2017

i have been so excited to start the new year! for the first time in like ever, i have made some solid, concrete goals for myself and my family. i mean, i always have some vague goals (eat more healthy, save more money) but we all know that setting goals like that doesn't do much good.

a few of them for this year:

-go to the temple once a month
    we have been SO bad at this in the last year! it's hard. it's hard to find a babysitter, to find a time to
    go, it's just hard! but we need to do better.
-more deliberate date nights
    going on dates, especially once we had kids, kind of has become a thing of the past.  once in awhile
    we will go out if it's a special occasion, but usually we get so busy and wrapped up in work and
    housework and parenting and the billion other things that claim our attention, that sometimes our
    relationship with each other gets put on the back burner.
-screen time limits
   ok sometimes i'm just the the best mom and let my 3 year old play on the ipad just a little too much.    sometimes it's easier to let the ipad be the parent so that i can focus on other things.  ugh saying that
   makes me sound terrible.  so anyway, this year i'm putting time limits on the ipad and
   netflix/disney princess movies :)  wish me luck on explaining that to little Miss Aria

there are other ones too, but one of the biggest ones is to focus more on the present, especially on my family.   sometimes when i'm home with my two little girls i'm way too fixated on my phone, especially facebook and instagram. it's addicting! and sometimes the only way i feel like i'm still keeping in contact with the outside world. 
so anyway, for this whole year, i'm only going to get on facebook and instagram once a week. i just need to be there for my two littles more, even in the "dull" moments of every day life.