Family Time

Welcome to our Family Time page. Here you'll find all kinds of articles about the family. There's parenting tips, activities for spending time with family, and ideas to share special moments with your loved ones. Check out a few of our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the most recent projects.

What Do You Love? ~ A New Valentine’s Day Tradition

by Mariel January 26, 2012

I have such mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. I love boxes of candy. I love roses. I love the pink and red combo. I love cards. I love cute, homemade stuff. I love my kids. I love my husband. I should love Valentine’s Day, right? Well, I do. Really, I do. But, I don’t really [...]

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My Favorite Christmas Traditions

by Mariel December 1, 2011

It used to be that every Christmas, we spent more time away from home, than at home. The minute we were done opening presents, we rushed off to visit family. Soon enough, we were off to visit even more family. Finally, at the end of the day, we would come home, crash, moan about how [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving 2011

by Marie November 24, 2011

Another Thanksgiving is upon us, a time to reflect on all the things we’re thankful for. Here’s my little list of being thankful. What are you thankful for today? my husband, Jordan, even with his crazy Movember moustache my kids and their sweetness, creativity, and energy my blog, I’m thankful to all you readers who [...]

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Saving the Planet one Turkey Sandwich at a Time

by Sabrena November 17, 2011

Thanksgiving is just a week away. And while the holidays often seem choc full of consumerism and wastefulness, Turkey Day is one holiday with plenty of easy and accessible ways to Go Green. I know it sounds crazy – the gluttony, the consumption (oh my the consumption!); but the traditional Thanksgiving meal is in itself [...]

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Family Zig-Zag Thankful Book

by Marie November 11, 2011

I’ve come up with a fun way to display what my family is thankful for with this zig-zag thankful book. We sat down as a family and talked about what we are thankful for. I love how Thanksgiving helps give us a time to talk about what things we are really thankful for. And I [...]

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Crossing Off Your Bucket List with Just Ask

by Marie November 4, 2011

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. Congrats to #85 Carrie. You are going to be crossing of something fun on your bucket list! Jordan and I, along with our kids, have started to talk more about our “bucket list” and what things we want to do during our life. We’ve been [...]

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Have a Happy Halloween

by Marie October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween from Thor, a bumble bee, and a ladybug! *Check out how I made my a few last minute trick-or-treat bags over at Babble’s New Home Ec.

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DIY Family Spooky Stories Book

by Mariel October 27, 2011

We’ve been on a writing-kick lately, for homeschool. Remember my A Fun Way to Encourage Handwriting post?? I’ve also raved about how great journals are for kids. Yep, I’m still on one. And, with Halloween coming up, my thoughts turned grim…well, gruesome. My kids LOVE scary stories. I think they’ve inherited my twisted mind. So, [...]

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Black, Orange & GREEN: The Primary Colors of Halloween

by Sabrena October 20, 2011

Remember the ‘cool house’ that gave out full-size candy bars on Hallow’s Eve? I do, and once I got married I was determined to be “that house.” My husband thought it was ridiculous we were spending so much money on Trick-or-Treaters, but I hit up Costco and rationalized it was only one time a year. [...]

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A Fun Way to Encourage Handwriting Practice

by Mariel September 22, 2011

One of the many subjects my kids do for homeschool is Handwriting, a class that my husband clearly slept through in his elementary years. I have to tease him about it all the time. But, then when we’re put in situations where we’re signing documents/checks/whatever, and it takes him 1 second to scribble his “name” [...]

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