For those that take photos with Santa, this can be a wonderful family memory that you can record from year to year. From a child's first Christmas, picture taken with Santa can document growth and memories. You can also take family to a special place and take an annual photo. The special place can be in back yard or at mountains, anywhere your family enjoys being together. Then each person can journal where they are and what they are doing that year. The younger children can draw a picture or write with a crayon in family journal.

Your family journal can include house or houses in which you lived. You can document your family homes throughout years. If you never moved, you can take photos of when you changed paint color, or as foliage grew. Each family member can write an annual memory of living in that home.

Another function of your family journal can be to record health histories of your family members. This becomes a medical journal for easy reference to past medical histories. At same time, you can record your family tree.

A family journal becomes a treasured keepsake and a wonderful, memorable project and adventure that whole family can work on together. This is something that becomes a priceless treasure book filled with memories that can be enjoyed for decades to come.

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Doreene Clement, a cancer victor and author of The 5 Year Journal, is currently writing a new book, Blessed, about her life and her cancer experience. For more information www.the5yearjournal.com 480.423.8095 Copyright 2005 OMDC, LLC All Rights Reserved

Nowadays, however, baby showers are also held for adopted babies as well. These ceremonies are, in fact, an announcement of induction of adopted baby into family tree and are held after adoption proceedings are over.

Sometime parents spend a month or two with adopted baby girl and it is only then that they send baby girl shower invitations.

It is through a baby girl shower invitation card that one makes proper baby girl birth announcements. Printed shower invitation cards are available for single baby, twins, triplets, and so on. You may personalize baby girl shower invitations by your own words. Baby girl shower invitations showcase different themes.

Adoption showers, surprise showers, triplet and twin baby showers and even holiday and Christmas baby showers find expression in these invitations. The shower cards are excellent in quality and finish.

Since a shower ceremony lasts for two or more hours, some kinds of food have to be served in parties. Full meals are not usually served at a baby shower. Rather, what are offered are simply finger-foods.

Snacks or dessert foods like chips, pretzels, ice cream, pie and cake are offered to guests. Sometimes it is replaced by a fruit or vegetable tray, which certainly is a healthy alternative and is a preferable option for would-be-mother and to be born baby. There should be coffee and punch available for guests. You may also choose to have soft drinks or other beverages available.

Alcoholic drinks should be avoided as a mark of respect for mother-to-be. The would-be-mother should not indulge into drinking caffeinated drinks like coffee and soft drinks. However, food served in shower parties varies with theme.

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