Spiritual goals of 2015

Spiritual growth is so important to me and my family. It is a calling I feel the Lord has placed on me to raise our children in a place where they see me taking time with Him, placing Him first...hopefully leading by example. I have never read the Bible in its entirety. I have read a chunk of it through Bible studies and sermons but not on my own.

I am a "follow a plan" kinda girl and I knew I would need a "checklist" to help keep me on track and motivate me to stick with this year long goal. I found this one on pinterest and I have it printed out and in the New Testament ready to go!

 

I posted earlier that I wanted to read more in 2015 and part of that is to COMPLETE 3 Bible studies this year. I say COMPLETE because I have a horrible habit of starting them and not finishing. Joining a small group will help me reach that goal. My small group for the winter/spring is doing The Blessing by Dr John Trent and Dr Gary Smiley. I have heard some amazing things about this study so I'm super excited to get going on this!

 

 

My marriage is another place I want spritual growth and a place I want to provide a positive example. We already know that there are several weeks J will be away from home so I wanted a study or devotional we could do on our own but also together...make sense? I decided on The One Year Love Language Minute Devotional by Gary Chapman.

 

 



And seeing as how J is spending the first couple weeks of the year away from home, I bought 2 so that we each have one...no excuses!

 

The kids are not left out! C will be working on completing Day by Day Begin-to-Read Bible, this will be apart of our night time routine.

 

 

And we will read The One Year Devotional for Preschoolers II to sister girl.

 

  

I can't wait to see what we learn this year and what God says to us through these readings...2015 is gonna rock!

2015 Reading Log

I love to read...LOVE to read. As a momma of 2 small kiddos I rarely had time to read and when I did I was too tired to comprehend what I was reading. Now that the youngest is 3 and enjoying independent playtime and now that both kids are old enough to really help with the daily chores and pick up after themselves I'm not as tired and have found more time to read again. While I was spending the last 6 years getting the kids to this point I made a huge list of books I wanted to read. So, I am going to read them. Not all of them obviously but I would like to take several off the list.

I did write the list out in my journal but I only plan to record the ones I have actually read.

I'm excited to look back and see the progress I've made. Here goes nothing :)

Catching the vision

The weekend of February 15-17 I travelled to Dallas/Ft Worth for AdvoCare Success School. What is Success School-for me it was a time to understand what I really had on my hands with people that were discovering that same. SS was a weekend to relax in a high energy environment with some amazing people. It was a weekend to re-evaluate why I chose to get involved in AdvoCare in the first place and where that decision can now take me.

Through out the weekend we went to several training sessions to learn more about the products, the business as a whole and how to share that properly with others.

Some highlights for me: Hearing President HW Bush speak, worshiping with Micheal W Smith, listening to several stories from people that were just like us and are now making more money and have more success than I can even begin to imagine having.

The theme for this year is "Catch the Vision". I can say that I caught the vision that AdvoCare has for the future but I also caught on to what I needed to do to intentionally be apart of that future.

 
This video is a recap of the weekend:
http://youtu.be/n5M0R-8XhZU

At the closing the whole arena erupted with confetti-pretty neat!

"A whole arena of like minded people with the same heart beat"-Sherrie Wright  

Jason Whiten-Tight End for Dallas Cowboys inviting us to his house for August Success School! I can't wait to be in the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in 6 months!!

Our Team after the Legacy Team Dinner- yummy!!

Drew Brees- National Endorser



Rachel, Danelle and I enjoyed the weekend together 

The one and only Micheal W Smith- how many companies allow for a church service and push for  the beliefs of a Christian community.

One of the exciting announcements at SS is always the release of the new products. The new products for this SS: The Raw Bar

A new Dairy-Free Meal Replacement Bar

And finally 3 new Spark flavors! But with a twist...the "buds" are supposed to decide which of the 3 flavors stays. I have tried all three and WATERMELON is by far the best!! If you would like to vote go to the AdvoCare Facebook page and place you vote.

I took this picture the morning I flew out. The first time in 5 years I have flown without children, flown to something for me not just to visit family but to get away from family. I sat reflecting on how peaceful I felt. J's job (deployment) was totally up in the air at that point and I should have been worrying about that but I wasn't. I was ready to work on me and figure out what my place and goals are for the next year.

 

If someone were to ask me if I thought going to SS was a worth it, I would say 100%.

 

If you want to be apart of this incredible company-let me know! I would love to take you to Dallas with me in August!!

2013 Goals and Expectations

2013 is going to be a big year for my family and a year with a lot of changes. I am looking forward 2013 though and the challenges ahead.

Jason will only be with us as a family until March and then he will be headed off to Hawaii to train followed up by a deployment to Afghanistan. We are going to miss him so much but these goals are going to make the time pass and make me a person wife, mom and Daughter in Christ ready to manage our family as a whole when we do finally come back together.

The kids and I are moving back "home" for the time Jason is gone. We found a fun cabin home between my mom and dad, as much as I hate the circumstances that are making these changes happen I am excited to be home for a little while.

So here are my goals:

1. Read one book a month. I am going to keep track of this on Goodreads. You can follow along with what I'm reading on the side bar. Goodreads has a challenge that helps you track your goal of a certain number of books read. I choose my goal to be 24 in 2012, 12 for pleasure and 12 Bible studies.

2. Maintain the weight range I am right now. I set a healthy range and I would like to stay within that range. And no I will not say what the range is :)

3. Finish Jason's Army Scrapbook.  I have been working on this for quite a while and would really like to finish it up this year!

4. Potty train Charlotte.

5. Bench press my weight. This was actually a challenge given by Jason but I think I can achieve it if I try.

6. Run a 10k. I don't like to run so this is huge! It is something Jason has wanted to do as a couple for a long time. I want to run a 10k with him when he comes home.

7.Make Silver Level Distributor with Advocare.

8.Constantly be in a study or devotional.  I can also track these on Goodreads.

9. 1 Art/craft project a month. In other words start actually doing what I pin on Pinterest.

10. Pay off my car.  We are firm believers in the Dave Ramsey plan of debt removal and being a cash family, We only have my car left and we will be debt free.

11. Get my tooth fixed. Weird goal I know. I had a root canal done a few months ago and the pain, experience was too much for me to back and have them do another on my other back tooth....pregnancy and poor health habits did a number on my molars! So now that I am going to be back home with my dentist from forever, I would like her to fix my teeth.

12. Cook and bake more. Again to utilize those Pinterest pins.

13. Host Christmas. I have lived in another state since we got married almost 6 years ago so I have never had the chance to host a big holiday. I would love to have my family over for Christmas since this will most likely be my only chance for a long time!

14. Take time for myself. Take a class. Go see a movie. Something that allows me time away from the babes.

15. Join a gym. I have always worked out at home but I would love to join a gym and maybe even get a personal trainer.

So there they are....I can't wait to revisit this post on January 1, 2014 and see where I am then.