{new year...new you}

I love that it's a new year!  I love setting new goals and projects and the feeling of a fresh start.  This year I found some great inspiration for goal setting from Pinterest.  For family night last week we found these adorable templates for the kids to use.  I wish I would have scanned them before blogging,  but each of their papers are already nicely hung in their rooms for them to look at often.  I wanted to record them so the kids could remember what a year 2011 has been and their favorites in their own words. 

Boston
age: 8
favorite color:  purple
favorite food:  pizza
favorite activity:  wii
favorite book:  diary of a wimpy kid

Highlights from 2011
greatest lesson learned:  when I crashed on my bike, I learned I should always wear a helmet
hardest thing of the year:  writing
favorite memory:  christmas 2011
what i loved about 2011:  making new friends

Looking forward to 2012
want to learn:  more math
want to get better at:  football
biggest goal:  learn how to cook

Savannah
age: 5
favorite color:  pink
favorite food:  pizza
favorite activity:  play dolls
favorite book:  strawberry shortcake

Highlights from 2011
greatest lesson learned:  coloring in the lines
hardest thing of the year:  math
favorite memory:  halloween 2011- dressing up as a pirate princess
what i loved about 2011:  making friends at my new school

Looking forward to 2012
want to learn:  ride new bike without training wheels
want to get better at:  writing letters and numbers
biggest goal:  go to disneyland

Colston
age:  3
favorite color:  blue
favorite food:  grapes
favorite activity:  play toys
favorite book:  oh, david books

Highlights from 2011
greatest lesson learned:  potty training
hardest thing of the year:  no more binkies
favorite memory:  singing "i am a child of god"
what i loved most about 2011:  mom

Looking forward to 2012
want to learn:  school
want to get better at:  riding my new bike
biggest goal:  no wetting bed at night

I love these kids!  Their memories and goals make me smile!

Travis and I always make some new years resolutions as well.  I loved yet another idea found here  from Pinterest.  It broke goals down into four categories: want, need, share and succeed.  Then we each picked our one word of the year, mine is BRAVE and Trav's is DRIVEN.
 I am excited for this new year ahead of us, I think 2012 is going to be a great one!