My hubby, well, what can I say? Anyone who writes my name in mildew and takes pictures of my rear on purpose, ranks high in my book.
The children? They are the reason I get up everyday. Literally. They pull and tug on my tired body until I have no other choice.
They light up my world.
And of course, I'm the Mom. I'm the do-er. I am the efficient multi-tasker. If I'm on the phone, I'm also sweeping. I can carry huge piles of laundry up the stairs while dragging a new bag of kitty litter with my toe.
Oh, yes. I'm that good.
We are homebodies. The mall frightens my husband. We can only dine at restaurants with outdoor patios, what, with the toddler we now own. We go to church and school-together, but separately to our own classes.
So somewhere in the mix of all that being together, we missed togetherness. So, family night was born. Family night consists of well, the family, cat and toddler included, locked up in our family room, together.
Now, at this point I'd love to tell you we sit around without the interruptions of tv, phones, computers, etc, holding hands, sharing fond stories and end the night singing "cumh by ya my Lord."
Hmmm. . . . Not so much.
A typical family night for us might include a Wii family bowling tournament or the latest Disney movie. Lately, we've really gotten into board games. I don't even throw myself on the floor anymore when I don't win.
By far, our best family nights center around old home movies of well, us. We're vain that way.
My kids LOVE watching themselves when they were babies. We had a big box of unlabeled tapes. We've almost made our way to the bottom. Each one has been a surprise. (One of the first ones we watched almost 2 years ago cinched our decision to have another child. When we stumbled upon the 'baby tapes' I just cried my way thru them. Who knew my kids were so cute? And that it would lead to a third? )
Family night isn't strict or structured. There isn't a manual.
It just is.
Because one day, it won't be.
And so, in honor of my sixth month anniversary of blogging and our love of Family Night, I'm offering one lucky reader an enormous pile of brand new Family Night Activities valued at over $140!
- Risk Transformers Board Game :: Retail Value $39.95
- Mall Madness :: Retail Value $39.95
- I Spy Preschool Game :: Retail Value $14.95
- Uncle Milton's Ant Farm :: Retail Value $9.95
- Smart Lab Electronics Lab :: Retail Value $19.95
- Hannah Montana 26 piece Activities Set :: Retail Value $19.95
- Popcorn Bags (because would it be a Family Night without it? We know the answer to that, don't we?)
I have a big storage closet where I stick games and toys I find on sale. This is only some of the stuff ! One lucky reader will benefit from my deep-seeded shopping issues.
Oh, and if giveaways are your thing, you must hop over to the Bloggy Carnival. (I don't know if specifically asking for God's favor for the Random Number Generator works or not, but I'm going to try it!) Good luck! Don't forget to subscribe to my blog. That will help you win something. I'm sure of it. Sort of.
643 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 643 Newer› Newest»Oh my gosh, this is an AMAZING giveaway!! I don't know if comment #1 (if I'm quick enough) is a lucky number... but I sure hope so!
What a great giveaway! We enjoy a weekly family night too...but the movie idea might be wearing a bit thin. Can't seem to get everyone sitting down for that long. Games would be wonderful! OOOOO...I hope I win! :)
These sound like great things. Thanks for offering them!
Mindy
mindyvasil(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow! What a great game assortment! My kids are just now getting old enough to play board games (besides CanyLand) together.
Count me in! We love games at our house. :)
Jolanthe
Fun Giveaway, please enter me! Thanks :)
Fun giveaway and funny post! Please enter me. Thanks.
OOOOOHHHH, AAAAAHHHH, owning these might guilt me into spending more time with my kids. :) We love your blog...thanks for sharing it!
Becky, the maid
Every other Friday night is game night here and we would LOVE LOVE LOVE these for our collection!! :D
Thanks!
What a great giveaway!!! So generous. We love family game time.
Thanks!!!
What a great prize! Family night is so much fun!
Thanks,
amenking@bellsouth.net
HOW fun!
Thanks for the chance to win.
Lisa
hianded[at]earthlink[dot]net
Thanks - how fun!
These games would be great for when my grandchildren visit. What a giveaway!
What a delightful giveaway. You remind me of myself. I have a closet of sale goodies, too! Our family get-togethers always include game playing. Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it! Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
Oh FUN! I grew up playing games with family, and I'm enjoying passing that tradition to my kiddos. They could probably only do the preschool game now, but they'll grow into the rest. :)
~ Amy @ Memoirs of a Mommy
Sounds like a fun way to spend a family night - please enter me! :)
How fun, I'd love to win - thank you!
