New Year, New You

For Family Night last week we broke out last year's resolution lists.

Each of us read through our list and decided if we'd accomplished the task or if it still needed work.

Some of my favorites from last year included:

Be a full tithe payer

Only eat candy every other day.

Clean the whole house some days.

Love and care for my family.

No drinks after 6:00

Use my manners.

Some of these were completed. Others were valiantly worked on. 

A few completely forgotten.

Then we set to writing some new resolutions.

And again, my favorites from everyone's lists:

Learn to cook 3 new soups.

Save $100 for my mission.

Give 6 compliments a day.

Learn to tell time.

Quit chewing my fingernails.

Get my Arrow of Light.

Work on keeping my voice quieter.

Don't hurt animals.

I, for one, like this about the New Year.

I feel like it gives me a chance to take personal inventory.

Start anew.

Wipe the slate.

Try again.

Renew my efforts.

How about you?

Do you resolve in the New Year?

Scott helps Cole resolve to do better.

A year in Review: Those pictures you never knew I took

I snap a lot of photos. Most of them only I see.
So I thought I'd share some from the year.

Terri visit Grace in the hospital and turns her into a Cafe Rio astronaut-head.

He looks like me.  He acts like me. The End.

THAT is what it looks like inside the light fixture. 

Dust + Nerf Darts = Home sweet Home

Aidan's knees after a soccer game. He's got his Dad's knees.

Crunches while eating a snack. Brilliant. 

This is how Molly does Pop Rocks people.

This is what he looks like when he's coming after you. 

p.s. He LOVES to have his picture taken. 

Surprise Kate!

Late night Family Reunion Face

They'll kill me for this. 

Does Wendy remind anyone else of a camel in this one?

Ginger the Baby Whisperer. 

My old apartment from my Freshman year of Ricks. 

220 Forever!

Typical summer day at our house. 

Summer = Friend Extravaganza

This is your wheelchair after a car accident. 

Handsome Hubby in the sunshine. 

Elephant, Chicken, Bunny.

Somebody needs to quit feeding them. 

Cousins in the Idaho wheat. 

Gorgeous.

Miss B. Sassy Pants.

I'll pray for you Molly.

Hello! Adorable. And the cleavage?

So Jen. Livin' the Life and loving it. 

Beautiful shot of Terri at her homemade Birthday Lunch.

Do all men leave their Sunday socks on all day?

Will and Scott do!

Fascination.

Em and her talented works of art. 

The tree was decorated on November 1st. 

I don't regret it, but I won't do it again. 

It kind of takes away the magic a bit. 

Me giving Chloe a classic airplane ride. 

He looks more like me every day. 

A tricky way to get him to cheerfully do chores.

Gather the dirty laundry...IN A SLED!

Ready? Go!

Chloe and her friend get creative and make pillows.

Spider Girl. She definitely has brothers. 

You can't take multiple pictures of Mike without getting a few gems like this. 

Dancer's Legs.

Stank face. 

Will somebody drive Em home?

It's an Anderson Christmas Party. 

Let's Eat.

Brothers helping the littlest one after a biking accident. 

New Year's Eve Scrabble and a toast.

Happy New Year!