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Join us at Family Fun Friday!

This week on Family Fun Friday a whole bunch of bloggers are sharing their ideas for family fun. Feel free to add your ideas via a blog post link or just browse all the awesome ideas. Thanks for being a fan! Linking to the party is NOT a requirement to enter the giveaway. Entrants only need to click through the Rafflecopter form to enter to win.

This week we’re featuring strengthening family connections and quality family fun. We’ve also got ideas to help you manage your homeschool and parenting tips. Having a Superbowl Party? If you need some party food ideas, we’ve got you covered! Also, don’t miss these FREE Printable Potty Training Charts and a $200 Potty Training Prize Pack or $100 Kroger Gift Card Giveaway AND Ritz and Coca-Cola have teamed up to give away 22 $100 Gift Cards in celebration of the Superbowl.

Giveaways, recipes, homeschooling, kid’s activities and free printables, we’ve got you covered at Family Fun Friday. 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!

Family Fun Friday

I love my co-hosts Herchel, Selena, Britta and Christen. Your links get five times the exposure as this party is promoted on five 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!

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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’/ Instagram. Monica will round-up all the Family Fun Friday posts.

Herchel enjoys blogging about parenting, organizing, crafting, and having good old-fashioned kid fun on her blog Gym, Craft, Laundry. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Herchel will feature organizing and family fun.

Selena is a homeschooling graduate and a homeschooling mom to four super special kids. She blogs at Look! We’re Learning! about unit studies, foreign language, and homeschooling with ADHD. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram / Twitter.

Britta was a military kid and is a military wife, now living in the high desert of Arizona and far, far from her New Orleans family. She happily homeschools and writes about the intersection of God’s Word and her world at Britta Lafont ~ Everyday Holiness. This year Britta wants to find that sweet spot between getting more done and enjoying the process. Britta will feature Delicious Recipes. Follow: Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Instagram

Christen blogs at illuminate. As wife to her high school sweetheart and mother to three premature children, she’s learned that God is the Perfect Party Planner and sometimes the unexpected is the greatest gift of all. Blog/ Facebook/ Pinterest/ Instagram/ Twitter. Christen will feature Inspirational Posts.

To PIN a specific blogger’s post please click through and pin directly from their site. 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.

My blog is growing but I need your help, please like my facebook page or PIN a button and help spread the word about HappyandBlessedHome.com. Thanks so much.

If you enjoy the features on Family Fun Friday please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you! If you see things that you like here – please PIN them on Pinterest! If you PIN these lists it will help this blogging party grow.

Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!

It’s the last week of January! And this month I’m featuring my FREE Superhero Playdoh Mats, Ritz Cracker Meatballs, FREE Printable Chore Charts for Kids, Panko and Coconut Crusted Cod, FREE Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids, and Everything you need for the perfect Football Party!

FREE SUPERHERO Play Doh Placemats, FREE Chore Charts, Delicious Meatballs and Panko Cod, & FREE Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids!

If you enjoy free printables, crafts and games for little ones, recipes, ideas for family fun and encouraging posts for moms, sign up and have Happy and Blessed Home delivered to your inbox. Simply enter your e-mail address here:

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.

Featured Bloggers:

Keeping the Family Connection Strong

This week we’re featuring kids and family connections from Herchel Scruggs of GymCraftLaundry. Herchel is turning her attention from making a home back to the heart of the home–the family.

Herchel selected Why pursue domestic excellence? because it emphasizes mothers sharing their experience and strengths with other mothers.
The phrase “she doesn’t attention, she needs a connection” from 5 ways to make a genuine connection with your child hits way to close to home for many women.
Barbara Hoyer emphasizes the importance of Being Active with your Kids. Personal fitness is a great goal but your kids will also benefit from being active!
Sometimes we forget quiet beauty of the ordinary day and it is great to be reminded.
Did you know there are ways to nurture the growth mindset? Check out these tips.

Make sure you give Herchel some bloggy love on facebook and check our her site for some great kids activities and cheer her on in her fitness journey!

Ideas for Managing your Homeschool

This week Selena is featuring awesome resources for your homeschool on her blog Look We’re Learning. With dinosaur studies, DIY kinetic sand, paper plate crafts and parenting resources Selena has gathered some great resources. If you have a minute, stop by Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Superbowl Party Foods!

Britta has rounded up some delicious Superbowl Party Foods! If you are looking for ideas on what to serve on Sunday night check out the shrimp and corn salsa shooters, parmesan garlic popcorn, soft pretzel bites and other yummy recipes she features! When you are adding these ideas to your menu, be sure to give Britta some facebook love!

For even MORE Superbowl Party Foods make sure to check out these recipes and FREE Football Party Printables at HappyandBlessedHome.com:

Our newest member, Christen Price is out this week! Christen blogs at Illuminate. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love! Thanks again for all your wonderful ideas! I hope these Family Friendly and Fun ideas inspire you.

The Facebook party link-up has been moved to another page, located at: Like Me on Facebook Link-Up Here. It’s a great way to meet other bloggers, network and help each other grow your Facebook Page’s likes.

For Family Fun Friday we’re going to start networking using Google+ – we hope you will join us! Button Code:

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

In His Grip,

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