What family traditions do you have or want to create with your own family? Please comment below to share. Just make sure that you create memorable moments that your children will cherish and even share with their own children. You can use these ideas, change them to fit your family’s style, or make your own. This list is meant to get your creative juices flowing so that you can come up with fun ways to make memories with your family. Start new traditions or re-create some of your favorites from your childhood. Or even plan a camping trip in the backyard if going out of town isn’t in the budget. Create special memories by only getting a certain snack on family vacations or allowing a new family member to pick the destination each year. As we get older, by default, people experience less and less novelty. Let your children be a part of the planning process. A new place forces you to pay attention and take in new complexitydenser memories result.

Plan a special family vacation together.

This is a fun way for you to take interest in your child’s interests, but it also allows opportunities for them to connect with you more than they might in a group setting.

Schedule one-on-one dates with each child.You might discover strengths you didn’t know your children had. It’s a relaxed and fun environment for everyone to get comfortable. We like to pick a meal we wouldn’t normally eat like appetizers or make your own sub and play games while we eat. You can make a rule to try a new place each time or pick everyone’s favorite place to enjoy. If your schedules are too busy for a weekly family night then make it a priority to have a special meal out once a month with your family. Go out to eat as a family once a month.Unknown A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give. You can use this time to all unwind from the day, relax, share something special that happened, and even pow wow about what is going on tomorrow. The best thing about memories is making them. However, take the time to plan one night each week to focus on only family by eating dinner together, playing a game, or going on a walk. When things return to “normal” it’s likely that we will get back into the routine of each going different directions with different activities and obligations. Pick a night each week for family night.They look like beloved objects, no matter the monetary value (and their worth usually comes from the stories attached).

They look like influence, over one or many. Legacies look like memories from time spent together. Here are some ideas to use to begin creating your own memories with your family: The ability to welcome everyone to the table, know matter how unlikely or disconnected. I’m sure you want your children to be able to look back on their own childhood and recall all the special moments you had together. Whether positive or negative (hopefully positive) you have some very defining memories that most likely bonded you and another family member or helped define who you are today. But making memories is one way to help link hearts together. The day to day hustle and bustle can leave you short on time and zapped of energy, leaving little room to work at building the loving relationships in your family. While there are many benefits to technology, there is a line that is often times crossed. However, love doesn’t just happen-you have to work at love. Let's Create More Memories Not Posts Marlee Hune Seton Hill University Marlee Hune At this day in age, technology is thriving making social media bigger than ever before. I do my best to make sense of whatever is plaguing my brain, but also have to remember that even if I can't make sense of it, I just have to keep faith that God is in control.Strong families are built on love. I have to remind myself of the Lord's infinite and perfect patience with me and try to reflect that the best I can. It's on those days that I just have to be patient.

No book of the Bible, no verse, no worship song… nothing can suffocate the worrying beast inside of my mind. There are some days that nothing, and I mean nothing can bring me the peace that I am longing for. There is nothing more incredible than coming home from a day that has me choking back tears with my blood pressure through the roof and questioning every decision I've ever made or will make, picking up my Bible, and immediately being put at ease by what God has to say to me. It's a weakness that reminds me just how much I need my Lord to be in my life every single day. People have told me all my life, 'you worry too much' or 'you know, you really shouldn't worry so much.' But, it's part of who I am.

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