The Evertsen's: January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

and here they are...

these are in no specific order. Love them all. Thanks so much Jaclyn Landon. Thanks for doing it on such last minute.

This last one might need a little explaining... Me and Taegen were walking around waiting for Jon to pull up with the car. Taegen decided to put the gift bag on his head and walk around. I couldn't get my camera out fast enough so this is the only one I got. His back is facing me and the bag is completely over his head. He's such cutie!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

2011 Resolutions update

I'm one of those people that if I don't have someone to report to (when it comes to personal goals i.e. weight loss) I cheat...a lot. I rationalize cheating or just not sticking to my plan all together. So when I posted my 2011 new years resolutions on here that was my way of holding myself accountable. And part of that is reporting how I fared...so here is the list of my 2011 New year resolutions.

1.Get Taegen to sleep through the night (complete, well at least it was until we moved into Jon's parents house. Now he's regressed. It's frustrating, but as soon as we get into our own place I'm sure he'll sleep better)
2. Save money to pay off/down at least 1 piece of debt. (complete)
3. Exercise. More specifically, get into my pre-wedding jeans. (I did really good on this one until September. I was exercising and dieting and lost 15 or so lbs. I got down to my pre pregnancy weight, just not pant size. But as soon as we moved into the in-laws I lost my motivation. Lame excuse I know, but it's true. So now my goal is to get down to pre wedding size.)
4. No more candy. (this includes from my work cupboard). (This one only lasted for a couple months. I did good while I was dieting, but even then I'd sneak a little bit of sugar every once in a while.
5. Clean my house, and KEEP it clean.
   M: Kitchen
   T: Living Room
   W: Bathroom
   Th: Taegen's and spare room
   F: Master
-My house (when I lived in my own) wasn't always clean, but I did SO much better than I use to. So even though it wasn't as clean as I would have liked it all the time, I'm going to say this one is complete as well.
6. Keep up on the laundry. ( Fold and put away immediately!!!) Laundry is my nemesis. I H.A.T.E. it! This one started out really good for the first part of the year, but slowly faded out. Maybe I'll master it this year.
7. Make dinner every night. I've gained a love for cooking this year. As long as I have a menu planned I really love cooking. It's the figuring out what to cook that I dislike so much. As for the goal, well I'd say I did really well until Jon left to boot camp in July. After that it was just me and Taegs and I could hardly ever muster up the motivation to cook for just the two of us. So technically I didn't complete this goal, but I still feel pretty good about it.
8. Daily Scripture reading. Sad to say that this is one of the goals that kind of just got pushed to the side. I think having so many things to work on was a little overwhelming. This year I think I'll only make 5 or less that way I can make sure I can put enough time into each one.
and last but not least
9. Get sealed together as a family. COMPLETE!!!!!!!