WOW!!! my kids love game night, that is an awesome give away!!!
We have a family night of our own and the kids really look forward to it. They count down the days and think of activities that we can do. Great give away idea.
NOTHING is better then family fun night awesome idea! I subscribed to your feed I love this site very cool!
Great prizes! My family would enjoy the games.
Great giveaway! Count me in. bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
Oh I see how it is, you clean your closet and then we get to store the stuff. Not a bad idea really. yout blog is so fun!
Yay! What a great giveway! Sign me up!
Oh games! We love them here!
I think I am drooling;). So please sign me up! My family would love and use all this great stuff!
What fun!!
My children would enjoy these as we would with them (escpecially the ant farm and lab).
Thank you for the great giveaway!
Laura
(email is in my profile or you can use the contact form on my blog: Laura Williams' Musings)
What a great giveaway! Thanks so much for offering it! By the way, my kids LOVE watching our old home movies too!
~Tanya
the4moyers@msn.com
Very fun giveaway! Thanks! FlipFlopsChels@msn.com
Thanks for the fun giveaway :) Check mine out over the coming days :)
Great giveaway!
What a fun giveaway! Please count me in!
This would be fabulous to win! Please enter me.
jamie[dot]willett[at]charter[dot]net
fun times!
i would LOVE to win.
My kids L-O-V-E games. Count me in.
Fun Stuff!
Family game night is something that I want to start with my family. I would love to win these games.
I used to love watching super 8 home movies that my parents would project onto the wall when we were kids!
we love family night! and as youth ministers too, we use games ALL th time
Ooooo, nice one! We would totally love this!
We love games, an we don't have any of those! I love your shopping habit!
I love games! :)
What a great giveaway! We just have a 1-year-old right now, but my husband and I look forward to doing family nights similar to yours when she's a bit older.
By the way, I know an easy way to make uploading photos onto Blogger a quicker process. But it will take a little time to explain it. Email me at beccachristensen at hotmail dot com if you're interested.
Super giveaway! These would be great to share with our youth group.
Please check out my giveaways too. I have 2 at Thrifty Mommy and 1 at A Healthy Balance.
Karen
http://thriftymommy.com
http://balanceindiet.com
karen at b5media dot com
What fun all those games would be ! ANd...I love your pictures on your header!!!
OMG that is a ton of fabulous stuff! We love games in our family. I have two giveaways, so I hope you'll enter:
http://laviedelaurie.com
http://our3day.com
P.S. Your kiddos are gorgeous!
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance!g
How fun! My son would flip! Please count me in!
Our fam loves games and do not have enough!! This would be so fun to win..game on!
What a fun and generous giveaway!
(i hope i win...)
how fun!!
I've been wanting to institute a family fame night for a few months. This would be just the thing to get us started. Count me in.
such fun, thanks!
Wow! What a generous giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity to win! I really want to start a similar tradition with our kids.
What fun !!! With todays hustle and bustle it's great to set aside time for a family night. I love that I'm not the only one addicted to shopping for awesome deals. Feel free to drop by and visit Yummy Things & Cupcake Dreams
Take Care,
Marilyn
We have our own version of family night and I would love to have new materials!
Looks like I'd have no more excuses that I don't own any board games if I won this! How fun!
What a wonderful gift to make someones family night. Good luck everyone
Please don't tell my husband I entered this contest; he thinks the only thing worse than sitting down to play a board game is doing a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. He's promised to do more of it since he knows I love it, though. Thanks for the opportunity!
What fun! Can we come over and play games for family night? That or maybe move in next door? You sound like my kind of friend and our kind of family - especially with a hubby who writes your name in mildew and takes pictures of your body parts. hee hee
I'm a gamer, too. BOARD GAMER, that is! I grew up on all kinds of board and card games, so your prize pack is like the Mother Load. Which is appropriate, given you're a mom and all.
Thanks for such a generous offer! I used to have a "Bargain Closet" where I'd keep things until I needed them for a gift or something...you know, the stuff for 75 percent off at Target or when Toys R Us had a mad sale. Sounds like you'd understand ;).
Thanks again!
Here’s a link to my DAILY GIVEAWAYS--Hope you have time to visit!
OOOOOOOOh! We LUV boardgames! Family night lives on in infamy!
oh fun! we could use some fun games for our family night!
