We love to play games in our family so I thought I would create a list of some of our very favorite ones to share with you. About five years ago, we started the tradition of opening a brand new family game on Christmas Eve. After our Christmas Eve dinner, we all gather around the… Continue reading Family Games That We Love
Tag: Family Fun
Frugal Summer Fun Challenge Week 4
This past week was an extremely hot and humid one in North Alabama, so a lot of our fun events took place either in water or inside a nice air conditioned house. Pool time and cookies My sister was kind enough to let us come and swim at her house last week, so we decided… Continue reading Frugal Summer Fun Challenge Week 4
Moldable Chocolate Cookie Dough
A few weeks ago I found this cute idea for moldable cookie dough on The Frugal Girl's blog. It looked like a fun way to spend a hot afternoon indoors, so I whipped up a batch of dough and took it to my sister's house to make with her kids. All of the kids liked… Continue reading Moldable Chocolate Cookie Dough
Frugal Summer Fun Challenge Week 2 & 3
We have been very busy for the past two weeks with a big birthday (turning 15 entails a lot of additional things like dual enrollment classes and learner's permits...) and a ton of play practices (Annie Get Your Gun is so much fun), but we still have managed to have a ton of fun on… Continue reading Frugal Summer Fun Challenge Week 2 & 3
Frugal Summer Fun Challenge Week 1
My daughter is turning 15 next week (she was just three yesterday!) and I feel that time is slipping through my fingers in regards to how many carefree summer days we will have with her in the next few years. So we are challenging ourselves this summer to finding ways to have fun together, but… Continue reading Frugal Summer Fun Challenge Week 1
Frugal Summer Fun
This summer I am trying to be more flexible and spontaneous when it comes to our weekly outings. Mainly because Ben is finally at a good age where the whining is minimal (Praise the Lord!) and this will also be Emma's last carefree summer because she plans on working next year. So I thought up… Continue reading Frugal Summer Fun
Christmas Fun: Host Your Own Gingerbread House Competition
One of my family's favorite Christmas traditions is our annual Gingerbread House Competition. I know lots of people love to make gingerbread houses with their kids for Christmas, but we take it a step further and turn it into a competition. I know it sounds crazy, but we have so much fun competing for a… Continue reading Christmas Fun: Host Your Own Gingerbread House Competition
Family Game Night
I have always loved playing games and ever since my children were born, I have been impatiently waiting for them to get old enough to play games. While my littlest is not old enough for a lot of games, we have found certain games that we all enjoy playing. One game that we found this… Continue reading Family Game Night
Clinging to the Little Way 