What a Year! 2013

Name: Melinda

Age: 51

Favorite Color this year:  Turquoise

Favorite Food this year: Salmon and Quinoa

Favorite activity: Biking

Favorite Book: The Kitchen House

Greatest Lesson learned: Life is short.  Cherish Each other.

Hardest thing this year: My momma's passing.

Favorite Memory: Singing "Once I went in Swimming" with all of the family after the viewing at the funeral home.  

What I loved about 2013: Going to China with My Wayne

Looking forward to 2014:  Having a Grandbaby !

Want to learn:to play at least 4 songs on the ukulele.  

Want to get better at: Painting..spend atleast an afternoon a week devoted to this

Goals for 2014: Courage.  Recognize my blessings and tender mercies more. Memorize The Living Christ

Name: Wayne

Age: 51

Favorite Food this year: Pizza

Favorite activity: Biking

Favorite Book: Read so many it's hard to keep track

Greatest Lesson learned: Love no matter what

Hardest thing this year: Sheri passing

Favorite Memory:   Can't remember

What I loved about 2013 :  Going to China with Melinda

Looking forward to 2014

Want to learn: More Chinese

Want to get better at: Being Kind

Goals for 2014: participate in two 100 mile bike rides

Name: Laila

Age: 11

Favorite Color this year: Mint

Favorite Food this year: Chicken Bellagio from Cheesecake Factory

Favorite activity: Hanging out with friends

Favorite Book: Michael Vey

Hardest thing this year:  Grandma Sheri dying

Favorite Memory: When Emily Mortensen and I made Shaving cream go everywhere...had a shaving cream fight

What I loved about 2013: Going to Disney World with Truman

Looking forward to 2014

Want to learn: How to do a foutte and a quad pirouette, to be a cleaner eater

Want to get better at: Dancing 

Goals for 2014: Memorize all 13 Articles of Faith

Name: Monson

Age: 21

Favorite Color this year:  Still Red

Favorite Food this year: Pizza

Favorite activity: Missionary Work

Favorite Book: Book of Mormon

Greatest Lesson learned: Obedience brings the best and easiest life

Hardest thing this year: Nothing...it was the best year ever!

Favorite Memory: Being able to go back to Traverse City and baptize Lexi.  

What I loved about 2013: My motive became that I love God

Looking forward to 2014:  

Want to learn: More doctrine 

Want to get better at: working out and playing an instrument

Goals for 2014: Keep my Missionary habits!

Name: Truman

Age: 22

Favorite Color this year: Red

Favorite Food this year: Cafe Rio Salad

Favorite activity:  Photoshop

Favorite Book:  I see Movies

Greatest Lesson learned: Accepting people for who they are.  Friends and family relationships are important

Hardest thing this year: Everything was hard.  2013 Suxz

Favorite Memory: Spending a week at Disney world with Add, Bre and Laila

What I loved about 2013: Netflix

Looking forward to 2014

Want to learn: a handful of songs on the guitar

Goals for 2014: Complete a half IronMan.  Meet the Carter family

Name: Landon

Age: 25

Favorite Color this year:  Green

Favorite Food this year: Churrasco

Favorite activity: Spending time and doing anything with Andrew and Sophia

Favorite Book: Tell the Wolves I'm home

Greatest Lesson learned: being a parent takes lots of time and means crying a lot and not sure what you're doing but smiling and making it up

Hardest thing this year: Moving to Eagle Mountain

Favorite Memory: Going to Disney World with Alex and the kids and seeing/spending time with Addison and Bre  

What I loved about 2013: the continuing of creating and building a wonderful family that helps each other

Looking forward to 2014:  

Want to learn:speak Portuguese

Want to get better at: supporting those who need support.  Loving those who need love.  Listening to those that need an ear.  Understanding

Goals for 2014: Survive, Laugh, Love, give longer hugs, sing more, keep a cleaner house, better shape and eating habits, Travel.

Name: Alex

Age: 30

Favorite Color this year:  Blue

Favorite Food this year: Gyros

Favorite activity: Spending time and doing anything with Andrew and Sophia

Favorite Book: 7 Habits

Greatest Lesson learned: the true meaning of family and unconditional love

Hardest thing this year: Moving to Eagle Mountain

Favorite Memory: Going to Disney World with Landon and the kids and seeing/spending time with Addison and Bre  

Looking forward to 2014:  

Want to get better at:  Making healthier food choices and recipes

Goals for 2014: Survive, move downtown, read atleast 1 book each quarter, volunteer more, better shape and eating habits, travel.

Name: Bre

Age: 24

Favorite Color this year: gold

Favorite Food this year: zucchini fettuccini

Favorite activity: water coloring

Favorite Book: gospel principles manual...it's the only one I read!

Highlights of 2013: feeling the baby kick for the first time, Addison getting a job, seeing Addison perform at work, family visits, teaching Sunday school, watching baby grow, making magic at work, ultrasounds, beach days

Greatest Lesson learned:  don't live as though everything were temporary, invest everything to fully enjoy what the present has to offer.

Hardest thing this year: working while pregnant

Favorite Memory: telling Addison he was going to be a daddy

What I loved about 2013: new friends, relying on Addison, making up our apartment, missionary work

Looking forward to 2014: baby! Getting fit, moving home, spending time with family

Want to learn: how to be the best momma I can be.

Want to get better at: water coloring, serving Addison

Goals for 2014: have technology free dates with Addi. Invest in the present. Get a business started from home.

Name: Addison the great

Age: 27

Favorite Color this year: Red

Favorite Food this year: 50s Prime Time Diner's pot roast

Favorite activity: going on free dates in Disney World with my Bre

Favorite Book: James Christensen's "Men and Angels" and "Passage by Faith"

Greatest Lesson learned: member missionary work, importance of friends and having a sense of community.

Hardest thing this year: being so far away from family. Especially when grandma was so sick- wanting to be there with her.

Favorite Memory: finding out imma be a daddy!! Calling grandma Sheri immediately and sharing the excitement with her :)

What I loved about 2013- all the new experiences with Disney. We loved all the visitors we got, it brought us a lot closer with our families and friends.

Looking forward to 2014

Want to learn: building puppets, caricature, digital painting,

Want to get better at: drawing, singing, filming- movie making, photoshop.

Goals for 2014: live in the moment, take advantage of every opportunity, be self motivated.