2023 Family Goals

Here's how we fared with our 2023 family goals-- 

1. Hike 5 extinct volcanoes
1. Big Bend National Park
2. Davis Mountains State Park
3. Lassen Volcanic National Park
4. Crater Lake National Park 
5. Sunset Crater National Monument
2. Try something new - Lil' Passports recipes
3. 6 Volunteer Projects - service projects at church, service projects at school
4. Visit 12 National Parklands
1. Big Bend National Park (TX)
2. Saguaro National Park (AZ)
3. Joshua Tree National Park (CA)
4. Death Valley National Park (CA)
5. Grand Canyon National Park - North Rim (AZ)
6. Great Basin National Park (NV)
7. Lassen Volcanic National Park (CA)
8. Redwoods National Park (CA)
9. Crater Lake National Park (OR)
10. Fort Davis National Historic Site (TX)
11. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (AL)
12. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (AZ)
13. Wupatki National Monument (AZ)
14. Vermillion Cliffs National Monument (AZ)
15. Pipe Spring National Monument (AZ)
5. Visit 4 US Deserts
1. Mojave Desert
2. Colorado Desert
3. Great Basin Desert
4. Sonoran Desert
5. Chiricahua Desert

2023 Christmas Decorations

2023 Books Read: July to December

 

1. The Lion's Den by Katherine St. John (audiobook)
2. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
3. Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock
4. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
5. All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein (audiobook)
6. Circling the Sun by Paula McClain (audiobook)
7. A Burning by Meha Majumdar (audibook)
8. Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli (audiobook)
9. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (audiobook)
10. The Whole & Healthy Family by Jodi Mockabee
11. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (audiobook)
12. Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie (audiobook)
13. We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (audiobook)
14. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
15. Outlawed by Anna North (audiobook)
16. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 
17. Maame by Jessica George
18. The Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (audiobook)
19. The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine (audiobook)
20. Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen (audiobook)
21. Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost
22. The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica by Naira de Gracia
23. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
24. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
25. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (audiobook)
26. Weyward by Emilia Hart
27. Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate (audiobook)
28. The Children's Train by Viola Ardone (audiobook)
29. One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (audiobook)
30. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
31. Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (audiobok)
32. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
33. Tangerine by Christine Mangan (audiobook)
34. Bluebird by Genevieve Graham (audiobook)
35. The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
36. If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (audiobook)
37. Send For Me by Lauren Fox (audibook)
38. The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah
39. Solito by Javier Zamora 
40. Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook)
41. The All-Girl Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flag
42. The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
43. Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald
44. Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Ellie Cosimano
45. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
46. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassan (audibook)
47. How to Not Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (audiobook)
48. Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale (audiobook)
49. The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane 
50. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (audiobook)
51. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore (audiobook)
52. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
53. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul (audiobook)
54. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (audiobook)
55. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
56. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (audiobook)
57. Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (audiobook)
58. Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez (audiobook)
59. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 
60. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (audiobook)
61. Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown (audiobook)

Books I've Read to the Boys

1. Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
2. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (audiobook)
3. Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary (audiobook)
4. Gregor the Overlander (Book 1) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
5. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese (Book 3) by Cressida Crowell
6. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse (Book 4) by Cressida Crowell
7. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
8. The Penderwicks at Last (Book 5) by Jeanne Birdsall
9. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Twist a Dragon's Tale (Book 5) by Cressida Crowell
10. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
11. How to Train Your Dragon: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons (Book 6) by Cressida Crowell
12. The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy (Book 2) by Rick Riordan
13. The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
14. The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
15. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Book 2) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
16.  How to Train Your Dragon: How to Ride a Dragon's Storm (Book 7) by Cressida Crowell
17. The Wild Robot Protects (Book 3) by Peter Brown
18. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Break a Dragon's Heart (Book 8) by Cressida Crowell
19. Stella by McCall Hoyle (audiobook)
20. Just Gus by McCall Hoyle (audiobook)
21. The Incorrigibles of Ashton Place: The Interrupted Tale (Book 4) by Maryrose Wood