We found out yesterday that Cameron will no longer be empolyed after the end of January. Albertson's was purchased by another grocery chain and they will not be offering him his position. We are very worried and stressed, we also know that everything happens for a reason and that it will all work out. It is just all the unknowns that worry me. Please keep us in your prayers that Cameron will have peace and find a new job quickly.

It's a New Year.....

I have decided to set some New Year's Resolutions for myself that might help me feel a little accomplished as another year flies by. I know that they need to be something that is within my reach, but something that will make me feel better about myself as I meet them. I have chosen a few areas to set goals in, I am kinda getting some help with this from a friend of mine. :)

Financial: I would like to start to pay off debt and no longer use credit cards. In order to reach this goal I will need to start to build a savings for emergency purposes. I realize this goal will take longer then a year, but this will be my year to quit adding to the problem and to fix it. I will need to start living within our means and really think about all those impulse purchases. I am hoping this will be the start of a great habit.

Intellectual: I would like to reach out of my comfort zone at work and begin to take on the challenges that might help me expand intellectually.

Social: This one is a little more difficult. We have lived in our house for 2 1/2 years and I only know a handful of people in our neighborhood. I would like to reach out and make some new friends. I would also like to make some more time for old friends that I dont see enough.

Spiritual: I need to make sure we have family scripture study and family home evenings. I also need to work on my own personal scripture study. I am making a goal of reading the Book of Mormon this year on my own.

Physical: I have so much work to do in this area..... I am going to start small and hopefully I can make some life changes enough to reach my big goal of someday running a marathon. Now I have never, never been able to run, so this is huge for me. I have asthma that makes it really hard but I am hoping to do this someday. My goal for now is to lose XX amount of pounds (XX= no way am I posting that) I will need to change my diet to quit drinking so much carbonation and eat more fruits and veggies. I am also going to work out at least 30 minutes 5 x a week. I dont care what it is, the wii fit, walking, water aerobics or just going at it on our punching bag. I MUST do it 5 x a week.

Organizational: I will get my scrapbook room organized this year. When we moved 2 1/2 years ago I was thrilled to have a scrapbook room and I just ended up using it as my catch-all, junk hole. I want to get it cleaned out and even if I dont use it for scrapbooking, at least be able to find a freaking sticker when I need it. Along with that I need to get all my photos backed up off my computer for 2009.

Emotional: K I am going to copy the friend of mine that I stole the catergories from ( Thanks, Ruth, I hope this is ok) As I read hers, I laughed because I am in the exactly same boat. So my goal is to write in my journal at least once a week. I, like my friend, have a few hilarious journals from my teenage years and only a handful of entries from after I have been married. That is more then a decade!! I am grateful for this blog and I have this to look back at and remember all the fun things we have done, I just need to start recording some more personal things.

Well, there they are and I hope I didnt bore you all too badly. I just had to lay it all out there so I could not only remember them, but also feel accountable because I am not the only one who knows about them.

Happy New Year

These 2 couldn't quite make it til midnight, but they sure enjoyed the evening and all the goodies. The leftovers are still all over Kayson's face :)

Then there is these 3! I think they could have stayed up all night. Silly kids!

Hope you all have a fantastic New Year!