Summer vacation is the best time for outdoor family fun in the sun! This week we have so many fun activities for families to enjoy outside. We have preschool activities, bubble fun, erupting sidewalk chalk paint, and much more that will get your kids laughing and making memories. There are tons of fun and free ideas for enjoying the not so lazy days of summer. After a few hours in the sun though, everyone will be hungry. Thank goodness for these tasty and easy summer salads like deviled egg salad, quinoa and spinach, and caesar salad. After lunch, what better way to top off a fun summer day than a bowl full of homemade ice cream!

Every week at HappyandBlessedHome.com we share the talents and top posts from our blogging friends all around the web with HappyandBlessedHome.com readers via: Family Fun Friday. The Family Fun Friday Team reviews 200 link-ups to select the top features in the following categories: Encouraging Posts for Moms, Recipes, Family Fun, and Homeschooling. Every week is different and is tailored to the trends that are current to help moms save time and energy so they can have more freedom to do what they love best – enjoy family fun!

Please stop by your favorites and thank the bloggers who try to help readers by sharing their talents and tips. We’re so thankful for this online community and hope you’ll make new friends online!

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! 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! Welcome to our community!

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

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Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.comwhere 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

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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.

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

Featured Bloggers:

Summer Salads

Britta rounded up some gorgeous and tasty summer salads! Leave the stove off and enjoy a crispy cooling healthy lunch.

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I Dig Pinterest’s Quinoa & Spinach Salad w/Lemon Vinaigrette was born from a list of ingredients for the May Mystery Dish Challenge.

Deviled Egg Salad looks so delicious! This simple recipe by Craft Journal is a fabulous new twist on two egg staples–the old egg salad and deviled egg recipes!

Sweet Little Ones Blog recommends prepping the items and storing them separately in the fridge until ready to eat. That way, preparing lunch won’t cut into playtime! Just grab a Simple Summer Caesar Salad.

A Life in Balance shares an easy recipe to get your little ones in the kitchen with you—Cooking with Kids: Tomatoes with Mozzarella and Basil Salad. This one is easy enough to involve the whole family in making it!

This Buffalo Chicken Salad is much easier than it looks! The Gracious Wife uses store-bought chicken tenders to make this beautiful salad.

Crafty Allie shared this yummy Southwest Chicken Salad and homemade cilantro dressing.

Summer fun for preschoolers

This week Selena is featuring ideas for summer fun for preschoolers. Don’t forget to stop at Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Baby, It’s hot outside!

Here are a few ideas from Herchel at Gym Craft Laundry.com to plan for a stress free and fun summer! She is featuring tips on setting up a good routine, reading suggestions, and ways to enjoy summer. Make sure you give Herchel some bloggy love on facebook and check our her site for some great homemaking tips and parenting resources.

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