It seems like every year I get excited to make resolutions for the new year. I pretty much never keep my resolutions past February, but at least I have good intentions! This year I’ve been dragging my feet a little bit, not really feeling motivated to do anything to better my life this year. So last night for family night we sat down and talked about goals with Ryan. We explained to him what goals were and asked him what the goals should be for each member of our family. Here’s what he came up with:

Goals for Ryan:

1. Not poop in my pants (yes, it’s been almost a year of potty training and we’re still dealing with this DAILY.)

2. Try to make Kyler happy instead of sad.

Goals for mommy:

Here is a direct quote from Ryan: “Mommy, you don’t need to make any goals! You don’t need to change anything because you don’t do anything wrong!” After both Matt and I convinced him that I actually am not perfect (gasp!), we came up with the following three:

1. Read the scriptures more

2. Get up with the boys at 7:00 instead of trying to get that extra 1/2 hour of sleep in!

3. Less yelling. (Yes, I yell. I told you I wasn’t perfect.)

Kyler’s Goals:

This was a tough one because, well….he’s two. But after some discussion we decided on the following:

1. learn how to go potty in the toilet (oh how I dread dealing with this all over again!)

2. Be nicer to Ryan, Mommy and Daddy.

Daddy’s Goals:

Ryan was once again convinced that Daddy could do no wrong, so Daddy came up with his own goals:

1. Exercise more

2. Make more money

3. Watch less TV

And as his wife I feel I have the perogative to add: 4. Drink less Mountain Dew!

We set these goals last night and so far today hasn’t gone very well for any of us.

On another note, I walked into my bedroom today to check on Ryan and Kyler, who were watching “Up” and saw this:

How cute is that? It totally made my day.