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June 2009!
Summer Is Here!
Plan your family vacation (we
are!)
Summer vacations are great ways to spend time with your family and
build up (or even rebuild), relationships. You make be
smarting from the economic downturn and not have much money to take a
'big vacation', however, we have some ideas to help you turn a small
vacation budget into a BIG vacation experience for the family.
Looking for smarter ways to take the family on vacation this year?
Click here!
Avoid Disney this month
(here's why)
From Valentine's Day:
Our (not so) Secrets
for a happy, healthy relationship!
From January:
With Christina graduating High School this year her
next stop is the world, no longer sheltered by Mom and Dad so much, so
we've decided that this year's theme will be: Opening our
eyes to the world. This will involve an emphasis on what
young adults (like Christina) will need to do, to achieve success in
the world as they begin to strike out on their own.
Finally, please take a moment this week to thank God for all His good
gifts. Please thank and pray for our service men and women who
protect us from harm.
For Memorial Day:
Thank you troops for keeping us safe since
9-11.
If you think that perhaps you are not as blessed as others take a look
here and
here, and then think about your own situation once more . . . .
This Past Summer we Toured the West . . .
John, Linda and Christina at Yellowstone Park
The Y2K family has just returned from its Wild West
Vacation, covering Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North and South
Dakota and Nebraska. We'll tell you more about it
here!
John and Linda Have Just Celebrated 25 years together!
How do they do it? We have some tips for you to
Czech them out here!
Family Resources-
To grow and strengthen your marriage!
Planning our Summer
Vacation- This year, we're off to the Wild West and pure
Americana! Learn more about what planning is going into the trip
click here!
Family Action-
Marriage is between a man and a woman for life. While we are not
political, we support normal healthy and vibrant marriages.
There are a variety of forces though that seek to destroy marriages
through redefinition or economic pressure. Click here to learn about
these pressures on marriage!
We're glad you stopped
by. We are dedicated to helping your family bond and grow
together. We firmly believe that the key to family survival in
this day and age is to do things together and share experiences.
This produces bonds that will stand the test of time and strengthen
family relationship.
About
2007 . . .
In 2007we explored Eastern Europe and had the
opportunity to reconnect with family roots. The Y2K Family went
to Eastern Europe this year and met with relatives in Austria and the
Slovak Republic (above) as they took a 9 country tour there.
This
year's trip was themed "Explorations to Eastern Europe". We
traveled to the 'old country' of the Slovak Republic and many other
countries of Eastern Europe to experience their cultures and see for
ourselves the lands of our ancestors.
Please
click here for some ideas to share
and try!
 The
Parents of the Y2K Family have been married for 51 years this
past February 11th!
That's more than half a century! Wow! how did they do it?
How can you do it like they did? They are living testimony to
the fact that is can and does work- successfully!
Click here for some
basic advice on how to remain happily married!
Please
don't forget about our troops! They need your support and your
prayers.
Here's How You
and Your Family can be Hometown Heroes:
Families
helping families. That what we're all about and that's what
America does best!
WE know that the character of America is at its best when faced
with calamities. We need your help with the flood victims in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. What can you do?
Plenty, and you don't have to leave home to do it. Here are
3 things you and your family can do to help:
1. Pray. Pray for the people who are the victims
of Hurricane Katrina and for the rescue and recovery efforts.
2. Donate. You can donate money to the
American Red Cross so that they
can but food and water, you can also donate your time to the
American Red Cross by helping
them to man telephones and help organize relief supplies in your area
locally. You can offer your money or time either through their
website (click here), or by
calling 1-800-HELP-NOW.
3. Encourage other families in your area to donate, time,
food, money to either the American
Red Cross or a local church-based charity dedicated to the relief
effort.
4. Continue your normal activities as well as you can.
It is important to keep the national and local economy moving as
normally as possible. You can help by keeping up your normal routine
and supporting your local businesses. Then need to keep their
people employed as well.
Our Summer vacation 2006- Visiting Australia! The land down under! No
theme to this year's trip other than the family has never been to . .
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- to the Pacific,
- past the International Date Line
- South of the Equator and
- South of the Tropic of Cancer
How was it? In a word, a Ripper!
Click here to learn more!
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This year make it a special one of helping
your family, helping others and improving yourself as we celebrate
this year's theme of Enriching Your Family!
Not sure what do do with a little time off?
Take your family and experience something together!
Here's what we did recently . . . Don't
forget a little time for yourself either!
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New
This Month
Our list of family activities and family
friendly links continues to grow. Please check it out!
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Honoring
Those who Serve
Please remember
the cost of your freedom. Over 1000 service men and women
have died to keep terrorists off our shores and bottled up in
Iraq. Honor those who died to keep
Terrorism, Fascism and Communism off our shores, and those who
continue that work today. Please also consider a donation to a
charity or service that supports our troops, especially those
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Click here for
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05/13 |
Mother's Day 2007
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06/17 |
Father's Day 2007
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09/11 |
Grandparent's Day 2007
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