How To Plan A 2020 Family Reunion

We are heading for what will be the most historic year since Y2K.  The year Y2K2O marks the second decade of the 2nd Millenium on the gregorian calendar.

Let's brainstorm some ideas together right now. Here are a few.

Family Reunion Genealogy and Homestead Tour - A fulfilling experience marking family history with what was happening in the news, a homestead tour and some surprising genealogy discoveries with the help of DNA tracking.
Family Reunion Talent Show  - An opportunity to creatively express appreciation for family support, experience and wisdom.
Family Reunion Legends Ball - Gown and Black Tie Galla. A time to express appreciation and honor for the loving support of the elders in the family.
Family Reunion Fall Food Fest - A time of thanks and appreciation for your harvest bounty.
Family Reunion Cruise - Need we say more?

It's the perfect historic marker for your next family reunion. And 2020 will look great on your t-shirts, party favors, banners, and hats. So what do you need to do to start planning the best 2020 family reunion event ever? Ideas, tips, guides and organization planners can go a long way in helping you to plan, organize and manage your best reunion ever.

1. Step By Step Checklist with Tips and Planning Guide

2. Budget Planner

3. Travel Planner

4. Theme Planner with Itinerary and Dinner and Entertainment Programs

5. Cost Savings Tips

6. Tee Shirt Designer

7. Reception Hall Planner

8. Complete Departmental Instructions and Worksheets

9. eBook or Print version

10. Event Planning Journal and Recipe Compiler

11. Tips, cost-saving guides, and practical event planning instructions

Wouldn't it be nice to have all of this in one ebook along with a detailed theme planner with itinerary and activities all planned out? Plus a spreadsheet, ebook and web app package so you can plan your reunion your way?

In celebration of Family Reunion Planning Month, we are drastically reducing the cost of Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Guide and Keepsake. To take advantage of this deep discount and start using the most popular reunion planning guide today. 

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12 Ways To Honor Your Mother and Father

There is a saying I am particularly fond of. "When I was weak, family saved me."  We were weak when we were born. We could do nothing for ourselves. But we are reading this blog because we survived not by our own will but that of a caring family member who loved us.  The fact is family often comes through when no one else will.  They deserve our deepest respect. How can we show this regard in such a way that it is undeniable?

Showing Deep Respect

Visit and write them more often. Express appreciation for specific things they have done. Take the time to take them out and show them off to friends and acquaintances. Speak respectfully and kindly of them. As they get older they may need financial support. Always leave them a little extra. Help them to grow old gracefully. Overlook minor issues while making them feel more secure. Give them reassurance of your love long before they ask for it.

There is another saying. "Honor your father and mother." Yes respect is felt, but honor is shown publicly. How?  Being quick, not slow, to reveal the deep respect we have for them within. Always say thank you and openly speak humble expressions of love before all onlookers. Another way is to shower your elders with a cascade of tokens of appreciation throughout the year. That said, after they have paid the price and bore the brunt of our burdens... after they carried the load that we could not carry, it only makes sense to give back in an even bigger way. How can we do that?

Showing Honor Before Others

One of the best ways of showing honor is planning an event for that very reason and inviting friends and family to attend.  When doing so choreograph a series of expressions of honor sure to become memorable moments they won't soon forget. Here are a few ideas that are bound to inspire you and touch the heart of your loved one.

1. Hold an honorary dinner ceremony highlighting specific acts of kindness and love.
2. Sing 2 or more songs dedicated to the life of the honoree.
3. To mothers give a large flower bouquet fit for Queen.
4. To fathers place upon his neck  a bronze medal.
5. Have family members recite a poem about the past present and future.
6. Read passages from a family memory book.
7. Tell tasteful stories laced with good humor and gratitude.
8. Raise a long horizontal banner the carries a phrase often spoken by the honoree.
9. Relate how the words and actions of the honoree inspired family members.
10. Have a lineup of young people each saying thank you as they walk by placing the written words .they speak in a keepsake treasure chest.
11. Play a video of special moments in time growing up under the care of those being honored.
12. Take pictures and video and make a keepsake they will enjoy the rest of their days.

