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Family Birthday Celebrations

With six people in our family, we manage to make our own party, even if no one else is present. So, this week one of my daughters is having a birthday and it happens to fall on a weekday, leaving us to have a family party on the actual date. She’s planning to have a friend or three over on the weekend, but we’ll make sure she feels special on her big day. Some of the things we like to do for family birthdays are listed below. I hope you’ll like some of these ideas, or maybe you’ll share some … Continue reading →

Family Issues: Stay Close to Distant & Traveling Family

Many of us have extended families that do not live nearby but with today’s technology, we can easily stay in touch and remain close. We can find great cell phone plans with lots of “any time” minutes or free nights and weekends, we can choose long distance plans for home phones that cover particular areas that we call most often. We can send an e-mail or an e-card, create an online newsletter, and of course, we can still write an old-fashioned letter if we get the urge. We can also make recordings and videos to send so family members have … Continue reading →

Kids Using Cameras

Sometimes I wish I could see the world through my childrens’ eyes. And mainly for that reason, I encourage them all to take pictures with our cameras. About ten years ago my oldest son wanted a camera that took four shots per frame. This is a neat invention. For a 24 exposure roll of film, you get 96 shots. I loved that camera because I didn’t feel like I had to limit him so much. I didn’t have to tell him, “don’t take a picture of that”, or “save your film for something important”. Consequently, he took a lot of … Continue reading →