OOH!! We love games!! How fun!
Oh, what fun! I know a Michigan family who loves games! :)
Please count me in. Thanks :)
Our son is a toddler still, but what a great tradition to start! Thanks for offering this creative prize package!
What great stuff! Love your son's glasses.
These look like fun games. We love board games here. Happy Anniversary!
Board games on family night instead of movies in front of the bigscreen, it'd be a nice change up!
How AWESOME!!! I would totally love this!!! Thanks soo much for the chance! :)
Thanks for reminding me of how much I miss our family nights. Momma is gonna make it happen again ;O)
Blessings.
Great Games!! I would love to win this cool package for my boys! They love games!
Okay, count me in. :-)
Great idea, Kristen.
Lisa
PS- you don't have shopping issues. You are frugal and you buy ahead.
My kids and i just got back into game night and they love it. These games would be great to add to our collection. How kind of you!
My kids love family night! We aren't nearly as consistant as we should be. board games are our family favorite..Count me in ;-)
I am quite impressed with your amazing talent of dragging kitty litter with your toes! You are truly an amazing woman.
Our family night is going to be a tad sparce come August 14th...the day Megawatt heads off to college! Of course I could always tie a little string to her tuition....come home for family night once a week! *lol*
Great post and brilliant giveaway! Count me in.
This sounds like a wonderful idea! What could be a better giveaway than time with your family?
Enter me, please!
This is a GREAT giveaway- we LOVE family fun night! It's every Friday at our house: card games, board games, or movies, served up with appetizers (wings, cheese sticks, etc)! I hope it lasts well into teenage years!
Thanks for the chance to win. My kids would love this prize.
amyjohnallen at bellsouth dot net
I love board games and so glad to see that Family night is thriving!!
sav98@comporium.net
Those look really fun! monk5@charter.net
What a fun blog--and such a lovely family! Those kids are awfully cute. :-)
My family loves game night, too! Great giveaway idea!! -Julia
What an awesome giveaway! We love playing games in our home and have a closet full! But we don't have these. Thanks!! katebeth45 AT gmail DOT com
oh how I would love all those games for my family!!
Thanks
palmersf(at)bellsouth(dot)net
That's an awesome givaway! Don't enter me in the contest as I have a similar closet with most of those games...I too have deep seeded shopping issue. Just wanted to say thank you for the inspiring family night idea. May have to try doing the same. Although it's getting difficult to find time with school and extracurricular activities.
*giggle* - first of all, LOVE your style - I'll be back after the Carnival madness to read you some more. :-)
Secondly, COOL giveaway! My 2-year-old isn't exactly a good sport about board games yet, but DH and I LOVE them -- and we don't have these! We'd love to win!
love the giveaway..your family is as competetive as mine..love to win
3beez(at)bellsouth(dot)net
Oh wow, that's a big stack of games! Count me in. :)
What a great giveaway!
You are soooo funny. I have 3 children under 4 and I would looove this. although I feel like I have family time ALL the time, we need to have some game time, etc. Thanks.
my kids would love all of these
How fun is this? i luv it, Holly
Oh, please enter me, thanks! And the pic of those three little darlings is just, well . . . darling!
Please, please, please count me in on this great giveaway!
Oh please enter me in this great giveaway, my kids would go nuts. They love board games. Thank you
I'd love to win this.
I remember the mildow love message! I thought it was adorable!
Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me! And please pack the kids a lunch or something, otherwise I can't have fun playing the games with my family without thinking of starving children!
Come enter mine for $25 for ebay!
Wow! I teach ESL overseas and I am always looking for fun stuff to do with my family, colleagues and students. (I"m in the US right now so no worries about postage!).
This prize is right up my alley!
p.s. I LOVE your son's glasses!
what a great giveaway! My kids are still pretty young, but they already love games. And me and my hubby like to have our own game night too! Thanks!
How FUN! I'd love to have these for our Family Nights. If I do win, we'll be out of town the week of the 27th, but I'll be back home on 5/2.
I have 5 grandkids who would really love these games. Actually I think their parents would love the games more. LOL. What a great giveaway.
Fantastic giveaway! We love game night at our house! With four children we get into some serious competiton!!
Believe it or not we do not have any of those games! What a great addition to our game closet if we win! Thanks for the chance!
Your family sounds wonderful! Happy anniversary.
My family enjoys games - every Saturday is game night and we play Monopoly Jr, Uncle Wiggly, Chutes and Ladders and more.
