One Little Word

Instead of making resolutions that get broken by the end of the month (or sooner) I've decided to use Ali Edwards' "One Little Word" concept for this year. By using one little word for all of my goals, it should help to make them clearer and more achievable. So this year my word is F O C U S.

fo-cus: noun

1) The center of interest or activity; an act of concentrating interest or activity on something.

2) The state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition.

These are some examples of how I want to use my word:

* Focus on making healthier choices for my body.
* Focus on making individual time for my boys.
* Focus on my creativity - scrapbooking, photography, etc.
* Focus on collecting and documenting family memories.
* Focus on my relationship with my husband.
* Focus on acquiring the new property.
* Focus on improving our finances.
* Focus on making our home run smoothly.

I guess with all of those topics, it might look like I won't be able to FOCUS at all. I do think just having one word to refer back to WILL help to remind me of what my goals are. And sharing them with you all can't hurt either!

Blessings in this New Year to YOU!

Daily December #24

Dinner at our house! Really snacks and soup at our house with the Fasts, Flobergs, and Hennesseys. More fun with cousins, good food and lots of presents, WOW! I love that we can combine some of Josh's family and mine for some of our holidays.




This horse is so cool, he makes noise and his mouth and head move when you pinch his ear!

These are some photos that Boone and Tyler took...







Funny how much more willing people are to pose when kids are taking pictures!

Daily December #23

Today we had our Christmas breakfast with the Prock Clan. Actually it was at the Overstreet's house but is was formerly the a Prock house... No pics for this event yet because I forgot my camera, can you believe that? Pam and Steve were home from South Carolina for Christmas this year so that was a special treat. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and the grownups had fun too. We've been doing a potluck breakfast so that one person isn't responsible for everything and that works our really well. Especially since potluck style stuff can handle breakfast in rounds and still stays pretty good. I'll add the pics when I get them...

Got some - this one is my favorite. They wrestled with poor Grandpa forever. Gotta love boys - Kylee contented herself on the couch playing a keyboard while all this hoopla was going on.



Then the boys and girls. This is Brody's new look! Uncle T and Aunt Delicious got Boone the Little Llama books (which are hysterical) and Brody looks just like "llama llama mad at mama".

Daily December #22

Just chillin' while mom finishes wrapping gifts...

Daily December #21

On the 21st we had the Christmas Party for Angie's kids Daycare.  The parents bring snacks and the kids have a gift exchange from names that they have drawn.  The all give us the presents that they have made for the parents and then they get a special gift from Angie too. This year the boys all got RC cars and there was a lot of racing going around after that.  It was so funny to see them all rolling around on the floor trying to figure out how to control them.  Here is the attempt at a group photo and cute picture of Boone and CJ.