Reflecting 2015.

2015 has been a great year. Some great growth has happened. I feel that things are on the brink of change and I am excited. Encouragement is in the air. Peace. I love it. I know God is doing something big in our family, and in the world. Sometimes it is hard not knowing the big picture... but I do know, there is a big picture.

So I made a post on January 1st with my goals. I wanna go back through that now.

1: Be actively involved in church. Attend at least 2X a week.
----Accomplished. I serve teaching 2's and 3's on Friday nights, and I go every Sunday. Sometimes I also go on Thursday nights for prayer as well.

2: Get Josiah completely out of diapers by the end of the year. (Currently he wears them while sleeping)
-----Well, we accomplished this for several months... and then he backslid. Wetting the bed every single night for like 6 weeks straight, so for now... we put him back in a pull-up. I think we will give it a rest and try again in a few months.

3: Breastfeed Nehemiah until at least 12 months old. (Currently 3 months old)
-----Accomplished. He is 15 months now, and still nurses A LOT. Actually I might need to make a goal on how to cut him back some.

4: Pay off our Car Loan (Currently around 4,400 left to pay)
-----Accomplished. So thankful, this has been a huge burden lifted. We now have no debt but our home.

5: Rebuild our savings as much as possible. (Goal is 10,000 but in 2015 my Goal is 6,000 by the end of the year)
------Not accomplished. We got the car paid off, built some up. Then struggled for several months where we kept having to take out for this that and the other. Then we struggled sticking to our budget. These last couple months we have been more serious again, but it is no where near the 6,000 mark. Maybe by next year...

6: Spend less time on social media. (Maybe only get on 2X a day)
------Fail. Still on way too much. Time to try again.

7: Plan and stick to a daily schedule.
------Fail. This is on my list, again. We have a decent routine for some parts of the day, but other parts are nuts.

8: Evelynn will begin Kindergarten in 2015.
------Accomplished. She began in September, and she has been doing great with it! Very proud of her.

9: Lose 10 lbs. (Currently 175)
------Accomplished! Above and beyond actually, I am currently at 150. :D

10: Trust God in His plans for our family size.
------A work in progress, but I would say accomplished. It does help now, of course, that my baby is 15 months old. The biggest gap in children we have had yet. Makes the idea of getting pregnant seem fine either way. :) Not sure if we are 100% where we want to be before a #4 starts making it's way in, but at the same time we trust that he/she will come if and when God wants him/her to. :)

11: Be financially intentional.
------We went back and forth a lot on this. Some good months, some bad months, some months we tried hard to be good but unexpected stuff happened. In general, we do pretty good. But there is room for improvement for sure.

12: Spend more time reading the bible.
-----Overall, I would say I read it more this year than 2014. But I still would like to increase that. :)


Stay tuned for my new goals. :) I will probably post them tomorrow.