family fun • activities
by Jill Greenlaw on March 16th, 2016 | 2 Comments »
How often do you and your family have dinner around the table? Our family is lucky if we can sit down together three times a week. I have busy teenagers and kids, so it is sometimes a challenge to connect this way. Sundays are my favorite day because we don't…
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free printables • family history printables
by Mom It Forward on January 6th, 2014 | No Comments »
If you are having a hard time starting your personal history, download this timeline and start filling in the events of your life. If you can remember a few of the most memorable times of you life, you are more likely to be able to fill in other…
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family fun • family fun-traditions
by Jill Greenlaw on March 27th, 2013 | No Comments »
When my kids were in the 1st grade, their teacher would ask her students to put together an About Me page. Each child was required to bring a poster to school with information about themselves. This helped the other kids in the class could get to know them. I loved…
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family fun • activities
by Jill Greenlaw on March 20th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Have you ever heard of a family tree? I remember when I was a young girl, I would watch my mother fill out our family tree. It was a large, 11 x 14 colorful tree with places on each branch for family names. My mother added the names of my…
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lifestyle • hobbies-me time
by Cambria VandeMerwe on February 21st, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Want to know who is in your family tree, but doing genealogy feels a bit overwhelming?
If it does, you're not alone. I'll admit that genealogy felt like learning a foreign language to me and seemed like a hobby meant for my older relatives. To be honest, I didn't really…
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