Inspired By Familia

I love connecting with my family over meals and with summer upon us I wanted to get this activity started.  For us connecting, usually happens at dinner time, so I created this Dinner Discussion Ideas Jar to set out at dinner.  I used it for the first time last night and my kids LOVED it.  […]

Our first stop in our series “Traveling Adventures with the Familia” is Ecuador. Here are some fun facts to share with them before you head down south. We left the U.S. 4 years ago with only 4 suit cases, our little family of four and big dreams. We were headed South, really, really South and […]

I shared with you in this post 10 Fun Beach Activities for you to enjoy with your family.  So today I wanted to give you this free printable to go with idea number 10. If you have little ones pair them up with an adult. I don’t know about your beaches but the ones we […]

Do your summer plans say BEACH?  If so, you’re going to love this list of fun things to do with kids. Honestly, it takes a lot to motivate me to go to the beach.  Mostly, because I don’t enjoy sunbathing, I seriously turn another shade of brown within 10 minutes of being in the sun. I […]

Traveling can be very stressful. Traveling with kids can be STRESSFUL. But I don’t want this to keep us from discovering the world around us.  Because there is so much culture, adventure and memories to be made when we step out of our comfort zone as a family and explore the world together. What got […]

Whining. Crying. Screaming. Whining. Because he couldn’t play with the car that my other son was already playing with. Our adorable little guy has quite the little feisty personality. I know and pray that one day it will be a great trait as he learns to channel his energy in a positive direction but at this age […]

Today is our first lesson on shooting in manual the easy peasy way.  We will start with shooting in Aperture Priority Mode or AV which is one of the easiest setting to shoot in manual because your camera automatically adjust the shutter speed for you depending on what aperture and ISO you choose. First, find […]

I recently was looking through some stuff and found this Mother’s day interview my son answered back when he was 4 years old. I shared his Mother’s day interview responses over on my column, “We are that familia…” at  Babble/Disney.  My favorite responses are #7, #10 and #15. These are my handsome little men! Since I loved this activity so much I […]

Household Tips & Tricks from Pinterest has been my little project here on Inspired by Familia!  I am always up for a shortcut but only if it works.  If you’ve been keeping up with this series this is the 3rd Tip I have tested. I started with: Sticky Gunk Remover (label printable included) Wrinkle Remover Spray […]

Have you been telling yourself  you will learn how to shoot in manual mode on your DSLR? But like me it’s been well over a year that you’ve been saying this and you still haven’t gotten around to it. Or you’ve been wondering what the heck ”aperture” is?  My excuse for shooting in auto mode all the time […]

I’m loving my repurposed cabinet door chalkboard. We rent a house so I thought I would never have the opportunity to work with old cabinets. I have no need to replace cabinets in a house that’s not mine, right. Well, in our neighborhood someone put cabinet doors out and instantly I realized I was finally going to be able to make […]

In honor of Mother’s Day, 22 blogger moms are uniting forces to Celebrate the Difference in Motherhood! We come in all different shapes, sizes and shades from all over the world, that’s the beauty of diversity. So why would we expect to all parent in the same way? As moms we are constantly under attack, […]

Putting this “Skateboard” big boy bedroom together for my son has been bittersweet.  Though all my home projects are for our whole family, it has been fun to work on a project specifically for my oldest. I was so excited for him to arrive from school to see the beginning stages of his new room. Just as […]

I must admit I enjoyed our little fort as much as the kids. This play tent is super easy to make, to store and to put up inside the house or outside. Around Fall last year, I started a little activity with our boys when they got home from school.  I really want to start […]

Why is it so hard to make mom friends? Before I became a mom I had no problem making friends. In fact, in my single years and prior to having children I had lots of mom friends but when I became a mom things changed drastically. But I wasn’t going to let these barriers keep me […]

We love to eat pancakes, we have them for dinner, for lunch, as a snack and of course for breakfast. I finally got smart and put together a healthy bulk pancake recipe to keep in our cupboards. Below I will show you how to make the bulk pancake recipe and a batch of it. My […]

This peanut butter apple crumble is amazing! The crumble taste like a delicious oatmeal cookie. We’ve been having cold and rainy days here so I have been in the mood to bake so our house will  warm up. Here where we live the houses dont’ have central heat or air conditioner but I usually can count on my oven […]

Aren’t these edible Worm and Flower Pot cute and fun? We made them over Easter, for a fun Easter Egg hunt we hosted with our family and friends at an orphanage.  I really wanted to spoil the kids at the orphanage since I know they don’t have mommies who will take the time to do […]

One of the things my kids love getting in the mail is fruit snacks. Living abroad has lots of perks but one of the down sides all those food snacks we can’t find here. On the other hand, it has challenged me to come up with  my own copycat recipes for a lot of things. Actually, […]

I feel anger. I feel hatred. I feel frustration. I feel sad. I feel the depravity of man in times like this. Those kind of emotions can only find comfort when one lets out a ROAR. That deep stirring from within my soul is what I call “My ROAR.” My roar sometimes take the form of: […]