Now That We're A Family

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Use coupon code: PODCASTVMA for 10% off each month - Listen to our new song here:-  "Talk About The Weather" - https://youtu.be/eiyrLou1aXw?si=_7A9oDcSeJf5aF9j

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: PODCASTVMA for 10% off each month - Send us your questions for future Q&A podcasts! You can submit them here: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcastquestionsubmission- Mentioned during podcast: - "Musashi" - https://amzn.to/3vJPaa6 - Maranatha Music - https://open.spotify.com/artist/67OFzndMlzj7cDF2BqnwYe?si=XlGJrMDTSauieSej2b2AzQ&nd=1

Good Ranchers - Bringing everyone to the table to share in the best of what makes life good. They source all of their meat from local, independent farms in the U.S.https://go.goodranchers.com/familyUse the discount code VOETBERG to get $20 off any subscription. If you sign up in January, you also get 2 lbs of free chicken every single month for a year. That is over $189 of free meat! So if you’re interested at all, definitely sign up this month! -Listen to the interview we did for the As For Me & My House podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-now-is-the-best-time-to-have-children-featuring/id1455909213?i=1000642152607- High school sweethearts, Jordan & Milena Ciciotti are joining us today! They got married in June 2017 and have 3 little bundles of joy earth-side, one in heaven and one on the way. Originally Milena went to college to study early childhood development, but her plans drastically changed when God opened the door for her YouTube channel to grow! Jordan and Milena also host a podcast together called As For Me and My House, where they go into greater detail about life, marriage, and parenting through a biblical worldview. They are both unashamed, Bible-believing followers of Jesus. They believe God's Word is sufficient for all instruction for living a life pleasing to God. You can connect and follow with Jordan & Milena through the links below: - Website: https://milenaciciotti.com - As For Me and My House Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-for-me-and-my-house/id1455909213 - As For Me and My House YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@asformeandmyhousepodcast - Milena's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MilenaCiciotti - Milena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milenaciciotti/ - Jordan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordanciciotti/ - Bible Stories for Kids app - https://biblestoriesforkids.app - Bible Stories for Kid's App Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblestoriesforkidsapp/

Good Ranchers - Bringing everyone to the table to share in the best of what makes life good. They source all of their meat from local, independent farms in the U.S. https://go.goodranchers.com/family Use the discount code VOETBERG to get $20 off any subscription. If you sign up in January, you also get 2 lbs of free chicken every single month for a year. That is over $189 of free meat! So if you’re interested at all, definitely sign up this month!

Good Ranchers - Bringing everyone to the table to share in the best of what makes life good. They source all of their meat from local, independent farms in the U.S. https://go.goodranchers.com/family Use the discount code VOETBERG to get $20 off any subscription. If you sign up in January, you also get 2 lbs of free chicken every single month for a year. That is over $189 of free meat! So if you’re interested at all, definitely sign up this month! - Mentioned during podcast: - Truth & Grace catechism book - https://amzn.to/4aNNgFj

Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, an expert in screens' impact, discusses how screen time affects children's brains, comparing it to addictive drugs. Topics include challenges of diagnosing screen-related problems, effects on brain functioning and behavior, negative impact of social media on mental health, and the influence of echo chambers and algorithms on extreme viewpoints.

The Growth Initiative: Winter session dates are January 11 - February 15 LIVE calls will be Thursdays at 7am or 3pm PST. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiativeRegister here for the Free Growth Initiative Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/growth-initiative-webinar Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Grow as a couple and get the couple's package! You can get over $150 off if you sign up for the Growth Initiative and Get It All Done Club together.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/S3GJdvSm/checkout

The Growth Initiative: Winter session dates are January 11 - February 15 LIVE calls will be Thursdays at 7am or 3pm PST. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiativeRegister here for the Free Growth Initiative Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/growth-initiative-webinarGet it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubGrow as a couple and get the couple's package! You can get over $150 off if you sign up for the Growth Initiative and Get It All Done Club together.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/S3GJdvSm/checkout-Books mentioned during episode: - "Atomic Habits" by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3U4zSa7 - "The Gap and The Gain" by Dan Sullivan - https://amzn.to/3H75Z1a- "The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy - https://amzn.to/41NcwHu

