Wednesday, March 4, 2009

March Fo{u}rth 2009


Today is March Fo{u}rth!


Celebrate today by marching fo{u}rth in life. This is my favorite quote about setting goals. I used this last year on my post but decided to use it again.

"I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When you learn to master the principle of setting a goal, you will then be able to make a great difference in the results you attain in this life." -M. Russell Ballard“Go for It!,” New Era, Mar 2004, 4

Here is the list of all of the goals that were set by everyone in my family for this next year!

Happy goal setting!!

Todd: Write a book

Journal every night

Liz: Have a complete rotating 3 month supply of food, water & supplies

Be able to do a 1 hour yogo routine on my own

Memorize the Proclamation to the World on the FAMILY

Brenna: Save $100.00

Audition for at least 2 plays and perform in at least one

Read 5 books over the summer vacation

Learn 2 songs out the “Top Hits” piano book

Emma Grace: Save $30.00

Memorize 3 songs from the Primary Passages Piano Book

Eliza: Learn to count by 5’s and 10’s

Ride my bike without training wheels

Learn to tie shoes

Charlie: Be potty trained

Scott: Be more patient in traffic

Work on a year supply of food

72 hour kits for us and kids

Tracey: Blog at least once a month

Learn something new each quarter

Work on a year supply of food

72 hour kits for us and kids

Bradley: 26 mile over night hike

write in his Gratitude journal everyday

Go to Hawaii with Sarah

110% Home Teaching

Find a new hobby

Sarah: Start and complete "my story" journal jar

Go to the temple once a month

read 12 books

Send out birthday cards

read and study all of the D&C and church history

Alyssa: Learn to read

Learn 3 Articles of Faith

Send somthing via mail to somebody in the family once/ twice a month

Corbin: Ride his bike with no training wheels

Learn 3 Articles of Faith

Learn months of the year

Send something via mail to somebody in the fammily once/twice a month.

Ava: Learn some shapes and colors, and start talking.

Miralyn: Learn to knit

Accomplish preparedness 3 month supply

Attend the temple once a week

Brian: Lose 20 pounds and look like supermodelquin and then only gain half of it back.

Read the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine & Covenant

Brady: Run a 40 dash in 4.7 seconds (currently at 5.1 seconds)

Connor: Hit a home run in baseball

Callie: - Learn to sew with her new sewing machine

Ashlyn: Learn to ride her bike

Tara: Improve on journal writing (right now it's zero so anything is better than what I'm doing now)

Continue/Finish reading all of President Hinckley's talks

Attend the Temple each month with Gary

Be 15 minutes early to Church each Sunday

Go on a cruise with Gary

Gary: Weekly Sunday night planning and goal evaluation with Tara

15 minutes early to church each week

Bare testimony in church 4 times in 2009

Read EQ and Sunday School lessons each week.

Monthly Temple attendance with Tara.

Run a half marathon

Run 450 miles

Read an entire book (my choice)

Buy a home

Save an undisclosed amount of money each month

Mom(Peggy): make two quilts

write in journal once a week

Read the D&C by July

Read from Alma to the end of the Book of Mormon by December

Dad(Bob): write 300 wills

finish Bishop’s book

give 6 talks (conference, sacrament, funeral, baptism)

Julie: Read Gone With the Wind (not just watch it)
Take the boys to a food bank or homeless shelter to help
Organize my extra bedroom and get rid of things (junk) in my house
Start a blog (Maybe if I do this, it will be my journal writing goal!)
Take a Ballroom Dance class (Maybe I'll meet somebody there!!!)

Cody: Learn to play the drums (if mom can figure out where to get some-any suggestions)
Earn 10 merit badges
Read 10 books about World War II

Garrett: Earn 100.00/save 50.00 (discuss this one with him)
Try out for a play at one of the many theaters around here
Bare his testimony 3 times in Sacrament Meeting

Susan: 100% visiting teaching
Sew two quilts
Start a blog

Drew: Learn more about the Savior (especially the atonement) by reading the Doctrine and Covenants and selections from the New Testament, attending the temple 18 times this year, and studying the Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister.

Keep running even after the Ragnar. Run 1000 total miles this year.

Nichole:

Ethan: 100% Home Teaching
Read the Book of Mormon every day

Alexa:

Spencer: Read to Alma in the Book of Mormon
Complete a long Hike
Save $100.00
Share his testimony in Sacrament & or Home Evening 6 times

Tanner: Learn to Read
Learn to ride a bike w/o training wheels

Addison: Memorize 5 Articles of Faith
Pay 100% tithing on time
Write in her journal every Sunday



4 comments:

Miralyn said...

great goals!! fantastic reminders of the things we need to be doing!!!

The Fears said...

Looks good everyone. I love it! we are all going to be better people by the end of the year!!!

Tara Fears said...

I think I better bookmark this blog! Good Luck to everyone! I love everyone's goals this year!

McCleary Family Fun said...

I don't know how i came across your blog but I am very glad I did. We did the "march 4th" goal setting in our famliy. It was great. thank for the inspiration