2024 Family Goals

1.  52 Hikes - 32
1. 1/1: Bastrop State Park: Scenic Overlook Trail; 2.5 miles
2. 1/1: Bastrop State Park: Lost Pines Trail; 1.4 miles
3. 1/3: Lake Catherine State Park: Falls Branch Trail; 2 miles
4. 1/4: Lake Ouachita State Park: Caddo Bend Trail; 3.5 miles
5. 1/5: Bob Sandlin State Park: Lakeview Loop; 1.7 miles
6. 1/13: Inks Lake State Park: Devils Backbone Trail; 3.9 miles
7. 1/20: Colorado Bend State Park: Gorman Falls Trail; 3 miles
8. 1/20: Colorado Bend State Park: Spicewood Springs Trail 1.2 miles
9. 2/4: Barton Creek Greenbelt: Twin Falls to Sculpture Falls; 3.4 miles
10. 2/18: Wildflower Center; 2.1 miles
11. 3/13: Everglades National Park: Anhinga Trail; 1 mile
12. 3/13: Everglades National Park: Gumbo Limbo, Eco Pond, and Mahogany Hammock Trail; 1.5 mile
13. 3/14: Big Cypress National Preserve: Kirby Storter Trail; 1 mile
14. 3/15: Canaveral National Seashore: 3.5 miles
15. 4/21: Zilker Nature Preserve: 2 miles
16. 5/12: St. Edward's Park: 4.3 miles
17. 5/19: Inks Lake State Park, Lake Trail: 2.25 miles
18. 5/25: Palo Duro State Park, Rock Garden Trail: 2.25 miles
19. 5/25: Coal Mine Campground, Ciobola National Forest: 1 mile
20. 5/26: El Malpais National Monument, El Calderon Loop: 4 miles
21. 5/26: Bandera Volcano, Grants, NM: 1.4 miles
22. 5/26: El Malpais National Monument, Lava Falls Trail: 1.25 miles
23. 5/27: Petroglyph National Monument, Mesa Point Trail: .3 miles
24. 5/27: Petroglyph National Monument, Piedras Marcadas Canyon: 1.5 miles
25. 6/14: Wildflower Center: 1.2 miles
26. 6/15: Pease Park: 1 mile
27. 6/16: Violet Crown Trail: 2.7 miles
28. 8/17: Oak Parke Greenbelt: 1.6 miles
29. 10/20: Guadalupe River State Park: 3.2 miles
30. 11/3: Violet Crown Trailhead: 4.1 miles
31. 11/26: Ebony Trail, Resaca de la Palma State Park: 1.4 miles
32. 11/26: Wader's Trail and Spoonbill Loop, Estero Llano Grande State Park: 1.4 miles
2. 10 New State Parks (any state) - 7
1. Lake Catherine State Park - Arizona - January
2. Lake Ouachita State Park - Arizona - January
3. Bob Sandlin State Park - Texas - January
4. Guadalupe River State Park - Texas - October
5. Cedar Hill State Park - Texas - November
6. Resaca de la Palma State Park - Texas - November
7. Estero Llano Grande State Park - Texas - November
3. 100 Family Miles - 70 miles
1. January Total: 19.2
2. February Total: 5.5
3. March Total: 7 miles
4. April Total: 2 miles
5. May Total: 18.25
6. June Total: 6.5 miles
7. August Total: 1.6 miles
8. October Total: 3.2 miles
9. November Total: 7 miles
4. 6 new states - 2
1. Arkansas - January
2. Florida - March
5. Try Something New - kayaking
6. Read 30 Books as a Family - 12
1. The Secret Letters: Mysteries of Trash & Treasure (Book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (audiobook)
2. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unmapped Sea (Book 5) by Maryrose Wood (audiobook)
3. Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson (audiobook)
4. A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (audiobook)
5. Big Tree by Brian Selznick
6. The Boggart by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
7. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Book 3) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
8. Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Book 4) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
9. Gregor and the Code of Claw (Book 5) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
10. The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic (Book 2) by Cressida Cowell
11. The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times (Book 3) by Cressida Cowell
12. The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever (Book 4) by Cressida Cowell

2024 Books Read: July to December

1.  The Orphan Keeper by Cameron Wright
2. The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian (audiobook)
3. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
4. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs (audiobook)
5. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (audiobook)
6. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
7. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (audiobook)
8. How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang (audiobook)
9. Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
10. My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free by Laura Carney (audiobook)
11. The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell (audiobook)
12. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (audiobook)
13. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
14. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (audiobook)
15. The Book-Shop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman
16. Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (audiobook)
17. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce (audiobook)
18. River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer 
19. The Storyteller by Dave Grohl (audiobook)
20. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (audiobook)
21. Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos
22. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner (audiobook)
23. Layla by Colleen Hoover
24. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (audiobook)
25. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (audiobook)
26. The Night Travelers by Armando Lucas Correas (audiobook)
27. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
28. The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
29. Clover Hendry's Day Off by Beth Morrey (audiobook)
30. Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
31. Make Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens (audiobook)
32. The Maid by Nita Prose
33. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (audiobook)
34. The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson (audiobook)
35. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
36. Vera by Carol Edgarian
37. Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman (audiobook)
38. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan (audiobook)
39. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
40. Huddle by Brooke Baldwin (audiobook)
41. The Honey Don't List by Christina Lauren (audiobook)
42. The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner (audiobook)
43. The Other Alcott by Elisa Hooper (audiobook)
44. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
45. The Women's March by Jennifer Chiaverini
46. The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey (audiobook)
47. Kaleidoscope by Cecily Wong
48. A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins (audiobook)
49. The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg (audiobook)
50. The War Nurse by Tracey Enerson Wood
51. More Than Words by Jill Santopolo
52. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio (audiobook)
53. The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel 
54. Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler (audiobook)
55. The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (audiobook)
56. Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey (audiobook)
57. James by Percival Everett (audiobook)
58. Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens (audiobook)
59. The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton 
60. Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells (audiobook)
61. The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley (audiobook)
62. Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez (audiobook)
    
63. Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (audiobook)
64. The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose 
65. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (audiobook)
66. The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (audiobook)
67. Go As a River by Shelley Read (audiobook)
68. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
69. Where the Deer and Antelope Play by Nick Offerman (audiobook)
70. The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh (audiobook)
71. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (audiobook)
72. Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
73. The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (audiobook)
74. Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close (audiobook)
75. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
76. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Books I have Read to the Boys:

1. The Wizards of Once (Book 1) by Cressida Cowell
2. Gregor and the Code of Claw (Book 5) by Suzanne Collins
3. The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic (Book 2) by Cressida Cowell
4. The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times (Book 3) by Cressida Cowell
5. The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever (Book 4) by Cressida Cowell

2024 State Parks

Texas

1. Bastrop State Park
2. Bob Sandlin State Park
3. Inks Lake State Park
4. Colorado Bend State Park
5. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
6. Guadalupe River State Park
7. Cedar Hill State Park
8. Resaca de la Palma State Park
9. Estero Llano Grande State Park

Arkansas

1. Lake Catherine State Park
2. Lake Ouachita State Park

2024 Camping Adventures

1. Long Pine Key Campground, Everglades National Park
2. Hackberry Campground, Palo Duro Campground
3. Coal Mine Campground, Cibola National Forest
4. Inks Lake State Park
5. Cedar Hill State Park

2024 National Parklands

National Parks

1. Hot Springs National Park
2. Everglades National Park
3. Big Cypress National Preserve
4. Canaveral National Seashore
5. El Malpais National Monument
6. Petroglyph National Monument

National Forests

1. Cibola National Forest

2024 Books Read: January to June

1. The Book of V. by Anna Solomon (audiobook)
2. Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (audiobook)
3. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (audiobook)
4. The Measure by Nikki Erlick
5. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
6. The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
7. Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
8. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
9. The Cactus by Sarah Haywood (audiobook)
10. Nuclear Family by Joseph Han (audiobook)
11. Why Father's Cry at Night by Kwame Alexander (audiobook)
12. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
13. All the Gold Stars by Rainesford Stauffer (audiobook)
14. The Light of Luna Park by Addison Armstrong
15. The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel (audiobook)
16. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
17. The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins (audiobook)
18. Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
19. Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom by Ariel Burger (audiobook)
20. Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
21. Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah (audiobook)
22. Lana's War by Anita Abriel 
23. The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (audiobook)
24. Out of Love by Hazel Hayes (audiobook)
25. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
26. Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer (audiobook)
27. The Stolen Coast by Dwyer Murphy (audiobook)
28. The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'Antonio (audiobook)
29. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily by Noelle Salazar
30. Sam by Allegra Goodman (audiobook)
31. The Hero of this Book by Elizabeth McCracken (audiobook)
32. You Have a Match y Emma Lord (audiobook)
33. Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks (audiobook)
34. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin (audiobook)
35. The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (audiobook)
36. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow (audiobook)
37. A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Messiner (audiobook)
38. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
39. All You Have to Do is Call by Kerri Maher (audiobook)
40. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (audiobook)
41. The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
42. What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyun Kim (audiobook)
43. The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar
44. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (audiobook)
45. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
46. Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney (audiobook)
47. Four: A Divergent Collection by Suzanne Collins 
48. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (audiobook)
49. Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
50. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutano (audiobook)
51. Banyan Moon by Thao Thai (audiobook)
52. We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein
53. Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood (audiobook)
54. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (audiobook)
55. Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray 
56. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 
57. Summer Sister by Judy Blume (audiobook)
58. Hell of a Book by Jason Mott 
59. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg (audiobook)
60. Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
61. A Quitter's Paradise by Elysha Change
62. Wahala by Nikki May (audiobook)

Books I have Read to the Boys

1. The Secret Letters: Mysteries of Trash & Treasure (Book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (audiobook)
2. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (Book 9) by Cressida Crowell
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters (Book 2) by Rick Riordan
4. The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze (Book 3) by Rick Riordan
5. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (Book 10) by Cressida Crowell
6. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unmapped Sea (Book 5) by Maryrose Wood (audiobook)
7. Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson (audiobook)
8. A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (audiobook)
9. Big Tree by Brian Selznick
10. The Boggart by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
11. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero (Book 11) by Cressida Crowell
12. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Book 3) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
13. Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Book 4) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
14. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Fight a Dragon's Fury (Book 12) by Cressia Crowell

Walking Around Washington DC

Churches--

U.S. Capitol

U.S. Supreme Court

Chinatown

Street Art and Sculptures

Washington Monument

Lafayette Square

White House and Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building

Smithsonian African History Museum