The Growth Initiative: Winter session dates are January 11 - February 15 LIVE calls will be Thursdays at 7am or 3pm PST. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiativeRegister here for the Free Growth Initiative Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/growth-initiative-webinarGet it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubGrow as a couple and get the couple's package! You can get over $150 off if you sign up for the Growth Initiative and Get It All Done Club together.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/S3GJdvSm/checkout-Today, we are going to chat with you about chores, allowances and what we are currently doing for our children. Some of this is going to be theoretical because we are going to talk a little bit about how money was treated in our homes growing up and what we may or may not do as our children start to get older.   Of course, we have our own experiences growing up in households that had various rules for chores. It seemed to ebb and flow, depending on the season. The age you were placed a big role on what chores were assigned to us. There were set chores that we all had and didn’t get paid for. In Katie’s family, you were able to do special chores/extra jobs and earn money for them. It was a very slow trickle of money coming in. Because of that, she would store her dollars because it would take forever to save up to buy anything. She got very used to delayed gratification.   Based off our experiences and what we want to create for our children, one thing we want to avoid for our children is complacency. We don’t want them to be entitled in any manner. We also don’t want our children feeling too independent from us too early. For example, we don’t want them to feel like they have all their own money and they can go buy what they want to buy and then have a battle with them from the time they are 11 years old of them saying “hey, I want to wear this, it’s my money.” We didn’t buy our clothes until we were older. We wore what our parents bought us.   Growing up in the families that we grew up in, we got to have a lot of unique experiences. We got to do a lot of cool stuff. One way that it was counteracted so we didn’t grow up entitled, was by us all developing a really strong worth ethic and realizing how hard it was to earn money.   This was a fun walk down memory lane, sharing with you all our money earning journey and what we are currently doing with our children. We gave a lot of context as to where we are coming from and will see how this goes as our children grow up.-  Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage  Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you!  https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-MaximizerFree webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1-  Top 5 Tuesday  Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter-  Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources?  We got 'em!  Website:  https://www.nowthatwereafamily.comOUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comFREE CHRISTMAS PIANO MASTERCLASS: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/XNwm6tzK/checkoutInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool

The Growth Initiative: Winter session dates are January 11 - February 15 LIVE calls will be Thursdays at 7am or 3pm PST. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiativeRegister here for the Free Growth Initiative Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/growth-initiative-webinar Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Grow as a couple and get the couple's package! You can get over $150 off if you sign up for the Growth Initiative and Get It All Done Club together.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/S3GJdvSm/checkout -As we wrap up the year 2023, we have been thinking a lot about how we are planning our next year. Today, we are going to share some of the new things we plan to do, as well as some of the old things and our general philosophy on setting new years goals, planning the year and reviewing the previous year (which is a huge deal for us). Overall...we are going to take you inside our minds and what we are thinking about this time of year! :)  It’s encouraging to go back and reflect on the past year because we really love to look at how far we’ve come instead of looking at how far we still need to go. The horizon is always moving and that is just a fact of life. As we grow, that horizon grows. If you’re fixated on the horizon, that is where you find yourself discouraged, overwhelmed and not able to acknowledge the wins and growth in your life. Instead of trying to resist the horizon moving, we just accept that our goals will never feel like we have arrived. You really need to enjoy the journey. One way that you can do that is to look back and say “wow, we’ve come a long way” and measure backwards. One way it’s encouraging to measure backwards is see all the things we have put time and energy into that don’t necessarily show up on a progress report or monetization chart. There are a lot of things that won’t show up on those lists, but they are still such worthwhile investments of our time.   We love the idea of pictures on a dream board instead of writing out goals specifically, because it captures this feeling or general direction you want to go in. It’s less like you miss the mark or hit the mark. We like just going in a general direction and making sure we keep realigning with that direction throughout the year.   We are always grateful for the time and energy that goes into planning. Planning takes effort and time. We have spent hours going through our last year in review and then planning our the next year and putting stuff on the calendar. We are grateful for all these things that keep us aligned though. They have been so helpful for us!We would love to hear what you do to plan out the new year! Please let us know in the comments below. :) - Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-Maximizer Free webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com FREE CHRISTMAS PIANO MASTERCLASS: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/XNwm6tzK/checkout Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool