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by Jamie Moesser on December 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Fun family activities can give extra life to your holiday traditions. The holidays, as wonderful as they are, can also be a time of stress, even heartache and difficulty. While they are good occasions to give thanks… for what we have – remember the birth of Jesus with Christmas or
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me • relationships • family fun • family fun-traditions
by Tammy Kling on December 9th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Christmas traditions are an important part of the holiday season. Sometimes we get so entrenched in the same traditions year after year that we forget to let others create new traditions… with us. I’m guilty of this for sure.
Mom’s love to run the show. We make sure the tree
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relationships • me • relationships • lifestyle
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on December 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When I think about my most lasting friendships with family and those to me as close as my family, one thing comes to mind—memories.
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Forming memories is one of the building blocks of successful relationships. And since you never know when you’ll bond over a specific event, activity,
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by Jamie Moesser on November 3rd, 2011 | No Comments »
Traditions—As we approach that time of year when extended family plays perhaps a more prominent role in the celebrations of the season, we may look about us for ways to reinvent stagnant traditions, or for ideas for activities that can become traditions.
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The Maghanoy family suggests these “family olympic”
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mom • parenting • family fun • family fun-traditions
by Jill Greenlaw on October 26th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Life Lessons—The other day I looked out my back window and saw this beautiful sight. Yes, it is a dump truck unloading dirt.
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I couldn’t wait to tell my kids when they got home from school that we had received 25 loads of precious dirt. I decided to text
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by Julie Watson on September 29th, 2011 | No Comments »
While most people are still clinging to the last lazy days of summer, something very different is going on in our home. In the last week of August or so, my five year-old started passing on the pool in favor of going to the fabric and craft store. He wanted…
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by Jill Greenlaw on September 24th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As a mother, making tradions with my family is really important. Like most parents, my husband and I try and find ways to connect with our kids. We want them to someday look back on their childhood and remember all the special things we have done together. I had traditions…
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me • arts & entertainment
by Jamie Moesser on September 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
…I’m the type of person who pulls out our simple point-and-shoot camcorder maybe once a year. As far as making family films, I’m just not creative that way. I’m sure there are many of you out there who are and have great videos or vlogs to show it. I recently
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by Jamie Moesser on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
Twenty years ago, I lived in the tiny town of Ponta Delgada on the tiny archipelagic island of São Miguel, part of the little European country of Portugal…. Founded early in the 1400s and populated by a close-knit and deeply religious people, it is a society of very long-held
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me • hobbies & me time
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on November 9th, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The distance from Delhi to Agra, where the Taj Mahal is located, is only 200 kilometers. So, deciding to go at noon shouldn’t pose any problems, right? Wrong!
We hired a driver to take us from our hotel to one of the Seven Wonders of the World and were on…
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Family Activities: Nontraditional Ways to Celebrate the Holidays
