New Year Resolutions And Family Reunions

"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Plan to make it a good one."

"This year I will prioritize family over all others."

"This year I will laugh more. "

"This year I will plan a financial strategy to secure my children's future"

"This year I will bring together the entire family and celebrate us."

How can you accomplish all the above this year? Believe it or not, new year resolutions and family reunions have a lot in common. What? think about it. Family reunions are a time to acknowledge and award members who have or are on their way to making important contributions to society. It is a time to listen to the wisdom of the elders. It is a time to celebrate accomplishments. It is a time to take stock in spiritual advancement. It is a time to play, laugh and rejuvenate.  Family members don't hesitate to remind you of previous resolutions and goals and inquire about your progress.  Most of all, reunions are just plain fun.

Remember that family reunions can give children a sense of identity, camaraderie and a compass to a more promising and productive future. 

What's the first step when planning a family reunion?  This can easily be done online making us of up-to-date reunion planning apps and ebooks that progressively guide you through the planning stages and keep you inspired from planning to organizing to management. 

Get even more inspiration from the experiences others have had planning their family reunion. Be open to new ideas and age old traditions.  Be completely and thoroughly inclusive and don't turn down any offers to help. 

Get the family reunion planning app to get started today.

Family Reunion Quote of the Day

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

And we just found more reasons for you to smile.
1. You can be grateful you are alive to see another day.
2. You can be thankful the sun came up today.
3. You can take advantage of this opportunity to renew friendships and strengthen family bonds.
4. You can test the promise that there is more happiness in giving than in receiving.
5. You can brighten your day by making someone smile just because you can.
6. You can spend the evening thinking about what good you did today and what you hope to do tomorrow.

Fimark's Family Reunion Planner is not just for the traditional family reunion. It's for all the other reasons for family and friends to come together and celebrate. Homecoming, Graduations, Marriage Announcements, Anniversaries, Weddings, Retirement and so much more.

If you've always wanted to plan a family reunion, now there's a reason for the season.
Check out the family reunion planning tool that's everything you need to plan a family reunion in no time at all. Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social Web App.

14 Fun December Activity Ideas

It's December. Got lights? Got snow? Got bucket loads of greenbacks? Got hi-tech devices nestled in their beds? No worries. This winter season break away from the commercial hijacking of one single day this month and choose to enjoy the simple things of life with your family.  Here are 14 fun December activities to plan before the snow falls.

1. Spend a day at the discount movie theater
2. Collect consignment shop sweaters
3. Catch a sale on yarn and knit a burly warm afghan for two
4. Take a walk in the wood and collect pine and pine cones to craft a winter reef
5. Update your winter season music playlist
6. Install an inexpensive electric fire place
7. Build a sled using tire tubes, hefty lawn bags or wood slabs
8. Build a backyard ice skating rink
9. Got empty picture frames? Frame and hang recent family photos,
10. Plan a "Fun In The Snow Party" and serve hot chilli, s'mores and hot cocoa
11. Do family genealogy research online at http://genealogy.fimark.net
12. Make a family photo quilt 
13. Make a family photo tree
14. Plan the next family reunion

Looking for fantastic ideas for planning a super fun family reunion or seasonal family activities? Get Fimark's Family Reunion Planner book and Fimark's Family Reunion Social web app. Everything you need for family event planning year round.

15 Good Reasons To Celebrate Family Reunion Planning Month

Over the years many readers have asked me when is the best time to start planning a reunion? Some event planners say early in the year of the event. We say start planning in the month of November before the event. Why?  Most family members will be visiting out of town and have some extra days off of work. Why not use some of that free time to do some real productive reunion planning?

Here's 15 Good Reasons To Observe Family Reunion Planning Month

1. It's a great time to invite your extended family to dine together. 
2. It's the ideal month for indoor and outdoor family recreational activities. 
3. It's the the time of year to take a fun and meaningful stroll down memory lane. 
4. It's an ideal time to dig thru the hope chest and read saved cards and letters. 
5. It's a time to begin building your family tree. 
6. It's the time to start surveying the family regarding your next spring, summer
or fall family reunion.
7. It's a time to try out new and traditional recipes
8. Ideal time to plan a reunion cruise.
9. It's a good time to can and preserve harvest fruit and veggies... memories. 
10. It's a wonderful time to talk about your family history.
11. It's the ideal time to exchange photos of recent family reunions.
12. It's a great time to start a family reunion website.
13. It's a good time to work on and distribute the family newsletter.
14. It's time to form a family reunion committee.
15. It's a good time to plan the next family reunion committee meeting.

Happy Family Reunion Planning Month

Family Reunion Planning Month

Start your family reunion planning today. Empower your family for tomorrow.
Happy family reunion planning month.

What is family reunion planning month? Visit the resource that is dedicated to the cause.
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"Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is to bring up a supportive family."

Annual Family Reunion Planning Month

Happy Autumn!

November is Annual Family Reunion Planning Month.

"Generations pass like leaves fall from our family tree. Each season new life blossoms and grows benefiting from the strength and experience of those who went before."

This is the time of year to start your family reunion projects and bind family bonds closer than ever. Ask each household member for suggestions about family reunion activities. Hold a trial run of suggested activities to test the fun factor. Start interviews and collect poems, recipes and amazing stories as told by each member of the family three or more generations deep. Make a video family history documentary. Include photos, videos, heirlooms, music and stories unique to the tribe. Most of all, enjoy Family Reunion Planning Month.

And happy family reunion planning!

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