New Years FHE

We do the poster collages every year, so this year I thought we could make lists of our goals and what we wanted to accomplish.  However, all of the kids freaked out and didn’t want to do the lists.  “Mom, the collages are our tradition.  You can’t just stop doing a tradition.”

So, all of the magazines from the year came out.  The cutting and gluing ensued. 

We then had our family home evening on time and goals.  I still shared bits from THIS lesson on time management.  I share it every year, but it’s so good and I feel that they can glean something new each year.  I like this quote from it, “Time is all the capital stock there is on the earth; … if properly used, it brings that which will add to your comfort, convenience, and satisfaction,”

I had Rebecca talk about a goal she had of writing in her journal and how she has accomplished it.  She was really cute talking about it.  She showed us her first page written back in 2010.  She talked about finding the perfect time to write in it.  She told us that she keeps it in her church bag and jots down her favorite part of the week during sacrament meeting.  She has kept that record going since 2010.  She then challenged us to find the right time to accomplish our goals.

I then shared a couple other tips and quotes on goals and how to achieve a goal.  It was fun to hear other ideas from the family.  I liked this quote from the lesson “A goal is a standard, a skill, an ideal, or a destination that is to be achieved. We set a goal when we decide to accomplish a particular thing. Some goals, such as cleaning a room or reading a book, may take a short time to accomplish. Other goals, such as saving money to buy a new home or doing things to improve the love and peace within the family, may take months or years. Goals that will help us become worthy to dwell eternally with our Heavenly Father may take an entire lifetime”. 

Nathan thought we needed to end the night with a clip from youtube to pump us up.  It was an awesome evening!

If you don’t have the time lesson, you really should download and print it.  It has such good stories and a perfect object lesson.  Here is the link - Using Time Wisely