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140. [FF] Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt

Is looking at Christmas lights a tradition for your family every year? If it’s not then it could be a really fun way to hang-out with your family. If it is your thing already, we also share some cool ways you can add to the fun and make it an…

139. Blended Family Parenting Wins

It’s easy to focus on all the problems we see, and most of us don’t take time to reflect on the good we’ve done.   Being able to take time and reflect on some of your wins in your family is very powerful at building encouragement and hope….

137. Blended Family Parenting Fails

Some quote Edison saying, “I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb.” (and I would say he was pretty successful!)   It’s easy to be hard on ourselves when we mess up parenting, or even to…

134. [FF] Spice Up Your Marriage For The Holidays

We are talking about intimacy and the “S” word in this episode.    It’s so important as a married couple to make sure you make this a priority in your marriage. When you do, you stay better connected with each other. When you’re…

133. Enjoying the Holidays: Holiday Spending and Money Blues

Mo Money, Mo Problems! (ok, sorry for the Biggie reference) Money can be another factor that can suck the joy out of the holidays. The holidays can have a way of turning our lives into a money pit. This is the second part in our Enjoying the Holidays…

131. Enjoying the Holidays: Real Expectations

We are entering into the holiday season. This is the first episode out of three that we are focusing on keeping our joy throughout the holidays.   It is so easy to let the busyness of the holidays and the stress steal our joy. We talk about real…

130. [FF] Backyard Games

Backyard games that can be played in the front yard, side yard, or any yard, it just sounds more appropriate to call them backyard games.   We talk about 9 outside games that you can use over the holidays with your family that will create some…