Tagged with "Summer"
Family Reunions 101
Well, it's happened again. Another summer is coming and it's clear that if there's going to be a family reunion, you'll have to plan it yourself. Before you pull your hair out at the thought of matching T-shirts and meals for a hundred picky eaters, take a deep breath and read on. By the time...
Ultimate Guide: Modest Swimwear 2013
The sun has come out, and it's time your best swimsuit did too! Confession: I have a love/hate relationship with my swimsuit. I love it because it means that it’s finally warm! It means fun times with friends and family at the pool. But I hate it because it also means that I’ve got to somehow...
{Food Dish} Cool Treats
Cool off with one of these delicious and easy end-of-summer dessert recipes. Orange Creamsicles , photo from Oven Love Peaches-and-Cream Ice Cream Cake , photo from Martha Stewart Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream , photo from Drizzle and Dip Banana...
{Food Dish} Ultimate Guide: Best Barbecue Recipes
Get grilling with these fabulous summertime grill recipes. We've got you covered with meat, veggies, pineapple, and even a luxurious grilled dessert. Summer is the time for pool parties and outdoor grilling. Here, we've got you covered on at least half that recipe. In our opinion, you can never...
{Poll} Your Travel Style
Summertime means vacation time for a lot of families. Take our poll and tell us about your personal vacation style.
{Lifestyle} Tips for Sane (and Fun) Road Trips
Road trips can be chaotic and overwhelming, but they can also be fun and filled with memory-making opportunities. Follow some of these tips to make sure your travels are filled with more good memories than bad. Photo from All Things Simple . Perhaps one of the most frustrating parts about...
How to keep your child’s brain active during the summer
MR says: Some useful ideas for filling the summer days with good things. Summer is just around the corner, and I don’t know about you, but I can hardly wait! I love having my kids all to myself during the summer months and having the freedom to do our own thing on our own schedule. Speaking of schedules,...
Bloggernacle Back Bench: A 'gazillion' ideas for summer fun
OK, maybe not a “gazillion.” Today’s column spotlights blogs that list hundreds, actually thousands, of fun ideas to make your summer an absolute blast. Let’s get right into the “gazillion” part with Sassy Sites' “A ‘Gazillion' Summer Activities.” She includes many of her own...
{Lifestyle} Ultimate Guide: Modest Swimsuits 2012
Swimsuit season: there's no need to dread it anymore because cute and modest swimsuits not only exist – they seem to be everywhere! Check out this season's offerings. Only two years ago I felt stymied in my attempts to find a modest swimsuit for a family cruise – they all looked like they were...
{Food Dish} Favorite Summer Dessert
When I think of summer, I think of this refreshing dessert. There’s something about this recipe that just whispers to me across the sands of time. From summers spent eating it on the patio at my grandma’s house to stealing an extra piece after our Fourth of July celebration when I was 9 (and...
{Lifestyle} Summer Activities for Kids
Are your kids bored? Here are a few fun summer activities for the family. One perk of being one of the younger children in my family is that I have nine darling nieces and nephews. All nine of them, under the age of 10, and their parents will be at my house next weekend for a family...
Balancing motherhood in summer
Recently, we took our high school graduate to Hawaii for his senior trip and my speaking assignment at Brigham Young University. When I asked my son what his favorite experience was out of an entire week of amazing activities, his reply was, “When you and dad were getting tumbled all over the...
Summer Travel Series: Independence and Liberty, Missouri
Early Latter-day Saints experienced some of the darkest days of the Church in Independence and Liberty, Missouri. For a brief period, though, Missouri’s frontier also proved to be where some of the happiest times occurred for members of the fledgling Church. Independence and Liberty are now...
100 things to do this summer
We don’t do summer camps around here. The beauty of summer is letting go of the school year's strict schedule. However, it’s always good to have a summer road map to help you survive those hot August days. Here are some fun, (nearly free) ideas to kickstart the heat with your kids: 1....
Summer Reading List for Kids
Check out this awesome book list both you and your kids will enjoy reading and discussing. Summer is coming! Here’s a list of great kids’ reads to keep the kids busy, beginning with picture books. There are a lot of great and newly published picture books, but I look for inventive, interactive,...
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