As much as our family is always on the go, go, go, we also like to take it nice and slow every so often and just be in our home, just the 6 of us…and our dog, lol, so make that 7! Family time is super important to us because it allows us to spend some time with our children without devices, phone calls, and text messages so we try really hard to make it a point to do something together as a family at least once a week. In the winter we love family movie nights (especially with all the holiday movies!) but after a while we need to stretch our minds and Family Game Night is always welcomed with open arms by all!
We love all the old school favorites like Monopoly, Uno, Sorry!, checkers, and chess, I mean how can you beat such timeless games, am I right? But lately, every year at Christmas my youngest sister has been sending us new family games like Blokus (first pictures in post). I love learning new games with my kids. Instead of my husband and I teaching them how to play, we learn together! Yep, even moms and dads make mistakes when reading directions, right?!
I also love the idea that these newer games will have the nostalgia that Monopoly and Uno have for my husband and I. Games make great childhood memories and associating them with fun family time will hopefully evoke even more warm and fuzzy feelings as they grow up and have their own children. 🙂 One part of family time, whether it is Family Game Night, Movie Night, or Karaoke Night is that we always do a fun dinner. Sometimes it’s appetizers and finger foods, other times it’s dessert for dinner, but many, many, many times it’s pizza! Pizza is always a winner in our family 🙂 We love the ease of having RED BARON® Classic Crust pizza as it’s the happy medium of being not too thick, not too thin, and has just the right crunch for all of us. It’s a timeless pizza that’s a favorite for family pizza night…no matter when you grew up! My kids love the pepperoni or the sausage and Clif and I like the veggies on the supreme! Once the pizza is ready we set up our game and then eat, and play, and eat, and play. With a whole bunch of laughing and joking…and a small amount of telling the littlest child he is playing wrong and needs to wait his turn! Eventually we just let him do his own thing and play around him, ha! At least he is cute eating all the pepperoni off the pizza!If you’d like to learn more about Red Baron pizza you can visit them on their website. Now for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, tell me in the comments below, how do you spend your special family night?
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Jen Baedke says
We love family nights! We love doing family movie nights and have pizza. Our favorite family nite is whenever we play Disney Headbands! We laugh a lot especially at my youngest who always seems to giveaway who we are somehow. So thankful for this time!
Sandra says
We try to keep Friday clear and use that night as family game night or family movie night. It’a always a great way to wind down after the week.
Tracie M says
We like to stay in on Sundays and relax. No friends, no work, just quiet family time before another hectic week begins
Livivua says
We usually just eat a good family dinner then watch a family movie or cartoon!
Livivua says
https://twitter.com/vivaciousgold/status/708349082360741888
Tess says
We play monopoly or cards and watch Disney movies ?
Chelsea M says
In the winter we spend family night watching family movies. In the summer we go to our neighborhood park to play in the splash pad or go to a park concert. We really do different activities never really the same 🙂
Cindy Smith says
We love Monopoly too but sometimes it takes so long to play. We like Skipbo and Yahtzee.
heather says
Our special family night is making dinner together and enjoying a nice family movie or playing a board game together.
Christine B says
We love watching movies and eating pizza or popcorn. 🙂
Jeffrey says
Our family night in the winter months is usually spent playing cards or watching movies. In the summer we love to swim.
Jeffrey says
I posted a tweet: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/708823258754375681.
Tara Burress says
We have popcorn movie night once a week. The kids love it!
claudia davis says
We usually do a game night or a movie night when we want to spend time together.
claudia davis says
https://twitter.com/davisesq212/status/709283892595916800
Will G says
We spend our special family night playing games or watching a movie.
Will G says
https://twitter.com/willgriesmer/status/709495221109858304
Natalie says
My family loves to spend family nights playing card games and dice games together. We also like to watch movies together or binge-watch shows on Netflix!
Natalie says
https://twitter.com/yarbr012/status/709894629785780225
maria cantu says
We eat pizza and watch a movie.
Rachel says
We spend our family night playing board games and ordering if food.
Rachel says
https://twitter.com/RachelGriesmer/status/710205415997501443
Robin says
Family game night is my favorite! Blokus is one of our favorites!
Jessie C. says
We love having family nights with movie and pizza.
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Jessie C. says
tweet-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/710286163223810052
Lisa Brown says
We spend it playing a few family games and having a nice dessert.
Lisa Brown says
tweet-https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/710802103665463296
Julie Wood says
I spend family night by having pizza, watching movies or playing games!
Julie Wood says
tweet-https://twitter.com/JewelWood/status/710812644819673088
Mami2jcn says
We play board games.
Mami2jcn says
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/710824202887110660
Elena says
we eat pizza and watch movies
Elena says
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/710858540445863936
Kelly D says
We like to let the kids choose a family movie, and enjoy snacks like popcorn.
Kelly D says
tweet
https://twitter.com/Kellydpa/status/710901033090867200
Steve Weber says
We spend them playing games and eating pizza!
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Steve Weber says
tweet- https://twitter.com/groogruxking40/status/710941875968933889
debbie says
We love to play a game, and then choose something fun to all watch together.
debbie says
https://twitter.com/suburbsanity/status/711207503586062337
kjasus says
our family night consists of pizza and a movie
kjasus says
tweet
https://twitter.com/raggammuffin/status/711534937321705472
Margaret Smith says
On most weekends, we’ll have a family night. Either we’ll watch movies together or play board games. We also make special treats like pizza or popcorn. Thanks so much.
