We recently had a family reunion with people ranging in age from 8 to 78, and I wanted to make sure we did more than just eat together and take a group picture. 😂 Don't get me wrong. I LOVE sitting around catching up with everyone, but I also wanted to plan a few things that would get people interacting, laughing, and making memories together. And after the weekend was over, there were five things I knew I'd absolutely want to do again. Some took a little planning ahead of t

We recently had a big family reunion, and I wanted some kind of game that could happen in the background throughout the entire day instead of requiring all 42 people to stop what they were doing and play a traditional game together. I had watched Million Dollar Secret and loved the basic idea of everyone watching everyone else, trying to figure out who might secretly be up to something. So I stole a little inspiration from that concept and turned it into a game our whole fami

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For years, we've had a little family tradition we call Superlatives. There's almost no prep. It costs approximately six M&Ms. 😂 And it takes maybe 5-10 minutes. But it's become one of my favorite ways to remind our kids of something we really value in our family: Your siblings are your team. We want our kids to notice when their siblings do something well. To be proud of them. To celebrate their wins instead of always competing with them. And sometimes, those things need to

Taking six kids to a movie theater sounds like it should be the opposite of relaxing. But it's actually one of our favorite family outings—and we try to go about once a month. We've been taking our kids to the movies since they were tiny, so we've learned a few things along the way that make it surprisingly easy. And our biggest secret? We only go to movie theaters that serve actual food and bring it directly to your seat. Hear me out. The kids are sitting down. Someone else

Kids summer book club in our home A few summers ago, I decided to start a book club for my kids and their friends. I wanted to keep them reading over the summer, give them something fun to look forward to, and sneak in a little learning without making summer feel like school. We've now done Charlotte's Web, Matilda, Little House on the Prairie, and The Bookwanderers, and our summer book club has become one of my favorite traditions. But the way I run it now looks pretty diffe

If you're here because you watched my husband chase our children up the stairs like a pack of prey... welcome. Apparently, "Go get in bed" was too boring, so somewhere along the way Austin started giving the kids a ten-second head start before chasing them upstairs. The slowest child gets caught and carried to bed. Natural selection. And somehow, bedtime with six kids is actually one of the smoother parts of our day. The chase definitely helps—but I think the bigger reason is

With six kids, chores in our house are obviously necessary. There are too many people, too many dishes, too much laundry, and approximately 400 things being taken out and left somewhere they don't belong every day. But getting help around the house actually isn't my biggest goal when it comes to chores. Someday, my kids are going to live with other people. They'll have college roommates, spouses, coworkers, families and homes of their own. And I don't want them to be the pers

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