Family Fun

Outdoor adventures and Holidays are a couple of the best ways to create lasting memories. Holidays provide the perfect excuse to step out of the everyday hustle and bustle and create some enjoyment for yourself and your family and friends. Decorate for those special times with Dian’s simple DIY holiday crafts.

Camping provides the opportunity for enormous creativity. (Imagine how creative pioneers had to be.) When released from the constraints of daily conveniences, you will surprise yourself with the many fun and creative ways you handle the everyday necessities of life. For instance, think you can’t bake
a cake on an overnight camping trip? You can. Cook-ing in an outdoor kitchen demands some particular skills campers can develop with a few basic facts and guidelines. Even the most inexperienced cook can turn out a delicious outdoor meal or organize an entire camping trip.

How to Make Simple Pioneer Rag Dolls: Fun Craft Activity for Girls

2025-01-16T16:00:14+00:00January 16th, 2025|Crafts, Family Fun, Kids|

Crafting Memories with Pioneer Rag Dolls Why Pioneer Rag Dolls Are Special Young girls love to play with dolls and they will love to make these simple pioneer rag dolls. It will be just like the one that grandma played with when she was young. [...]

Build a Tin Can Stove: A Lifesaver for Emergencies and Outdoor Adventures

2025-01-16T15:59:31+00:00January 16th, 2025|Camping, Family Fun, Kids|

One of the most innovative outdoor cooking methods (and is excellent to have for power-related emergencies at home) isthe simple homemade tin can stove which can be used for frying,boiling and toasting. It is best used for one or two peoplebecause of its small size. [...]

How to Make Kick the Can Ice Cream: A Fun Activity for Kids

2025-01-16T15:58:44+00:00January 16th, 2025|Desserts, Family Fun, Kids|

Why Kick the Can Ice Cream Is So Much Fun Now that school is out and kids are enjoying the fun of discovering the world around them, parents and grandparents are looking for fun activities to do with them. I have spent my career coming [...]

Brighton’s 4th of July Parade: A Heartwarming Celebration in the Wasatch Mountains

2025-01-16T15:56:51+00:00January 16th, 2025|Family Fun, Fourth of July, USA|

Fourteen miles east of Salt Lake City, deep in the heart of the Wasatch Mountains is the mountain village of Brighton. In winter it is the home of the Brighton/Solitude Ski resort. In the summer it’s where you go to cool off from the summer [...]

Effective Household Delegation: Teaching Kids Responsibility Through Chores

2025-01-14T21:21:36+00:00January 14th, 2025|Family Fun, Kids|

New Year, New Responsibilities: Delegating Household Tasks With the New Year comes the opportunity to delegate household responsibilities. I remember as a high school student this happened in our home. My mother decided that she would go back to teaching and so she did not [...]

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Festive Shamrock Loaf of Bread

2025-01-14T21:21:07+00:00January 14th, 2025|Delicious Food, Family Fun, St. Patrick's Day|

This holiday honors Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and is celebrated by Americans of Irish descent and many other nationalities with parades, dinners, Irish jigs, and songs. There are more people of Irish descent in the United States than there are in Ireland. [...]

Cooking Outdoors: Unique Recipes Using Natural Ingredients

2024-12-28T22:06:11+00:00December 28th, 2024|Camping, Delicious Food, Family Fun|

My father was a forest ranger and I grew up loving the mountains and the outdoors.  With all the water we have had this year in Utah, the mountains are really green.In the west we are blessed with an abundance of great placess to go [...]

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