The Last Week of September

I forgot to write in my blog the previous week, but I promise I will not miss a week again! So for the past three days we have been learning a lot about how a family functions. We've been talking about unspoken rules and boundaries. It's really made me analyze my family more closely. And let me tell you, my family has a lot of unspoken rules.

By unspoken I'm referring to rules that are not really established since the beginning; they are just things that you don't do. For example I don't call my parents by their first names. They never set that rule up, it's just something that isn't done in my house. So here's a list of unspoken rules that I have found in my family...

1) Don't bring an uninvited guest! (Mom always wanted to know who I was bringing home).

2) No swearing (not even in Spanish). 

3) On Sunday everyone needs to help set up or clean up after dinner. 

4) When Dad comes home you have to drop what your doing and go welcome him home. 

5) When you come home from hanging out, or what not, you have to share details with a family member. (This one I created, I just loved telling and hearing how things went)! 

Anyways it was really fun picking apart my family dynamics. I was impressed also when I mapped out my families boundaries. I think activities like this really bring a family closer together. We can see what needs to change or what is working. I advise anyone reading this to do these things. To see what unspoken rules are influencing your life. 

-Kelsey Morales

P.s. I just want to throw a shout out to my Dad, today is his Birthday! Happy B-day Daddy, I seriously don't know what I or our family would do without you! <3

FAML 160- The start of something new!

I was asked in my BYU-Idaho family class to start a blog. Where I could write my experiences and things that I'm learning.This is my first time blogging, I'm excited to start class and then share my view and what not. I wish I had known sooner that writing in a  blog was better then in a Journal!

Kelsey M.