Nice giveaway.
What a great blog, this is why I love the carnival, I would probably love it more if I could actually win something! LOL Count me in.
What a fun contest! You rock!!
Hallie :)
Aw man..if I won this and got an ant farm my son would be over the moon!
:)
ndisilvio@gmail.com
What a great selection of games! Right up our alley.
sounds like a great giveaway...could you also include someone to play the games with the kids...oh I guess the point of family night is that the WHOLE family does it together...
FUN!!!
Great idea for a giveaway! Thanks.
taraharp@hotmail.com
I love this giveaway. We are so family oriented this would be a great one to win! Thanks
there is nothing better than time with my family!
i love your blog design. its a beauty :)
Big fan of family game nights here too! Would love to mix it up with some new games! Thanks for your generousity!
My 6yo is getting into playing games. I love the quality time we have playing together!
Thanks for this offer!
Awesome prize. Thanks for the chance.
WHat a great giveaway! I would love to win.
Oh, I would so love to win! We love games! And we don't have any of those!
I highly recommend you go get Flapdoodle for your young family, and for that adult game night, pick up Quelf, both made by WiggityBang, and your friends will love you for helping them forget all their troubles and just laugh until someone spits soda all over.
What a great prize!
Great Prize! When my kids were young, we had Friday night game night too. Now my hubby and I have custody of my pecious granddaughter, and we are doing the same thing with her. I think it is important and keeps the family close, and gets the kids off of the computer, video games, and tv.
Thank you
Seriously...great giveaway! I heart Mall Madness!!
How fun! I'd love to win, and my kids would love it too!
Awesome Prize!! We love our family night's here, too. Ours include PS3 Rock Band tourneys and board games! I still throw myself on the ground when I don't win so I think I have some learning to do :)
Such a fun prize!
Great giveaway!! Oh, and we have something in common... my husband takes pictures of my rear end too... much to my chagrin!!
rlm2496[at]yahoo[dot]com
There's a few rear shots of my Mom when she was young-- courtesy of my father. She did not appreciate being photographed in that way!
Please enter me in the super giveaway. Thank you!
What a great giveaway! Please enter me in your drawing! Thanks!
How much fun....
nthornsberry@boneal.com
This is a GREAT giveaway! My family has always been big on playing games together... gets kind of crazy at the family get togethers with 20 people around one table playing a card game!
My kids are just getting in to Family Game Night, so this would be great! Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh, we love sitting around the table and playing board games and eating popcorn!
Enter me, please!
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~
Oh this is great, would so love to win this!
Wow! I come to visit and what do I find?? Giveaways!! Yay!! Now, I will be sucked into the black hole of bloggy giveaway carnival as I frantically try to enter as many as possible... but YOU ARE FIRST! LOL I want to win! me me me me me lol
What a great giveaway!
Great idea!! Thanks!
threeofakindblog at gmail dot com
Great stuff Lady!! : ) Thanks for the chance to win all these cool games & stuff! Good luck to you too!
Awesome give away!! We are starting to collect games as well. Please enter me in the contest.
laurabethgraham1@gmail.com
This is such a COOL giveaway! Thanks for doing it.
Very neat. I used to love game nights and I need to start them with my kids.
What a great giveaway!
Count me in.
Awesome giveaway!
Great idea, I hope I win!
I love playing games! What an awesome giveaway!
Hm, I thought my family was /that/ family. :-)
Count me in, I need something to do, non-strenuous, with the kids as my belly grows bigger over the coming months.
What fun!
Great giveaway! Please stop by mine!
http://uniquelyuboutique.blogspot.com/2008/04/uniquely-u-boutiquecarnival-give-way.html
My older kids have been so busy lately and we haven't had a family night in awhile. After reading your post I realize that we need to make the time. If you haven't tried Monkey Ball yet, I highly recommend it.
We love Family Night..although the baby makes it a little difficult sometimes!
My husband and I just decided to institute family afternoons on Sundays. This would be a great step in the right direction.
This is great--I have been wanting to start a family game night!!!!
First off... I really like your blog. I will be back for sure! Second... what a great giveaway!
Thanks! :)
Thanks for the great giveaway! Please enter me!
Nichole
http://blog.handmadebycole.com/
Wow, AWESOME give away!
What an awesome giveaway! Thanks!
What a great giveaway!!!
