Activities
Family Summer Olympics
Start a great summer tradition with your family an compete in your own summer games! Warm weather has a way of bringing families together. This year, as the summer comes to a close, hold a family Olympics. Here are some ideas for events: Hula Hoop Record See who can set the record for the...
My Great Idea: Back to School Breakfast
Getting back into the school year schedule after a summer of sleeping in and relaxing can be difficult—not only for kids, but for parents as well. By providing an early incentive a week before school, I’ve found beating the beginning-of-the-school-year blues can be fairly easy. I love the summer...
The Perfect Summer Barbecue
Barbecuing is one of those events that defines the summer season. It brings family and friends together for a few hours and is the perfect setting to unwind and have a good meal. As you get ready to host your perfect summer barbecue, here are some tips that will help you keep the occasion...
Family Games
With TVs, iPods, and video games to entertain families all day and all night, sometimes it’s just easier not to plan family-fun time. But with the kids out of school, summer is the perfect season for reconnecting as a family through simple, wholesome activities. Look over the following list of games; you and your children can learn to play again!
Firework Safety
Summer celebrations all over the world occasion the use of fireworks, and everyone loves seeing them! They are breathtaking symbols freedom. However, they can also be very dangerous. Firecrackers account for nearly 10,000 injuries in the U.S. each year, nearly 4,000 of which are children. Children...
My Great Idea: Family Home Vacations
No money in the budget for summer travel? You can still have a great family vacation right in your own home. Some years ago, as parents of three daughters under the age of ten, my wife, Kathy, and I thought it was time that we start making memories in the family vacation department. We wanted these...
Summer Memories
Celebrate the art of photography this summer by taking some of your best photos ever. Taking pictures like the pros is what we all aspire to, but it can be really frustrating when our pictures don't look anything like the ones in magazines. So to boost your confidence as a photographer, here...
Sane Family Travel
Staring at the countless miles you have to travel before reaching your destination, can be daunting - especially when you have children or pets in the backseat of the car. So you mutter a silent prayer, gird up your loins . . . and then what? Most of us have experienced the infamous family vacation...
Around the Block: Provo Bakery
Everyday places good for filling some time If you haven't partaken of this Utah goodie, you're missing out. Still serving the community after over 40 years, Provo Bakery confects the most delectable pastries, cookies, and muffins on the Wasatch Front inside a little refurbished house on 190 E and...
Day Away: Antelope Island
Day trip destinations around Utah for you and your family to enjoy. Most visitors to Utah are surprised to learn that the Great Salt Lake is inhabited by antelope and buffalo. Well, not the lake itself, but the forty-two square mile island in the lake is home to many animals, including bobcats,...
Weekend Dining: Bombay House
Good eats around the Hive. As soon as you arrive, it's obvious that Bombay House is not your typical Indian restaurant. The warm aroma of spices that permeates the air has the unique ability to transport you to a different place the minute you walk through the door, enticing and inviting you to try...
Around the Block: Sand Hollow Aquatic Center
Everyday places good for filling some time. It may seem like winter was just here yesterday, but it's already time to find ways to beat the heat! And what better place to do it than at St. George's amazing aquatic center? A competition pool, diving pool, and an enormous leisure pool are only some of...
21 Things to Do before Summer Ends
If you're like most people, you are planning to launch your summer with the best of intentions. But like that candy bar in the glove box, the sweet summer memories that were your priority can quickly melt in the slow, hot days of the season. Luckily, with a little planning and some great ideas, you can make this summer the best ever.
Serving with Smiles
Corinne Allen and Elizabeth Jeffrey were looking for a way to teach their children to appreciate how much they have been given, so one day in December 2006, the two decided to put together newborn humanitarian kits with their kids. The children helped to make blankets and night gowns, and then fill...
Neighborhood Day Camp
Not quite sure if you want to send your kids off to camp this year? Show your kids how much fun you can be and organize your own simple day camp. Rotate: Personal day camps work best if you can collaborate with a few other parents and rotate the days. This way, you get to have a few days of...
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