Summer time brings yummy berries which makes me want to spend my days baking. My boys and hubby love it when I’m inspired to bake and I hope you’ll find this round up of dessert dishes inspiring too. Danita has rounded up some delicious breakfast eats that I think you’ll love, and as always we’re featuring fun activities for young children and some time-saving organizing and cleaning tips to help you get more done. You’ll never run out of great ideas for family fun at Family Fun Friday!

Every week we feature the best link-ups on the web with free printables, games, activities, money-saving and organizing ideas, recipes and more. If you are looking for the best tips, links, resources, freebies and more – you’ve come to the right place! Welcome to the Family Fun Friday community.

Family Fun Friday is all about connecting as a family. We feature great ideas for family fun, and things to help moms get things done so they have more time to spend doing what they love to do – be with family! If you like Family Fun Friday, help this blog party grow by giving it a +1 on Google+. Thanks so much!

Family Fun Friday

I love my co-hosts Stephanie, Carly and Danita! Your links get four times the exposure as they will show up on four blogs at the same time. Woo-Hoo! Each co-host is featuring her top picks from the party so you get an increased chance in being featured as well. Each featured post will be pinned by the hostesses so be sure to link up your best!

Meet our Family Fun Friday hostesses:


Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.com where she shares free preschool tools and printables, encouraging words for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’. Monica will feature Family Fun Posts.

Stephanie Kay is a busy homeschooling mom of 5. She blogs at Everyday Family Living where she shares practical ideas for home organization, family activities, books and education, and health & fitness. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Stephanie will feature Money Saving and Organizing Tips.

Carly is an adoptive mama and piano teacher who blogs at Africa to America. She writes about globalism, compassion and motherhood. Follow: Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter. Carly will be featuring posts on kid learning and crafting.

Danita enjoys blogging about cooking and shares yummy recipes on her blog OTasteandSee. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Danita will feature Delicious Recipes.

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If you’re a mom keep reading because we have some wonderful fun ideas to inspire you with your little ones and family. My blogging friends are linking up craft ideas, fun in the kitchen, preschool & homeschool ideas, and ways to spend time as a family.

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FREEBIES – Back to School Fun!

Don’t miss the limited time offer for my FREE Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables. It’s a subscriber freebie and a wonderful tool for educational enrichment. I also published some FREE Princess Birthday Party Printables. If you have a little princess in your life, you’ll want to download your copy {no subscription required for the princess printables}.

This week also kicks off a fabulous giveaway of over $1,000 in free educational tools. Follow the link to enter. PLUS – you can get a FREE 5″ x 7″ Photo Enlargement at Walmart – check the post to find out how and I’m sharing a fun Del Monte fruit recipe.

Special Thanks

Thanks to all my blogging friends for linking up last week at Family Fun Friday. I have a special YouTube Video for you at Thank You All My Blogging Friends! So many great ideas, crafts and things to do! If you link up, you permit me to use your pictures/ideas as part of future posts and/or social media. Now on to some fabulous posts for moms.

Special Announcement!

We’re looking for a few more Co-hosts for Family Fun Friday! With the holidays coming up we need to expand our team as some weeks we’ll need to rotate between hosts to accommodate for travel for the holidays, etc. If you would like to be considered, please click this link and fill out the google form.

Co-hosts will get to be a part of an exciting link up party featuring some of the best bloggers on the web. We have over 200 bloggers linking here weekly and over 2,000 subscribers with every post. It’s a fantastic way to make new bloggy friends and meet new readers!

Featured Bloggers:

I rarely do this, but ya’ll have me so inspired in the kitchen that this week’s featured bloggers are sharing recipes for delicious desserts! If you have a sweet tooth then you’ll want to check them out! To me, fall is a time for fresh berries crisp apples, juicy peaches and many of the lovely desserts you see here. I think you’ll enjoy this week’s features.

Melissa who blogs at The Farm Girls Gab shared her yummy recipe for Easy Peasy Peach Cobbler. Peaches are delicious, adding them to a dessert is perfect!
From Annie’s Noms, Annie has a delicious looking Summer Berry Tart recipe. It looks like the perfect end of summer treat!
Crystal from Crystal’s Tiny Treasures, shared a recipe that’s perfect for one, of course you can always make more than one for the entire family! Check out her Chocolate Lava Cake in a Mug recipe.
If you’re looking for a Fresh Peach Pie recipe, you’ll want to stop by the Grandparent’s Plus corner.
Three Kids and a Fish is Cathy’s corner and she shared a yummy summer treat! Stop by and check out her recipe for Maple Walnut Ice Cream.
Jenny shared her recipe for Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie at her corner In the Kitchen with Jenny. It looks simply delicious!

Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast can be a little crazy and it’s easy to grab a box of cereal or oatmeal, but it tends to get a little boring doing that all the time. Danita over at O Taste and See put together a great feature of Breakfast Recipes, that you’ll want to stop by and check out! When you have a minute, show her a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Fun Activities for Little Ones

Little ones are always on the go and sometimes keeping up with their attention span can be exhausting! Carly from Africa to America, she’s is out this week so we’re re-featuring her round-up of Fun Activities for Little Ones! If ya’ll have a minute stop by Carly’s Facebook Page and show her a little bloggy love. 🙂

Ultimate Cleaning Tips

Summer is a crazy-busy time and Stephanie is out again this week, so we are re-featuring Ultimate Cleaning Tips. When you have a minute, show stop by Everyday Family Living and show her a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Thanks again for all your wonderful ideas! I hope these Family Friendly and Fun ideas inspire you.

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I pray you are blessed by this effort to share ideas on having Family Fun.

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