Cushings set some goals...and report on old ones!

For family home evening this week we sat down and reported on our 2018 goal efforts and then made new goals for 2019.  It's going to be a great year!

Here's how we did in 2018:

Family Goals:
2 family temple trips
1 family camping trip
Get Rhiannon to college
Consistent family scripture study--not so great
Call Collins family at least once a month--not as often as we'd have liked

Jason:
Monthly date with Mom
Monthly activity with Rhiannon--okay but not monthly
Monthly golf with Wade--okay but not monthly
Anniversary trip
50-miler with Wade
Run half-marathon

Verity:
Try diet for thyroid health--nope
Finish CA credential requirements--YES!
Monthly date night with Jason
Donate blood
Publish 2016 and 2017 blog/FB books
Daily Book of Mormon study
Life skill opportunities for kids


Rhiannon:
Finish Personal Progress by 5/30
Summer job
Try something new in Hawaii
Go to prom
Practice piano every Sunday--mostly!
Before college, cook dinner at least once a month--nope
Go to institute
Explore Reno--a little
Write in journal every day

Wade:
Get all Eagle merit badges--some
Run-bike twice a week--nope
Prepare for 50-miler
Do 5 Duty to God sections
High school golf team lessons
More summer jobs


And here are our 2019 goals, challenges, and experiments.  We all felt pretty fired up about these and are excited to work on them!

Family:
3-4 ward or family temple trips
Texas for Thanksgiving
Trek (July 11-13)
Buy Mom a new car
1 camping trip
Come Follow Me curriculum for FHE

Jason:
Half-marathon
Monthly date nights
Monthly golf with Wade
Learn one bass song every month
Come Follow Me study

Verity:  
Love loved ones well.
Eyes up, phone down.
Prepare physically for Girls Camp/Trek
Come Follow Me curriculum
Daily journal writing + weekly blog
40 Hr. Teacher Workweek curriculum
Keep track of all the books I finish

Rhiannon:
Come Follow Me study
2 temple visits
Play piano once a week
Go on 2 dates
See Hozier in concert + 1 more
Call gr-parents and Sandi 2X month
Fun activity once a month

Wade:
Go to a concert
Drivers Ed + license
Eagle Scout completed
Weekly, consistent Come Follow Me
High school golf team adventures
Straight A’s
Active engagement & focus in life
Make $800 over summer

Wade's first basketball game

Jacob, Aidan, Nick, Wade, Elijah, Usman, Dillon, Coach Becky, Tucker, and Miguel

First game of the season--Wade's 5th-grade boys team won 25-9!   It was a spectacular game--we were shocked to see those boys play that well together!  They were a T-E-A-M!

We love his coaches, Mark and Becky Anderson from our church (3rd ward)--they have done an OUTSTANDING job at practices focusing on skills, passing, teamwork and sportsmanship. Those 9 boys made few mistakes during the game and looked like a well-oiled machine--it was scary cool to watch, haha!!!! Wade made one basket, a perfect "swish"!

Wanna know what my favorite part of the game was, though? It was when Wade was racing back to the other side of the court and started pumping his arms up and down to get the crowd excited. HAHAHAHA! Too funny!

Who knows what the rest of the season will be like, but if this team plays the way they did that night, they are going to have a ton of fun!