• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen R. Covey
• **Mothers of the Prophets by Leonard J. Arrington, Susan Arrington Madsen and Emily Madsen Jones
• Inviting Him In: How the Atonement Can Change Your Family by Wayne E. Brickey
• **Arming Your Children With the Gospel: Creating Opportunities for Spiritual Experiences by R. Wayne and Leslee S. Boss (previous edition was titled Are My Children Going to Make It? Real Help For Teaching the Gospel in the Home)
 

• Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton
• Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley - The Flylady
• The New Messies Manual by Sandra Felton  Messies Anonymous
• Confessions of an Organized Homemaker by Deniece Schofield
• Organized Home.com

We will be reading 4 wonderful books this year.  Two of the books are spread out over the year:  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families and Mothers of the Prophets.  The other 2 books will be read consecutively.  We hope these books will help us as mothers and also impact our family life positively.  In addition to the 4 books, you will also find articles to read, 1 per month.
 

We feel it would be good to focus on our emergency preparedness this year.  The goal we have set for the group is to work on adding a 3 month supply to our current food storage &/or emergency supplies.  So for example... if you are starting the year with no storage, you would ideally have a 3 month supply by the end of the year.  If you already have a 6 month supply you would have 9 months and so on.  You can also work to have a complete 72 hour kit for each family member.  We are each in different circumstances but we can all do something to improve, even if just a little.  The Provident Living website by the church has a lot of resources and helps for getting started:  Food Storage and Emergency Preparedness at Provident Living
 

A happy home is an organized home.  Organization can take on many different forms.  You will know when your home feels organized to you.  Post to the list your organization goals and report on your progress on a monthly basis.  When we work together to motivate and inspire, wonderful results happen.  You will find a list of possible resources above (under Optional Additional Resources).  Choose the method that will work for you.  You may have to try all of them before you find a method that works.  Be patient.  Organizing a family is not an easy task.
 

You will want to keep one or more notebooks for recording new knowledge, preparedness plans, cleaning schedules, and so on.
 

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 2 - 26 (Foreword and intro material)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapters 1 - 2

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 1 - 8

• Read the following article: "Catching the Vision of Self-Reliance"

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 27 - 69 (Habit 1)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapters 3 - 4

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 9 - 16

• Read the following article: "Writing His Law in Their Hearts: The Development of Religious Faith in Children" by M. Gawain Wells

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 70 - 111 (Habit 2)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapters 5 - 6

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 17 - 24

• Read the following article: "One for the Money: Guide to Family Finance" by Marvin J. Ashton

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 113 - 140 (Habit 3 first half)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapters 7 - 8

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 25 - 32

• Read the following article: "The Lord's Law of Parenthood" by Cree-L Kofford

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 140 -168 (Habit 3 second half)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 9

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 33 - 40

• Read the following article: "Because She Is a Mother" by Jeffrey R. Holland

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 169 - 200 (Habit 4)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 10

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 41 - 48

• Read the following article: "That Our Children May Know to What Source They May Look" by Stephen D. Nadauld & Margaret D. Nadauld

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 11

• Read Inviting Him In chapters 49 - 56

• Read Arming Your Children chapters 1 - 5

• Read the following article: "The Family" by Henry B. Eyring

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 201 - 246 (Habit 5)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 12

• Read Arming Your Children chapters 6 - 10

• Read the following article: "Home: The Place to Save Society" by Spencer W. Kimball

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 247 - 275 (Habit 6)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 13

• Read Arming Your Children chapters 11 - 13

• Read the following article: "Organize Yourselves" by Marian R. Boyer

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

 
• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 276 - 312 (Habit 7)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 14

• Read Arming Your Children chapters 14 - 18

• Read the following article: "The Home: A Refuge and Sanctuary" by Eran A.Call

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 313 - 339 ("Survival" -  first half)

• Read Mothers of the Prophets chapter 15

• Read Arming Your Children chapters 19 - 23

• Read the following article: "Families - It's About Time" by Virginia U. Jensen

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.

• Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families pgs 340 - 364 ("Survival" -  second half)

• Read Arming Your Children chapters 24 - 27

• Read the following article: "Anchors in the Sea of Family Life" by Kathleen B. Jensen

• Work on emergency preparedness and home organization (share your goals & progress with the list).

• Keep a notebook.