With 2008 coming to a close and 2009 already underway, now is the time to remember and record all of your family’s 2008 adventures.   There are 100′s and 100′s of events and moments worth recording from just one single year.  So how do we organize and and stay on top of all those stories?

Here are a few simple rules I follow each January as I record and write about the stories of our year.

1. Don’t wait! Get a jump on your family yearbook as soon as you can.  Have a goal to finish it by January 31 of the new year.

2. Get your family involved.  Have your husband, children, grandparents and friends share their favorite memories, stories and photos.

3. Do an A-Z book.  When you’re “chronologically” challenged, resort to the A-Z style.  Pick a few favorite pictures and memories that work with the intended letter.

4. Use your calendar from the previous year.  Sometimes flipping through your old calendars will help remind you forgotten events.

5. Try out Cherish’s Bound Family Yearbook Story Starter.  I use one of these every year.  With it’s pages of questions and room to write our year is organized and ready in no time at all.

6. Keep it simple.  Less is more…

Hope these simple tips will help motivate you and help you tell your family’s stories year after year.

Happy New Year!

Tara