Family Calendars

It seems like every day my family is getting busier and busier and it is only my husband, my two-year-old daughter and myself.  I can only imagine what it is going to be like with more kids or when my daughter gets to school.  I help know what is going on each day and to kept myself organized, I have fallen in love with Google Calendar.

I first started using Google Calendar at school when we switched from Outlook to Google Apps for Education.  First you are going to need a gmail account.  Then creating calendars is very simple.  Each calendar's events are given a different color so when you are viewing multiple calendars, you can use the color coding to help you stay organized.  I have created several different calendars that are color coded such as bills, birthday and anniversary, home, and work.  These are my personal calendars that I currently don't share with anyone.  

When I discovered how easy it was to share calendars with others, that is when I took off with it.  Currently, I have a family calendar that I share with my husband.  We both can add events to this calendar that will affect us as a family.  For example, if I have a meeting at work and my husband needs to get our daughter from day care, this appears on the calendar.  My husband shares his calendar with me so I know when he has meetings, needs to work late, etc.  

What I love about Google Calendar is the fact that I can access my calendars from anywhere.  I can view them on my iPad, Kindle Fire, and my Android phone.  Google Calendar also has a feature where it will email you every morning your daily agenda.  When I get to work, the first thing I do is check my email.  It is great to easily see what is going on that day.  You can also set it up so Google Calendar will send you reminders either as a pop-up or as an email for important events.  

If you are looking for a calendar to use to help organize all of you family events, give Google Calendar a try. You will not be disappointed.