Sanpete County Scandinavian Festival

This festival was wonderful. It was not very big, meaning a lot of people were not there. There was enough people to have a successful event and not to many to keep the small town atmosphere. Great family fun. Cost was minimal or free, your choice. The old world games were free and family oriented. All of my children had a great time. It was almost like we went back in time. There was a pioneer exhibit we had the most fun walking on the stilts. Story telling looked fun but my children were just restless after I had made them sit through an hour of the bluegrass Scandinavian band which was just incredible. The worst part of the day was simply when we had to leave. For more information here is a festival link.

Patience Pays off

Recently I had a special interaction with my son. My son had decided to be somewhat defiant and was at the young age of ten. In the past I might have felt perfectly justified in getting upset with him and maybe giving him a timeout. This time I was determined not to join him in his temper tirade. I took time to allow my own emotions to relax and become calm so we could talk. I had him look me in the eye and we had a good talk. I made sure that I kept my voice low. I told him that I was not going to yell at him or get upset in anyway. I expressed my own feelings through my tears. When I spoke I saw him crying also. I knew then that I had reached his heart. I am very grateful for the blessing and inspiration of handling the situation in a way my Heavenly Father might have done. If I had allowed my emotions to get out of control and become angry. I would not have had such a good interaction with my son. We were able to hug and had a great day. He wanted to talk with me for the rest of the day, nonstop.

Take time to connect with your children. It will make a big difference in their lives and your own.

Good parenting takes time and effort, but I promise you it will be worth it.

Boyd F Curtis
Strongfamilies101.com
President

Journaling creates strong families

I started a journal when I was around twelve years old. Just recently my aunt who is writing another book asked all of the relatives to send her information about my grandparents, actual facts from their journals. I have the had the opportunity to work with individuals and families planning their finances. Many families have had worries about leaving a child to much money. When the money is gone what do you have left. You only have the memories. I have learned so much from my ancestors journals. To me that is worth more than money. When you learn about your past you learn more about yourself. You learn about where you came from. Money cannot last, when we leave this life we can only take with us our intelligence. Your intelligence is the only lasting thing you can leave. You can make a difference and have an effect on the next generation through your words. Leave a legacy someone will read it. Your past is part of you. By far the best thing that has ever happened in technology is the personal PC. How did we ever live without them. I remember the days of the typewriters and then a typewriter that had a memory. Then finally the schools had computers. Now there is one in every home. So recently I found out about a way to actually keep a journal on the computer. I am not talking about a whole bunch of files on the computer in random places that are hard to keep track of. I am talking about an Internet based journaling program that allows you to keep track of your journal entries just like your email. You can log in from any computer for free and write in your own personal journal with a password. It is much more private than a journal at the house that someone might just pick up and read sometime. Finally a program that is simple and easy to use LDSJournal.com. Give it a try you will be more than amazed. If you would like a printed journal you can even print one too. There are more reasons than I can list or explain in this short post. Just log on. Once I realized everything my computer could do I threw that typewriter away. I am not telling you to toss any journals but hey give it a shot. It is too hard to read my penmanship anyway.

I love my LDSJournal, can you tell?

Boyd F Curtis
President
Strong Families 101

Simple pleasures

Tonight was a busy night, a family birthday, pack meeting for the scouts and working in the church garden. My personal feeling is that we all enjoyed the day it was fun, exciting and we were busy. But after all of that scheduled time on the way home we just stopped for 15 minutes at the tadpole pond. I hope that every child knows what a tadpole is. The sun had gone down and the mosquitos were out but we had the nets in the car and the boys were ready. They had a bucket and it is really pretty simple, you use a net to strain the tadpole out of the water and put it in the bucket. I told the boys to look at the moon it was the smallest sliver I had ever seen and as my son looked he slipped and went down into the mud. It was so fun that the mud didn't matter, a shower only takes a minute when you get home. We caught about 15 tadpoles. The joy that my boys received by stopping at this pond is beyond measure. On the way home, my son said thanks Dad. That meant so much to me. All of the other things we did tonight could not surpass the feelings that were felt at the tadpole pond. When was the last time you had a little unscheduled time with your family? What do you think your family will remember the most, a movie or a simple trip to the mountains? Be involved in your childs life, take the time. I promise you will not regret it.

Boyd F Curtis
President
strongfamilies101.com

Review of Race to Witch Mountain

In this day and age it is hard to find good movies that are wholesome for the whole family to attend together.  Especially small children.  I was able to go to this Movie and not be offended and be actually entertained in a good way.  I did not hear a lot of swearing.  I found the movie to be entertaining as an adult.  Most of the remakes of movies from my childhood have been offensive in some way.  I found this remake to be tastefully done.  Great Job!!!  Walt Disney.  I would recommend this movie to families with children of all ages.  Please feel free to email me other review or send a comment with reviews to this post.

Thanks,

Boyd F Curtis

President

Strong Families 101 

Reasons for starting this blog

"We have a responsibility to society to the community to keep marriages strong today. We are not in this alone our marriage affects the community it is not an individual decision. "Bruce Hafen 

Strong Families 101 was developed because of all the personal challenges I have seen take place personally in families recently.

 

The mission of Strong Families 101 is to simply be a resource to help families become stronger.  Parents have to be pillars in their own homes.  When the Savior becomes the rock and foundation for our lives, when the winds of trial come upon us we will not fall. 

 

As our cause continues to expand we are open to your thoughts and ideas

to enhance help get the message to others.  

Recently I have realized I am not a website developer but I am more of a blogger.  So for more updated information please follow updates on this blog.   I will post future events on this blog. I will also be posting reviews of companies and activities I feel might be uplifting to strengthen families in our area.  If you have an activity or event you would like reviewed please send me an email at strongfamilies101@gmail.com.  

Thanks for reading,

Boyd F Curtis

President

strongfamilies101.com