I had simple goals this year – and it was the right type of year for that. 2025 was a good good year, with small habits helping feel like there was consistency- when I am needed so so much.

Personal

• 225 mile walks complete – 245 walks completed. VERY proud of this when i had a baby born this year
• 20 books read – started so strong, found so many good autos, but fizzled. 16 books
• prayer life and writing down and thinking through more – did not do good at this, going on 2026
• work hard to not waste produce from the garden – def not perfect, but worked very very hard and think i made a step in the right direction
• try milk kefir – did enjoy this. at the moment it isn’t a top priority but i am sure it will come back around
• no instagram/facebook in January – completed and proud of myself for stretching this muscle

Creative

• 24 new recipes from pinterest or cookbooks- I feel like i tried a lot – i think it was around**
• more homemade snacks for the kids and cut store bought to minimum or special occasions – def did better than years before with making hard boiled eggs, banana bread, granola bars. Def bought less snacks and pushed fruits and veggies
• just keep up with all the memory keeping since adding a 5th kid will make for plenty more – I am def behind, but used the last days of 2025 to work HARD. Hoping to continue to focus in January.
• kids creative endeavors entered into the fair – kids entered 5 things! I think its just the start of us all loving the fair!

Family

• build our shop or deck this year! – didn’t happen, please Lord let 2026 be the year!
• adjust finances with KDR business to make sure we are doing everything the most financially wise way – I feel like we used the business well and so proud of What Kyle all accomplished this year with it.
• more nights outside playing sports – no excuses. we love sports, our kids are liking them – other things can wait! – We def did better — here’s to even more in 2026
• snuggling up every second of baby #5 and never feeling bad for not putting them down or letting them sneak into bed – Baby Boone has been held every second he wanted too. I soaked it all up and am STILL so sad to see such a beautiful chapter of my life close.

It was the most beautiful year. Our last with a baby in the house. he was so so adored and all of us revolved around him. the kids stepped up- were huge help, got more responsible, and huge steps forward. The last quarter I was still just very overwhelmed with our life and trying to figure out if this is a season or if a change needs to be made.