There are so many other ways to honor your loved ones each and every day. But this is how you show honor in the most memorable sort of way.

More Tips and Ideas

For more ideas tips and guides to plan and arrange your next family event consult Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social web app. Or get the book Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Keepsake sold at most online bookstores such as Google Books, Google Shopping and Amazon.com. What? Don't have the latest copy of Fimark's Family Reunion Planner yet? Follow the links on this blog to access the family reunion planner app complete with eBook detailing how to plan an honorary dinner program and Ball for the Living Legends in your family.

How To Blow A Gazillion Gigantic Bubbles

If you ever wondered what activity your kids and grand kids would enjoy playing for hours and hours eventually leading to a long slumber at nap time-  it's can be summed up in to simple words. Blowing bubbles. No not spit bubbles. We're talking about fragrant clean and colorful soap bubbles. My granddaughter loves playing with bubbles in the park. What child does not go crazy trying to catch and pop them.

What's interesting about playing with bubbles is that children use almost every muscle in their body eyeing, chasing, twisting, turning, falling and getting back up while laughing hysterically when a flying bubble comes their way. So what will keep them chasing those bubbles for hours? A constant flow of tiny and man-sized bubbles, that what. How to blow a gazillion gigantic bubbles without blowing the wind out of yourself? The secret art of blowing bubbles is not so secret after all. It's all in the wind and wrist. Of course you want to have the right equipment. Two sticks and heavy absorbent string or rope, a bucket of bubble solution and your ready to to go.

MUSIC VIDEOS
Watch the music video "The Art of Blowing Bubbles" featuring the newly released single "Contemplation" by Mark Angelo Askew now available on YouTube.  Get funtastic bubble game ideas using the reunion planner app featured on this blog.

No family reunion event is complete without a 3-10 minute music video featuring the whole family or past year events including weddings, showers, graduations, births and so on. Thinking about creating your own family music video? Get ideas for your family reunion videos, picnic and ballroom background music. Stayed tuned to our YouTube channel for new music video uploads each month. Remember to subscribe to get notified when the latest music videos are posted.

Did you know that once you purchase the family reunion planner you can contact me for help designing your banner and flyers for free? And that's not all. We also touch up digital photos.  If you like my YouTube music and videos I produce one for you featuring my original instrumental music compositions featured on the YouTube channel with your digital photos and video. See link above. Enjoy.

REUNION THEME IDEAS
So you're planning a family reunion but not sure what theme or activities to plan? Check out the 5 themes in the family reunion planner social web app. (Link on this page.)

The 5 theme family reunion planner includes activities, itineraries and theme related dinner programs from traditional reunions to ballroom formal black tie events. You'll have no problem getting spectacular ideas for your reunion event using the reunion planning web app. The event planner also includes an ebook you can read and notate as you go.

What? Don't have your own personal copy of Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social web app? Don't miss out on all the fun. Find a link to the app on this blog page and start planning a meaningful memorable family reunion.

Remember Oprahs Legends Ball?

Who cannot remember Oprahs televised Legends Ball. It brought tears to our eyes to see so many living legends at one table being honored for their undeniable contributions to shaping our view of ourselves, our attitude toward others and our outlook.

Research shows that many professionals and community mentors have been holding Living Legend ceremonies since 1998.

We were so inspired and uplifted by the Legends event that not long after we introduced the Living Legends Ball family reunion planner. The event planner theme took off inspiring scores of Living Legends Balls across the country.

The Living Legends Ball Family Reunion Planner
A spectacular event to honor family elders who have paved the way for others. Many families started planning their Family Reunion Living Legends Ball using the printable invitation, award certificate and poems templates and worksheets provided in Fimark's award winning Family Reunion Planner

Now reunion planners can make use of the Living Legends Ball Dinner Program, complete with an outline of approriate activities during the event. The package also includes the poem "Legends Live Among Us" specifically written for such an event.

Nothing could be more humbling, enriching and memorable as having a memorable Living Legends Ball.