Set aside some family time!

These days families are finding it difficult to spend quality time together. That’s why we’ve brainstormed this list of simple activities for you and your family to enjoy. They don’t require much time or money, but they do promote fun, love and togetherness…

	Invent family traditions and build them into the weekly calendar – for instance, Wednesday night pizza parties, Saturday morning trips to the library or Sunday afternoon board game tournaments.
	Get moving together! Take a walk around the block, ride your bikes or go swimming at the local gym.
	Give back to your community by volunteering as a family at your favorite, local nonprofit agency (how about Family Service?)
	Keep in touch with elderly relatives through short visits, phone calls, letters and e-mail.
	Establish family reading time – even 15 minutes each night will do.
	Search online together for other family-oriented websites.
	Plan and prepare a meal together – and most importantly, sit down to eat and catch up. Easier said than done, you say?  Here are some dinner table tricks to get the family talking: brainstorm spots for the next family vacation plan a family business project like a garage sale compose a family letter to Santa have a great family debate about the best movie, sports team or book of all time.