2013

2012 Dall Family Goals

Monthly temple attendance

Go on 3 out of state vacations

Hold weekly family home evening

Memorize “The Living Christ”

Participate in more service to others

Read the Book of Mormon

Be the best Sunday school teachers ever!

“Freely ye have received, freely give”

 – Matt 10:8

 Elizabeth Goals

Weekly journal writing

Create a personal history

Learn to swim

Play the piano more often

Have personal prayer

Graduate with my masters degree

Serve

Nicholas Goals

Play in 3 tennis tournaments

100 mile bike ride

Keep an exercise routine

Read the Old Testament

Well, I kept up with my goals this year - can't say the same for Nick. How do I as a totally goal-oriented/driven person get my husband to feel the same way? I feel like the only way to be successful at something is to work hard at it. I married a man that is so wonderful and perfect for me, but is not driven in that way. I guess I can't see the other side. How could you not be excited and driven to create and accomplish goals? Nick is the perfect example of someone that says he's going to do something, but then doesn't do it. Ugh, it gets under my skin. Any ideas on how I can help my family be a goal-driven family with someone that doesn't quite share that same passion? 

Anyway, I still made us set some goals for 2013. I have a feeling I'll be pulling us along in these goals - which is why some of them fell by the wayside this year - I got frustrated by doing it all myself and gave up. I know, can you believe it?! But, they are important to me and what I what for my own family  so somehow it's going to work, right? Hence the reason Nick's list is so short - low chance for failure I guess? He chose the goals. And heaven help us all if he doesn't graduate this year. That better be an easy one.

Elizabeth 2013 goals

-       Continue learning to swim with the goal of completing a triathlon in the fall

-       365 days of personal history

-       Volunteer for Make A Wish or another organization with my husband

-       Weekly journal writing

-       Monthly organization/emergency preparedness

-       Feast upon the scriptures

-       Update all journals

Nick 2013 goals:

-       Graduate with undergrad. Prepare for and attend grad school

-       Go on 2 FUN vacations

2013 Dall family goals:

-       Read the New Testament by December 31, 2013

-       Save an added $--- by December 31, 2013

-       Hold weekly family home evening

-       Morning and evening family prayers

-       Daily family and personal scripture study

-       Go on 2 FUN family vacations

-       Continue to be the best Sunday school teachers ever!

“Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God; That your incomings may be in the name of the Lord, that your outgoings may be in the name of the Lord, that all your salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with uplifted hands unto the Most High.”

D&C 109:8-9