The new year is right around the corner, and if you have kids, you may not be planning to spend the night out celebrating. If so, it can be fun to spend the evening together watching a movie, listening to music, playing board games, and doing other family activities. Making crafts is something my kids […]
This year has been a bit of whirlwind for us, and looking back at almost 18 years of Merry Christmas posts on Southern Savers I’m a tad bit nostalgic for the little girls that were in our yearly pictures… Folk are growing up and I’m realizing more and more how blessed we have been (and are). […]
Christmas is just around the corner, and maybe you’ve been struggling with what to cook. Or maybe you realized you didn’t get enough for that complicated recipe and don’t want to venture back out to the store. Either way, I’ve got you covered! Here are 10 of my favorite simple Christmas side dishes. You probably […]
We have so many favorite Christmas movies in our house that we start watching in November and might not finish them up until mid January (the British celebrate for 12 days, so why can’t we). If you are needing something new to watch, check out this list of our favorites! I’m fairly certain this list has […]
Whether you’re home for the holidays or you’ve been home a lot more since the spring, board games are always a fun option to bring the family together and provide opportunities for connection. However, age and personality differences can make some games actually cause conflict! One solution to this problem is to play cooperative board […]
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Did your family have Christmas traditions growing up? In my family, we always made a birthday cake for Jesus that we ate for breakfast on Christmas morning, and we always went to the Christmas Eve service at our church. Now that I have my own family, we have tried to come up with our own […]
A fun family tradition that we’ve done for many years past is to host a cookie decorating party. Although we usually think of cookie decorating as a Christmas thing, there is no reason why you can’t do this any time of year! The only thing to change from season to season is the shape of the […]
The cost of groceries continues to rise, and even when we are doing everything we can to shop the sales and stock our pantries, inflation is a real thing. Planning to feed a lot of people over the holidays can be overwhelming, but remember that less important than the food is the fact that you […]
