Goal report

1.  Attend all 15 temples in Utah and attend the temple twice a month.  What happens in temples?  Pictures of inside the Temple?
January - 1. Salt Lake City with Stephanie as she received her endowment and Phoenix temple, February - 2. Monticello temple and 3. Provo temple, March - 4. Jordan River temple and 5. Bountiful temple, April - 6. Mt. Timpanogos temple and 7. Draper temple,  May - 8. Oquirrah Mountain temple and 9. Timpanogos temple,  June - Salt Lake City temple July - 10. Brigham City temple August - 11. St. George temple and 12. Manti temple September - Nauvoo temple, Los Angeles temple, October - Logan temple
2.  read the Ensign every month
      January - check
      February - check
      March - check
      April - check
      May - check
      June - check
      July - check
      August - almost done
      September - half way
      October - check
3.  dejunk, clean and organize my home - almost done
In June I got busy and cleaned by garage and my home.  I washed windows, organized by garage and deep cleaned the rest of my home.  I hired Audrey to come and help me and we made a lot of progress.  I still have more work to do in the office, but that will be a good fall project.
4.  update all my photo albums, label and date them
While in St. George for a week, I started this process by organizing all the loose photos and starting putting them back in the albums where they belong
5.  start writing my personal history
6.  sew something for each grandchild
     made Lizzie an apron
     made Will a Superman cape
     made Charlie a Captain America cape
     made Lizzie a dress for Kindergarten
     made Ada a dress for Kindergarten

My darling twin cousin girls, here is Lizzie

Ada on her 6th birthday.  She has grey shoes too.

7.  sew my Christmas presents
8.  spend more time in my yard gardening, etc.
In May, Rick and I worked in our yard to get things cleaned up.  We hired his brother to remove some Aspen trees that were taking over the place and we planted flowers in our flower beds and we even planted a salsa garden in our neighbors yard.  It is a work in progress, but we have made great strides.  I love working outdoors!
9.  walk 10,000 steps 5 days a week (thanks to my new FitBit this will be measurable!)
    January -  I'm averaging about 6,000 steps over five days a week, thanks to my FitBit for keeping track.   February - I need to kick that up once I can get outside more.  Not doing as well as I would like to.  March - my FitBit stopped working, but I'm doing my routine and hopefully hitting my goal.  April - August:  I'm still making progress and walking as much as I can. Making good progress through September when I lost my FitBit in Nauvoo :(  Got a new one in late October and got going again tracking my progress even though I was walking without it.  Walking with friend Mary in the mornings is wonderful and I'm back to a good routine.
10.  Lose 15 pounds
     Lost the two I put on plus one more.  Moving in the right direction now. Slowly. March - slow progress, 1 pound lost, April - August - lost four more pounds, September and October brought back the weight...darn.  Traveling and trying to lose weight is not a good combination.
11.  Read 15 books
       Orphan Train
       Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
       Mary, the Mother of Jesus
       Letters of a Woman Homesteader
       Not Fade Away
       Mountains Beyond Mountains
       the life-changing magic of tidying up

      My Antonia
      Joseph Smith, Rough Stone Rolling

12.  support and love my mother more in her advancing years
       January - visited Mom at her home and took her to the Hardware Ranch, a place she use to visit as a child,  February - called her several times a week, March - visited for the weekend, helped her set up her patio, went on some drives, helped her with her meds, etc. she attended my 60th birthday party May - visited and helped out over a weekend, June - she attended our birthday party and family reunion, July - visited her and stayed overnight, August - visited and stayed over two night, September - talked on the phone twice a week, October - visited and cleaned her house, drove her to the dry farm where she lived summers as a child
13.  strengthen the relationships with people I care about
January - went to breakfast with Kathleen, attended a concert with Shelley, Kevin, Marie and Cydnee, went to dinner at the Dixon's home, babysat for Adam and Syd so they could have a break, invited Cydnee over for a sleepover, visited Jordan and Jake and family, attended Kate's welcome home, went to the airport to welcome her, went to lunch with LaRita, February - attended a benefit dinner with the Lindleys, visited Claire and R and family, visited Sarah F., had the Densley's over for dinner, attended a bridal shower for Brooke, threw a birthday luncheon for Kathleen, attended and helped at Brooke's wedding reception, March - went to Sofia's thesis defense, enjoyed my mom, sisters and nieces at my 60th birthday party, met Mary R. for lunch, helped Dara with her finances and went to help her find a new place to live, had the Juan P.s over for dinner, went to lunch with Tiffany and Diane, went to dinner with Scott H. and Lori, spent time together getting a pedicure with my aunt Lorna and cousin Diane April - breakfast with my mission companion and one of our converts from Argentina and her daughter.  What a sweet reunion!
Hosted Chelsea's family who came to town for their graduation, celebrated Audrey's graduation by going to lunch, went to AZ to help out the R family after Jake had surgery May visited Dave and Courtney and children in North Carolina for a week, hosted two lunches for the professors who helped A & C at BYU, took care of my friend Sue who had a stroke in my home for a week, June helped Dara with her finances, celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary with Rick, attended Jake's homecoming, went to Rupert for a visit with the Smiths and attended Robert's funeral, went to Yellowstone with Claire and her family, celebrated our 60th birthdays with a party hosted by our kids July hosted 75 people for the 4th of July BBQ, enjoyed a family reunion with our children and grandchildren, enjoyed the visits of our children and their families for most of the month, went to Bear Lake with Rick and his family, August - attended darling niece Taylor's wedding to Brian in the Logan temple, hosted my sisters Ann and Carol and brother Paul for a few days for Education week, hosted Chelsea's grandparents when they came to town to move A & C, hosted Ann and Carol again for the tampon trial, September - started serving as a tutor at the MTC, attended Jordan's birthday and tending their children, spent a wonderful evening with my "old" Rupert friends, went to lunch with friends from my old job at BYU, started tutoring a mission companion of Andy's over Skype in Mongolia, October - attended my niece Megan's wedding to Jeremy, invited niece Kate and her friends over for dinner along with MIL Pat, attended great-niece Rachel's wedding in Logan to Shawn in the Logan temple, went to lunch with long-time friend Kathleen, had Sydney and Adam and boys over for dinner and later tended the boys while they attended the temple

14.  serve at UVU in the Women's Success Center board
Met for two board meetings and contributed.  Signed up to mentor three college students, got training and met with them individually (one widowed mother of five, one 18 year old, one 20 year old from a troubled family) to help them work towards receiving a college degree, attended more meetings and met with my mentees and provided breakfast, attended a talk by Sheri Dew sponsored by the Women's Success center, met with my mentees during the month, attended the closing social with my mentees, helped set up a meeting with some potential donors to the WSC, attended monthly meetings, signed up to mentor three new UVU young women, meeting with them monthly, attended President Holland's annual breakfast with board members

15.  finish visiting the rest of the 50 states I haven't been to including: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma - GOAL COMPLETED!  Oklahoma was state #50!