I know that during this 31 Days To A Closer Family series I’ve talked a lot about Family Home Evening. To reiterate how important I think it is, I’m doing yet another post on it. This is a little project I’ve been planning for awhile. It didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted, but I thought it might inspire someone else to create one or something like it. Family Home Evening boards are pretty common. In fact, I already have one, but there are a few things I don’t like about most of the ones I’ve...
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During the month of October, Traci and I are sharing a post each day that is focused on the family and helping yours to grow stronger and closer together. You can see the other posts here. Today, I want to talk about goals. I believe that when a group of people are working together for a common purpose, that group of people will get closer together as a result. I once heard an analogy by John Bytheway (he is a motivational LDS speaker). He compared family progress to riding a tandem bicycle. Each person needs to be helping to pedal,...
A family that plays together, stays together, right? (or maybe it’s a family that prays together… either way!) Some of my favorite memories from my childhood are times when my family would play games together. I wanted to share three easy games that are great to play as a family. Sardines This is a variation of the classic version of hide and seek. I like this version much better. The way this game works is one person is “it.” That person goes and hides somewhere, while everyone else waits for a designated...
This month, we’re sharing 30 different ways to grow closer as a family. You can see the other ideas we’ve shared here. Family counsel is something that I’d never really heard of before I married my husband. It is a weekly ritual in his family. It is a tool they used each week to keep the family on the same page. It is different from Family Home Evening, although it could be combined into the same night if needed. Basically, family counsel is a time for the whole family to get together and plan the week, talk...
Hey Hey! Welcome to the 31 days to a closer family series. We’re having so much fun sharing all of our ideas and watching our own families get closer as we plan all these activities and recipes out. Today’s post is a little game that would be fun for family home evening or any other time that you want to bring your family a little closer together. You could do this in a number of different ways. It could be a weekly occurrence until each person has gotten to know every other person just a little bit better. I know...
This is part of the 31 ways to a closer family series going on right now. Be sure to check out the other posts that are a part of this series as well! Family Home Evening, of FHE, is a suggested practice by the LDS church. Family Home Evening is a great way to grow closer as a family, even if you aren’t religious. Family Home Evening is just a time set aside each week for uninterrupted family time. It could be an activity, a lesson, performing some kind of service, even going to a movie. Obviously some things help build unity more...
