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Family Activities and Ideas

Get ready for family fun! Here you'll find ideas about kids and parenting, love and marriage, and tips to keep the whole family safe, happy, and healthy!

Have fun with your family with 13 fun family activities for summer.

Start some new family traditions, too. Read these 7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing for some whole family outdoor fun, or read these 7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night to bring the family fun indoors!

Family can be chaotic! Keep your family organized with helpful tips such as these 10 Ball Park Hacks for Busy families or these 50 tips for traveling with children.

 

6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons - Being polite, thoughtful, and kind is an important part of making friends and life in general. Use these 6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons to help turn your sons into respectful and respectable men. Parenting tips

6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons

7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night - Spend some quality time with your family having fun, playing games, and being silly with these 7 tips for hosting a rocking family game night.  Parenting tips

7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night

6 Reasons to Teach Your Sons about Housework - Housework is an important skill for everyone to learn, including boys.  Put your boys to work and check out these 6 reasons to teach your sons about housework. Parenting Tips

6 Reasons You Need to Teach Your Sons About Housework

23 Best Games for Family Game Night - Make your family game night the best ever with these 23 Best Games for Family Game Night. The whole family will these fun games, and a chance to spend time together! Parenting Tips

23 Best Games for Family Game Night

14 Dirt and Mud Activities - There are so many health benefits to kids going outside and playing in the mud, and there's no need to worry when you can clean up gently after with Ivory Soap.  Encourage your kids to have fun and get muddy with these 14 mud activities for kids, then wash up with the best soap!

14 Dirt and Mud Activities for Kids (And the Best Bath Soap to Wash Up!)

7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing - Whether you love fishing or not, it can be a great activity for your family to get outside, bond, and have some fun this year. Here are 7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing even if you don't like the worms! Parenting Tips

7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing

50 Tips for Traveling with Baby - Have more fun and make traveling with a baby a breeze with these 50 easy but brilliant tips for traveling with a baby. Have your best vacation yet! Parenting Tips

50 Tips for Traveling with a Baby

9 Ways Mom Can Relax - Being a mom can be stressful.  Sometimes it seems like you have to do it all, when all you really need is a break. Feel more calm and like yourself with these 9 easy ways moms can relax. Parenting Tips

9 Ways Mom Can Relax

10 Ball Park Hacks for Busy Families - Baseball season can make busy schedules a little crazier.  Use these 10 Ball Park Hacks for busy families to make it a little easier and less stressful for everyone! Parenting Tips

10 Ball Park Hacks for Busy Families

6 Ways to Reduce Your Family's Food Waste - Save money and resources by wasting less food.  Stop wasting and start being resourceful now with these 6 easy ways to reduce your family's food waste!  Frugal living - budget

6 Ways to Reduce Your Family's Food Waste

50 Tips for Traveling with Children for a fun and relaxing family vacation - Have more fun and make traveling with kids a breeze with these 50 easy but brilliant tips for traveling with children. Have your best vacation yet!

50 Tips for Traveling with Children

25 Staycation Ideas - Take a much needed relaxing and fun break on a budget.  These 25 family friendly Staycation Ideas will help you plan a break from life that doesn’t break the bank.

25 Staycation Ideas

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Favorite Summer Recipes

Snickers Caramel Apple Salad drizzled with caramel sauce in a large bowl next to a wrapped Snickers bar and Granny Smith Apple on a rustic wood backdrop

Snickers Caramel Apple Salad

Air fryer zucchini fries sitting next to a sauce in a glass bowl topped with chopped fresh parsley

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Stack of 4 zucchini fritters on a concrete backdrop with chives scattered all around. The top fritter is topped with sour cream and chopped chives.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fritters

Blueberry crisp topped with vanilla ice cream with a spoon in the middle on a small white plate with a white marble background

Blueberry Crisp

side view of blueberry buckle topped with whipped cream on a small plate with fresh blueberries

Classic Blueberry Buckle

Overhead view of a large cast iron skillet with sauteed zucchini and squash topped with grated parmesan cheese

Sautéed Zucchini and Squash

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