Margaret Smith says
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/711700438664519680
Thanks again.
Cindy says
We order pizza and watch a movie or play Trouble which I never win.
Cindy says
https://twitter.com/benz1171/status/711733279687372804
Jannifer says
My husband and I are both in elementary education and that can keep us very busy so we also set aside one night a week, usually a Friday or Saturday, for family time. The kids get to choose dinner that night. Sometimes it’s breakfast or nachos and sometimes it’s BLTs, but more often than not it’s Pizza. Some nights we watch a family movie and other nights we play board games, have nerf battles, or family arts and crafts time. No matter what it is our kids choose my husband and I give them our 100% attention. These are the things that memories are made of…and we love making them with our kids.
tina m says
we play board games and watch movies.
tina m says
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/712087060857937920
Jenn says
We really value our nights at home as a family! We eat dinner at home together and either play games, watch movies or just hang out together. So glad we have those nights in place as our oldest enters the teen years!
Jenn says
https://twitter.com/groovyonetoo/status/712322756054884352 Tweet, Tweet!
Annie Halfpenny says
We make dinner together and play a game or watch a movie or TV show we both like!
Anastasia Falling says
For family night, I love getting a chance to eat together and do something fun! Like play games or watch a movie! Spend some time together and relax after a long week of work 🙂
Anastasia Falling says
Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/714694111631114240
Elle says
We like to play board games together and if it’s in the spring/summer, spend time in the backyard.
Elle says
Tweet: https://twitter.com/PrettyHotPink6/status/714917030814736385
Janice Cooper says
We like to have pizza and play games
Janice Cooper says
https://twitter.com/disneyfan40/status/716793225999200256
Susan Smith says
We spend out special family night by bringing in a pizza and playing games and watching a movie.
Susan Smith says
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/717046746858151937
CR Williams says
We have family movie night
CR Williams says
https://twitter.com/mommysweetiepie/status/717150248615817216
sandra says
we usually do a family movie night
Cynthia C says
We would sometimes all help make dinner and then have a night of playing card games like Uno or War.
Cynthia C says
Tweet
https://twitter.com/clc408/status/719587932441604098
Tamra H says
Pizza and movie nights in are a favorite in our house!
Tamra H says
tweet: https://twitter.com/Twenteries/status/719620960412774400
Rebecca Graham says
We have a game night or a movie night with pizza included.
Angel Jacklyn says
Watching our favorite TV shows and laughing together!
Angel Jacklyn says
Tweeted as well https://twitter.com/kytah00/status/723076308092121088
sherri crawford says
pizza in bitesize squares then dress up
Kerry says
We love a good pizza and a movie night.
Kerry says
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/724377353351237633
Allison Swain says
We usually have pizza and game night together.
Thank you for the chance to win!
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Allison Swain says
Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/allisonrswain/status/724470595610615808
Erica Best says
takeout and movie night
Erica Best says
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/725032031902642176
Maggie Smith says
We make big family dinners and cuddle for a movie, too!
Elizabeth Pergande says
We love to spend our family night with pizza and a game. Fun times! truckredford(at)gmail(D0t)Com
Elizabeth Pergande says
https://twitter.com/eliza_elliott/status/725316921139191808
Ellie Wright says
We like to play board games and eat.
angie says
We are pretty basic here. hahaha! A movie on Netflix and a pizza is about as special as it gets. But I love it!
angie says
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/725713843717066752
hannah says
we order pizza in and watch our current favorite tv series
Linda says
We take turns picking the movie we want to watch.
Linda says
Tweet https://twitter.com/Lindiac/status/726157705119825921
Denise L says
We like to watch a family movie and make popcorn.
Denise L says
Tweeted https://twitter.com/dmarie824/status/726185588420792320
Tabathia B says
We either watch a family movie with popcorn or play board games with pizza
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Tabathia B says
tweet https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/726200014142345217
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Tamara says
We love to play Monopoly on our family game night — or Blokus!!
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Tamara says
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/calebaw3s0m3/status/726212816097542144
Shawn Gallagher says
https://mobile.twitter.com/Esham4life/status/726250063404609536
Shawn Gallagher says
We spend it sitting around the dinner table talking
Faith J. says
https://mobile.twitter.com/faithjacklynswe/status/726280901848494084
Faith J. says
The family night is fun night with games and pizza
Bert Ruiz says
We like to play games and watch movies together
Bert Ruiz says
tweet https://twitter.com/iamdadtastic/status/726414015467900929
Kathryn C says
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We love playing scrabble or charades together as a family
Kathryn C says
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Thomas Murphy says
We play games, watch movies, and get pizza.
Whitney Bellows says
We cook dinner together and then watch a movie.
Thomas Murphy says
tweeted
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/726501263748247552
Whitney Bellows says
I sent out a tweet: https://twitter.com/electricstar/status/726501311651319809
Sarah L says
I live alone so don’t have a family night. When I was growing up we always ate dinner together.
Thanks for the contest.
Sarah L says
https://twitter.com/slehan/status/726514389243719681
Jessica To says
We like to either play board games or watch a family movie.
Debbie B says
i posted a tweet here:
https://twitter.com/purplepanda1966/status/726564971115503617
Debbie B says
we like to play dominos or watch a movie
shelly peterson says
we like to have family movie nights and game nights and cook up some pizza.
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shelly peterson says
tweeted https://twitter.com/cshell202/status/726611111856857092
cshell090869 at aol dot com
tara pittman says
We like to watch a movie together.