Wow! We could use some games around here. We are big fans of the Wii bowling tournaments as well. Also, my husband is thoroughly entertained when I decided to go boxing. That should be done in private!
Family Fun night sounds great.....
Thanks for the cool giveaway, you're awesome!
My family loves board games!!
We could use a tradition like that for our family. These games might help that happen!
Love the photo of your kids below. Adorable!
I saw your twitter about the photos taking a long time to load. I remember that when we were on dial up! Now we have broadband. Much quicker!
great giveaway & great blog!
Please enter me! How fun!
Wendy
clarksrfun@gmail.com
I love playing games with my family! Please enter me into your drawing, Thanks!
Wow - what a wonderful giveaway! Mall Madness was one of my favorites when I was a little girl. I had no idea there was an updated version! Thanks!
I'm folding my paper slightly different than everyone else so you'll pick me!!
This would be so much fun to win and make a wonderful Family night!
My kids love to play games. thanks for the giveaway.
katie_mmartin (at) yahoo [dot] com
I love game night. I can't wait until the babies are old enough to participate.
We love family fun nights! What a great giveaways, thanks for entering me.
We recently started a familynight as well. This would be perfect because we are runningout of ideas!
My family loves games. With 4 kids it is way cheaper than a movie. Thanks for the giveaway!
Ooh, pick me! We really need to start a family night. This might inspire me to actually do it! Love your funny, sweet blog. Thanks!
Anita Jo
anitajo72 (at) yahoo (dot) com
We LOVE games! In fact, when my husband and I got married, instead of giving me some fancy-shcmancy gift I probably wouldn't use too much he gave me a Nintendo Gameboy Advance with card games and board games on it so I could play if he wasn't with me! Now our daughter (2.5 yo) loves games too. This would be the perfect gift for us. Thanks so much! Erica, gumbi1313 at msn dot com
Great giveaway!
Kathy
Kathyh_fl@bellsouth.net
What a generous give away!
What a wonderful & generous giveaway!! I would love to be entered!
Thank you!
Katie
http://boastinginmyweakness.com
we love, love, love family game night! Thanks for a great giveaway!
Please enter me in this fun contest.Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
Oh my! Please enter me (and your children at the bottom of your blog are adorable!).
My family LOVES games! I'm way excited. :)
It's all about get-togethers and games!
This is such a clever and generous giveaway; hope I win!!
Fun Giveaway!!! We love games and can't wait to pass on that love to our kids!
princesslimey(at)gmail(dot)com
We love family game night!
We love family night, some new games would be awesome!
jenarow(@)yahoo(.)com
Wow..I'm #187!
I'm sure I have a chance!
Nice giveaway~ Dawn :0)
Wow, that's quite a giveaway.
My daughter said recently that she would like to do a family game night. This would be fabulous. I'd love to slow down at least once a week and just spend time together.
The boys and I just started a family night, so these games would be wonderful, especially the RISK game!
Oh, I think you are adorable! We have family nights, too, and the kids really love it. We could use some fun and new activities to do on our family nights. They get harder and harder to work in when the kids get older and everyone gets busier, so it's good to start early and keep it regular--we do Monday nights.
Thanks for your contest, and I'll have to stop by again and read on, because, really, I think you are that fun!
What a cool giveaway! We love family game night here!
I would love to win this. I've always wanted an ant farm and our family needs a family night. Please enter my name. Thank you!
actsmAThotmail.com
What a generous offering Kristen! Thanks for the opportunity to win and the inspiration to start up my own tradition. Your kids will always remember the fun you have on your special nights - what a gift.
We have Family Night every Monday night...well, at least theoretically.:) And games? Yah, we luv um, games. So, should we win, you would be added to our ALL TIME MOSTEST FAVORITEST PEOPLES LIST fur sure!!! Thanks!
Oh, and come sign up for my give away at http://threepsinapod.blogspot.com/2008/04/bloggy-giveaway-time.html#links
Alyson @ 3 P's
193 COMMENTS??!? And It's only 9:45!! You are one popular gal. My odds of winning are quickly diminishing, but ...
Consider me entered! I love the game night idea. We had this when I was a kid, and I think it's high time it was reinstated.
Thanks!
Wow! What an awesome giveaway! My kids would love this stuff! Family night would be too much fun!
dani77_99@yahoo.com
Yipee! Enter me!
jennyleebailey@gmail.com
Wow! Awesome giveaway! We could have so much fun with all these games!
My family would love this giveaway!
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