Each month, Family Trails will share a theme to guide and inspire your storytelling. We encourage you to answer via Instagram using #FamilyTrailsTales!

Throughout the month we will highlight your submissions on our social media and feature an end-of-month round up right here on FamilyTrails.com.

January is the start of a brand new year, which means a full 12 months of adventures are just waiting to unfold. Be it birthdays, road trips, school trips, grocery trips, hikes to plan, new paths to explore or memories to be made -- the possibilities are endless.

We asked families to embrace the potential of 2016 with renewed energy and excitement. This year, we want look beyond lofty resolutions and try at least one new thing a month. You guessed it, "One New Thing" was the theme of January's Family Trails storytelling prompt!

Without further ado, here are some of the stories you told as you tried One New Thing: