My husband's parents just had their 50th wedding anniversary and we all gathered to celebrate. There was a lot of prep work that went into the anniversary weekend and one morning in particular we had outdoor games scheduled. There were a couple requirements for the games: It must be able to incorporate every age category, young and old, it must be able to accommodate a large group (61 immediate family members) and it needed to include water - Arizona in the summer time is HOT! So here are 5…

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I interrupt this regularly scheduled blog full of inspired, serious parenting ideas for some serious FUN! It has dawned on me that the summer has come and gone and I have yet to share about one of my favorite traditions, The Family Olympics. If you’ve been on this site for very long, you know this …

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one of our family’s most talked about and anticipated events of the year is our this year marked 7 years of this marvelous tradition something that parents and kids alike look forward to each year click here and here for some early years of the games how quickly our children grow our games are played as individual and collective teams but don’t think for one minute that this is just for fun not in this family there is a point system and score board to track each event there are reputations…

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My husband's parents just had their 50th wedding anniversary and we all gathered to celebrate. There was a lot of prep work that went into the anniversary weekend and one morning in particular we had outdoor games scheduled. There were a couple requirements for the games: It must be able to incorporate every age category, young and old, it must be able to accommodate a large group (61 immediate family members) and it needed to include water - Arizona in the summer time is HOT! So here are 5…