We live in a small town in Wisconsin. Our family consists of Mom, Dad, three girls, two dogs, two cats, and two guinea pigs. We used to be a very busy family. We moved around a lot for business and lived in big cities. We worked long hours and our family suffered because of it. One day we decided that the busy lifestyle we had not only took us away from family time but it also was not keeping us as happy as we thought it would. So we decided to slow down and make some memories.
We got back to basics and started having more fun as a family. We started doing more things together and spent more time listening to each other. The girls and I talked a lot about how many of their friends did not get to spend a lot of time with their families and how they did not get to learn some of the things that used to be basic fun things for kids.
We have weekly meetings where the kids can bring up things that they would like us to do as a family. During one of our weekly meetings the girls were discussing wanting to find new things to do together and how they wish they could show kids how to do some of the fun things they do. So this became our new family project.
I hope that your families can find something you can all enjoy doing together to bring your family closer together and make your family a "FUN FAMILY".