I hope you all enjoyed the Easter break and festivities with your families! Warmer weather and spring are in the air and I can’t wait to enjoy all the fun things that come with spending more time outside.

This week Family Fun Friday features awesome tips and helpful hints for moms with 10 Easy ways to Save Money, A 21 Day Challenge for Finding Joy, Tips to Spend Time Loving Others, plus we have delicious recipes like Chicken Pot Pie, Strawberry Shortcake, Easter M&M Cookie Bars, and Lemon Drizzle Cake. You may also enjoy gardening tips for building a raised bed garden, tips for growing flowers, and lots of ideas for booklists for kids.

We hope you’ll be inspired and encouraged by all the wonderful bloggers who share their blogging talents at Family Fun Friday.

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, 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 atHappyandBlessedHome.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

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.

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Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!

It’s Easter weekend! This month I’m featuring some awesome fun stuff for families on HappyandBlessedHome.com.

FREE Crafts and Recipes the whole family will enjoy!

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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:

Mental Health Tips

Christen has picked a few posts about overcoming depression. She reminds us to trust in God and focus on our families! If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love!

April is Stress Awareness Month. Jennifer Weinberg, MD shares Powerful Strategies for Meaningful Stress Management
Laura Sue Shaw gives five actionable ways to de-clutter your mind.
Money tends to be a leading cause of stress so these 10 ways to save money right now can be helpful for many.
Thrifty Girl Big Dreams gives four ways to earn extra money that actually work so you have something to save!
Sensory Mom Secrets has a Finding Joy 21 Day Challenge for Moms.
Made to Mother shares the poignant story of Mary who spent her life loving others.

Fast and Fabulous Recipes

After all the cooking that many moms do for Easter Dinner, sometimes Mom was a little bit of a break! Britta has rounded up some fabulous recipes that take under fifteen minutes! When you are adding these ideas to your menu, be sure to give Britta some facebook love. Look at the skinny mini monkey bread….

Everyday Beauty

During special occasions and holidays, our senses are overloaded with themed crafts and decorations. After the holidays, when all is back to the “everyday,” it is easier to see the beauty in the simple. Gardening, DIY, and daily chores are Herchel’s features this week on Gym, Craft, Laundry.

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.

Fun Booklists for Kids

This week Selena has found some great reads for the family on Look We’re Learning. She has chapter books, sensory play, weather books, and history books all highlighted! Don’t forget to stop at Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

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

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