#24 Hiking In Zions National Park

We had an absolutely wonderful time down at Zions last week.  Here are some pictures that we took of our trip:

The kids at the visitor's center:

I couldn't resist this picture of Emily during our stop for lunch:

Here are the kids after our hike up to Weeping Rock:

Just a couple views of Zions:

They even had snow up past the tunnel:

#24 Hiking in Zions National Park

Tax season is in full swing right now. I've been working more hours than I care to think about - it's great! Amanda has been such a trooper, as have the kids, with me being gone so much. This week has been especially high with the number of hours worked, so we've decided to take Friday afternoon and run away for the weekend with the kids. We're going to head down to St. George and go to Zions National Park.

So, goal #24, Hiking in Zions National Park, will be accomplished this weekend. I will hopefully get some pictures posted and more info sometime after we get back on Sunday.

Setting Goals

In setting goals for myself, I've realized that it's a little harder to set goals when the goal being set is too ambiguous, or too difficult to track.  "Write in my journal" "Read my scriptures" "Eat healthy" "Don't beat up my sister" etc... are all goals that I've set for myself, and while I think those are worthy goals, I've realized that I work a little better when I have a checklist in front of me.

Hence the 53 before 35 concept.  My biggest fear in setting 53 goals to accomplish before I turn 35 was in not being able to come up with 53 things that I wanted to accomplish.  Do I really have that many interests?  As I started into creating my list, I found that not only do I have that many interests, I also have quite a few things that I'm not interested in that I still want to accomplish (such as hiking to the top of Mt. Timp) - things that I just want to do to be able to say that I've done them.  Then there are things that I've always been fascinated with (such as politics and reading important historical documents) but have never gotten around to doing.

The nice thing about having a checklist is that I can actually see what I'm accomplishing.  Oh, and the concept of giving rewards when desired results are achieved...it's just nice to check something off that list.