Family Fitness: Work and grow together
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The Worst Family Trip: What You Can Learn from My Mistakes
I’ve been having a recurring nightmare. It’s one where we go on a family road trip, and we’re so unprepared that anything…
Back to Work: Explaining Gaps in Job History Due to Having Kids
Gaps in your employment history occur for various reasons. For businesswomen, balancing the demands of family life and career can be challenging, sometimes leading women…
Clean and Green: Local Recycling
If there’s one thing you can say about Montanans, it’s that we love our land and care about keeping the state wild, clean…
Designing an eco-friendly home
Big Picture Decisions When Matt and Laurel Struck set out to build their dream home, their choices were well thought through and intentional. The layout…
One little hike at a time with Hike It Baby
Are you interested in getting out on the trail with your little ones but are a bit apprehensive about taking the first step? Or maybe…
Recipe: Happy Hobo Meal
Spicy Happy Hobo packets are easy to prepare and guaranteed to delight. The recipe is flexible to allow your preferred ground meat or vegetarian choice…
4 things I learned at Summer Camp
Being nervous shouldn’t stop you. I’m that undercover introvert. “Extroverted introvert” some call us. If you know me because of my professional life…
Create Your Own Camp
If you spend time with kids this time of year, you cannot help but sense their heightened excitement as summer draws ever closer. Though summer…
Summer Camp: Newbies Unite
Summer Camp…The perfect opportunity for embracing new experiences, growing as a person, and learning to let go. And, hey, samesies for the kids! (What…
A Call Out for Simply Amazing Kids
Generation after generation one thing remains the same, the youth of the times are tremendously underestimated. They get a bad rap, kids and teens do…
Billings area 2018 Easter Worship Service Directory
BAPTIST Emmanuel Baptist Church 652.3161 First Baptist Church 259.6546 LifeWay Church of Billings 655.8245 The Rock Church 628.6200 CATHOLIC Mary Queens…
10 Life Skills for Children to Develop before Heading Off to the Big World
What’s the biggest role of a parent? You have to become your child’s favorite teacher. From the moment your kid graduates from high…
2018 Easter Egg Hunts
Easter might be sharing time with April Fools’ Day, but there’s no fooling about all the fun hopping into and around Billings for the…
The beauty of a dream: Camelot Ranch
Family Roots A long time ago, in a land not so far away, a girl had a dream. A dream to become a wedding planner…
Recipe: Grilled Burgers on Pretzel Buns
Salty blue cheese, sweet onions, and juicy beef are a classic and addictive combination. But the real treat here are the homemade pretzel buns!  …
Teen to Watch: Rylee Anderson
In the world of music and song, there’s no shortage of songs about cowboys. Many a chorus has been penned about the wild world…
Book drive supports The Family Tree Center
Few children learn to love books by themselves…someone has to show them the way. –Orville Prescott Reading with our children is something that we…
Family Matters: Cultural Care Au Pair
We recently found out we are expecting our UNEXPECTED fourth. Whew! We thought we were done. Nope! We’re going to need help! Actually, we…
The Celebration Habit
Picture this: You are in a race. Ok, pause. Hold up. I know some of you are already thinking “Oh dang, I’m in a…
An Indoor or Outdoor Garden Party
Are you looking for an easy, fun birthday party celebration? Browse these ideas and pick and choose what works for your birthday girl or boy…
Party planning: The golden years
When we enter the land of parenthood our party planning skills center, almost solely, on those of our growing littles. As time marches on, though…
March Madness and basketball: Not so different from parenthood?
There are many things that one could compare parenthood to, but in honor of March Madness, we’ve pulled together a list of parallels to…
Toddler talk: She's a dance party. I'm a painter.
She’s a dance party. I’m a painter. When reality and expectations collide, apply empathy and respect “What in God’s holy name is…
Tips for making bedtime a breeze
As a parent, you know that bedtime can sometimes be difficult – for both you and the kids! For some reason, many children detest sleeping…
Cookie Connection: A lesson in bonding for parents and grandparents
The cookies started around when my daughter turned 2 years old. The first one her grandfather gave her made me cringe. Maya hadn’t had…
Valentine’s Day shopping tips when you’re running behind
Here it is, the second week of February. Have you purchased the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your special someone? Have you picked up…
The break up: I am so over you winter
Originally printed in the pages of Simply Family Magazine’s February 2018 issue. Never miss an issue, check out SFM’s digital editions, here…
Teen Talk: What makes you feel loved by your parents?
Originally printed in the pages of Simply Family Magazine’s February 2018 issue. Never miss an issue, check out SFM’s digital editions, here…
3 ways to teach consent to your preschooler
Originally printed in the pages of Simply Family Magazine’s February 2018 issue. Never miss an issue, check out SFM’s digital editions, here…