As a devoted lover of reflection and goal-setting, New Years Eve is a favorite of mine. Definitely not for the overrated party situation, but the time to look back on an entire year and see how much you have grown and thrived in 365 days. This was our second NYE as Team Brave Dinosaurs and my two little wonders love our tradition of hourly games and activities (and getting to stay up super late of course).

I found this free printable online that each wonder completed with their favorite moments and ideas from 2015 and some goal-setting for the next year. My favorite is that WB’s “I always say” is “You’re the best Mama” – we’ll forget for a moment that he says this the most when he wants extra screen time or a granola bar (he’s lucky he’s so darn cute).
Our annual “milk and cookies” toast – cheers to WG learning my Mom’s beloved rice krispy treat recipe. Boo to a sneaky houseguest eating half the batter.

A few favorite gifts from 2015 – my new Cougs hat from my bests and that amazingly HUGE calendar from my HSLP. I was very much looking forward to today so I could fill it out and post it in our dining room.Scott and I got a date night this past week and we took some time to create some family resolutions and goals for the new year. I’m going to post them here to keep me accountable for actually following through (I may also need the assistance of this goal tracker but I’m not sure – I severely lack intrinsic motivation and follow-through – maybe this should be my personal goal – eh, maybe next year).

2016 TBD resolutions/goals:
Monthly – 
Volunteer together
Read-a-thon sleepover
Family hike

Weekly –
Non-screen chill time (board game, reading, coloring, etc.)
30 minute quiet time and scripture reflection

Other – 
Attend a play/musical together
Painting class
Family 5k (insert my instant panic here – yuck)

Happy 2016 to all of my readers – wishing you and yours an amazing year filled of WONDER, JOY, and adventures!