at mealtimes, sugar and sweets only on Family Night - same with this one
Drink 32 oz of water morning, noon and night - this is one that I did really well on the first few months, then, it was hit and miss depending on how busy I was on each day, sometimes I did good, others I didn't
Teach a digi scrap class through community education program - I did this in January and another one in the Fall - YAY FOR ME!
Go on a date with each of the boys at least once a month - Tyrel was great at following through on these, there were some months I went on 2 dates with him.  Travis and Trevin did well the first half of the year and then they both kind of fizzeled out the rest of the year. 
Do "My Life" project through the year - this was a scrapbooking project with 52 projects.  I did follow through on this one for the most part,  I think I missed 2 weeks, but one of those was "What is your nighttime routine?"  Most people have little kids so they scrapped themselves reading to their kids each night.  My kids would laugh if I tried to read to them at night at their ages, so I didn't think that scrapping me washing my face and brushing my teeth would be too exciting for posterity, so I just never did that week.  I can't remember the other week I missed, but it was something similar that I just didn't do.
Scrapbook 52 pages for the family recipe book - I had all the photos taken for this one, but only ended up with 48 pages done.  I finished up the last few this week, so it is now complete!
Blog Daily - I did fairly well at this one.   I know I misssed some days, but I hit most of them.
Go on a weekly date with Sean and a monthly temple date - We did our weekly dates all year and we improved greatly on our temple attendance.  I think we got 8 or 9 out of 12, which is much better than our 2 or 3 from previous years.

Here are our goals for this year, so next January, we will be able to find them.  LOL!  Actually, we all figured out a place to post our lists so they are constant reminders hopefully.
Sean - read scriptures daily - attend temple once a month
Lori - attend temple once a month - do Indexing once a week - go on date with boys once a month - lose 15 pounds (I'm rewarding myself for this one with Photoshop CS5 once I accomplish it)
Travis - find a job - get Patriarchal blessing - take MATC classes
Tyrel - turn in school assignments on time - find a job - get driver's license
Trevin - get Faith in God award - receive Priesthood - pray nightly - turn in school assignments on time, get planner signed

Books I Read in 2010

I ended up reading 24 entire books in 2010.  That's two a month!  I didn't realize that I was reading that much.  Some of them went pretty fast, so I think some months I read more than two.  My least favorite of the books I read in 2010 was The Zookeeper's Wife.  I pretty much disliked the entire thing.  I kept thinking it was going to get more interesting, but it never got interesting.  There were some good parts, but on the whole I thought it was a waste of my time.  "The Help" was my favorite single book that I read this year and I loved the "Hunger Games" series.  All of my boys read that series also and they all loved it as well.  I had quite a few re-reads this year.  I read the last Harry Potter book in anticipation of the new movie coming out, but I haven't gone to see the movie yet.  I reread "A Sweetness To The Soul" and "Love to Water My Soul" again because I love both of them.  I also re-read the "These is My Words" trilogy.  I just love pioneer stories.  I also re-read "Good Night Mr. Tom" because it was my bookclub pick for this year and "The Christmas Sweater" was the December pick last year for my old book club, but I joined the book club in my own ward this year and it was the December pick for the new book club this year, so I read it again.  All of the other books were good reads and offered an assortment of subjects.  I've already read my first book for 2011 and I'm getting ready to dive into "The Undaunted" which is over 800 pages, so it might take me a while.  I'll have to read it inbetween the regular book club reads.

Another Sick One

Trevin must have had the flu, because Travis ended up with it today.  He got up and went to school and then texted me 1st period asking me to check him out because he felt like he was going to explode.  Poor kid.  It is no fun to be sick.  He slept the entire day until about 6:30.  I finally woke him up and told him he needed to wake up and drink something and stay awake for a few hours so he could sleep tonight.

Sean and I head over to Spanish Fork to the Chamber of Commerce board installation banquet.  It was the longest night ever.  Sean is one of the newly elected board members.  I think one of their goals for next year should be to make the banquet shorter.  Or, they could just get more comfortable chairs.  It's not like it was boring, but the chairs were really hard, and we were squished together so tight that you couldn't move.  So by the time we stood up, our behinds were totally numb and it felt funny to walk.  The food was good, but I don't think it was worth the $20.  Maybe I need to go into catering......

When we got home, Travis was back in bed again.  I hope he feels better tomorrow.

Sick child

I felt a soft little touch on my shoulder at 5:26 am this morning and a whisper from Trevin letting me know he had thrown up.  He has always been my child that is really good about making it to the bucket or the toilet, but not so lucky this time.  So we got his sheets thrown in the washer and he slept on the couch the rest of the morning with a blanket and the bucket.  Poor kid.  He looked pretty pale all day long and didn't go to school or basketball practice or Scouts.  I hope it was something he ate and not the flu.  He did hold down lunch and dinner even though he still said he didn't feel so hot.

Getting the Retreat Ready

Heidi came up today and we spent the day in Orem getting things confirmed and ready for our retreat later this month.  We got our room reserved, the conference room setup done, meals decided, goodie bag items round up, and a rough schedule done.  We still need to round up some more prizes and put the final schedule together.  Then we decided we wanted to do a little hybrid project and it is going to be so cute and fun.  I worked on the templates for it in the afternoon and hope to get the sample made this week sometime.

Got a Ticket

Travis got his first ticket on his way to school today.  It was through  no fault of his own though.  He was on his way to school and got pulled over.  The registration on his car was expired (over 90 days ago) and he didn't know it and we didn't know it.  Poor thing.  Luckily, the officer let him off easy and didn't impound the car, which he said he could do since it was over 90 days.  I don't remember ever getting the registration thing in the mail.  I don't know where it went.  We've got it all taken care of now though, so they are back in business driving to and from school and all around town.