Family Promises

 This time of year is always busy for the family, so we, once again, found ourselves scrambling for time and making extra efforts to get our promises in.  We are developing a bit of a routine though, so it gets a little easier every week.   Tracy - Cook Dinner With Kyle Why was this promise important to you?  Good quality time with my husband.  Not talking about work or children and just messing around and having fun. How did it feel to fulfill your promise? Laughing.  Flirting.  Groping (He's a monster). It was fun.  Good.  I enjoyed it. Shea - Play 4 Different Board Games Why was this promise important to you? It was important for me because I wanted to spend time as a family not on our phones.  I wound up playing two "board games," one card game where we all shared, and one game with the dog. How did it feel to fulfill your promise? It felt really good.  It felt exciting, fun, and we laughed.   Kyle - Write a Poem ...

 This completes our first month of weekly promises!!!  We've had to extend some deadlines to get everything in, but we are working hard on holding each other accountabile.  Here's a breakdown of the week's promises. Tracy - Bake with Shea Why was this promise important to you? I wanted to spend time with Shea and I wanted it to be something she likes to do and is fun. How did it feel to fulfill your promise? It was fun.  We had a good time making the dog treats.  We laughed, and afterwards we played with dog and worked on training her.  The dough was REALLY tough and hard to roll out.  I was sweating and Shea was laughing at me.   Shea - Bake Dog Treats Why was this promise important to you? I wanted to make sure Jinx got something out of the promises.  I like to bake and I thought, "Why not bake a treat for my 'little sister'?" How did it feel to fulfill your promise? It felt good.  It was cool to see the dog do all her tricks to g...