Enjoying Your Blended Family
240 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWelcome to Enjoying Your Blended Family! We bring new episodes every Monday and Friday. Mondays are on hot topics in blended families and Fridays are all about fun ideas you can do with your blended family. This podcast is all about strengthening your blended family relationships and having more fun, giving you hope and encouragement so everyone is enjoying the journey together.
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88. [FF] A Night At The Museum
June 24, 2022 09:30 - 33 minutes - 51.1 MBNo, this isn’t the movie with little Owen Wilson (aka Jedediah)! Although that movie is hilarious, it does leave us with some great fun ideas where we can take our blended family and create some really awesome memories. There are so many different types of museums that we hardly think about or know they’re there. We dive into 4 categories of museums and the different types that can bring some amazement to your family. It’s a great way to expose your kids to interests that t...
87. Expedition Marriage - with Special Guests Chris & Jamie
June 20, 2022 09:30 - 38 minutes - 57.1 MBEnjoy the Journey!!! Chris and Jamie, from Expedition Marriage, are here with us bringing the fun back to your marriage. It’s easy in a marriage to start drifting apart, but there are ways we can put fun back in our marriage and keep us growing closer together. Expedition Marriage shares ways that you can avoid the disconnection and avoidance traps, and prioritize and identify what fun looks like in your marriage, so you can start doing more of that. Don’t let the dat...
86. [FF] It's Time To Grill - Father's Day Special
June 17, 2022 09:30 - 34 minutes - 51.9 MBMen like to eat!!! (well, most men) Many men also like showing off their skills on the grill (aka their Grill Skills). This year on Father’s Day, we share 7 ideas that you can use to throw some food on the old pit. The ladies could take over and cook for the men, or let this be a fun time where the men are teaching the ladies and their kids the grill skills. Top 7 Grill Ideas on Father’s Day: 1. Traditional Hamburgers 2. Hotdogs or Bratwurst 3. Vegetables 4. BBQ C...
85. What Makes A Healthy Marriage In A Blended Family?
June 13, 2022 09:30 - 39 minutes - 58.8 MBA healthy marriage is a big key for a successful blended family. Any marriage takes work and intentionality, but there are a few things we can do that really helps take our marriage to a greater healthy level. We dive deep into 3 areas that will help make your marriage stronger. When your marriage is strong, your blended family is strong, and besides, it’s just fun to have a healthy marriage. EPISODE RESOURCES: E.N.J.O.Y. THE JOURNEY: A Blended Family Roadmap To Having Fun...
84. [FF] Card Games For A Blended Family
June 10, 2022 09:30 - 35 minutes - 53.8 MBBring back a classic. Card games are an easy way to have some cheap fun. Many of us have great memories of playing cards with our parents and grandparents. What a great way to pass down those memories to our kids. We share 7 card games that are great for playing in your blended family. 1. Spoons 2. BS 3. Poker 4. Booger 5. Garbage 6. Nertz 7. Egyptian Rat Slap You can find more of the rules on our PINTEREST board by going HERE. Have more fun with yo...
83. Thrive By Action - with Special Guest Jen
June 06, 2022 09:30 - 46 minutes - 68.6 MBWhen your gas tank hits E, what do you do? Fill it up, right? (and maybe panic a little first) Our bodies operate the same way, if we’re constantly going and giving, we run out. Why let it get to that point? Jen, from Thrive By Action, joins us in this episode. She shares so much wisdom into being able to maintain our body, mind, and souls with ways to properly take care of ourselves and add more things that bring you joy. You can follow Thrive By Action on Instagram @thriv...
82. [FF] Camping Without Camping
June 03, 2022 09:30 - 35 minutes - 53.2 MBDo we really need a tent? If you hate camping, then this is the episode for you. If you love camping, then this is the episode for you. That’s right, it fits all campers or non-campers. You can create a lot of fun memories with your kids by creating a camping experience and not even leave your house. This is great for when you're not able to actually go camping, or you’re just looking for some added fun for the weekend to spice things up around the house. In t...
81. Taking Care Of Yourself Helps Your Blended Family
May 30, 2022 09:30 - 34 minutes - 52.8 MBWhat refills you? You have to be poured into, so you can pour more out. If not, it can lead to quick tempers, tiredness, and feeling stressed-out. When we are running low, then we aren’t able to be as supportive to those in our family, and our blended family needs us strong and ready to go. We share great ways that you can refill yourself, so you can show up as the best version of you for your blended family. That way you have more peace and are more prepared for whatever ...
80. [FF] Creatures Of The Water
May 27, 2022 09:30 - 27 minutes - 42.7 MBWelcome to the creatures of the water! (said in my scary voice) Okay, so this episode really isn’t scary at all. I think the creatures of the water (aka fish and crabs) are probably more scared of us. For many of us, some of the funniest and cherished memories of our past comes from our parents taking us fishing. Even if none of us are really people who fish a lot, it’s still the experience and the time spent with each other doing something that you normally wouldn’t do. ...
79. How Can A Devo Help My Blended Family?_Part 2
May 23, 2022 09:30 - 24 minutes - 38 MBDevo’inning it up!!! (might’ve just made up a word, don’t know) If you listened to Part 1, then you know having a devotion time can greatly benefit you and your blended family. But everything sounds good in theory, though. How can we make a devo time happen for us, one that we can actually stick with? That can be a big challenge. In this episode, we share a lot of tips and tricks on how you can create your own devotion time and make it work in your schedule. EPISODE R...
78. [FF] Travel Date Nights - with Special Guests Garrett & Mandi
May 20, 2022 09:30 - 46 minutes - 68.6 MBWe have some extra-special guests with us on this episode (you’ve gotta listen to get the reference)! Join us as we hear from the creators of Travel Date Nights. Garrett and Mandi have set out to help families create those lasting memories together by seeing the world through traveling (and you don’t even have to leave your house to do it). Travel creates bonds and connections. That sounds like perfect ingredients that any blended family needs more of. Travel Date Ni...
77. How Can A Devo Help My Blended Family?_Part 1
May 16, 2022 09:30 - 31 minutes - 47.6 MBIt’s Devo, not Bevo (the Texas Longhorn mascot)! Okay, bad joke. Sorry. We share how adding a devotion time to your daily routine can greatly benefit your blended family. Devotions are a great way to grow closer to God and hear more from Him. This causes us to be better versions of ourselves, and in return we show up better for our family. That just names a few of the benefits you and your family gain from keeping a devo time. We go into all the details on how this can add ...
76. [FF] Let’s Go Fly A Kite
May 13, 2022 09:30 - 21 minutes - 33.9 MB“And send it soaring” (any Mary Poppins Fans?) This may not look like the musical, but it is one fun thing you can do with your family that we easily forget about. It’s Springtime and the wind is blowing a little stronger than usual, so why not have some cheap fun with your family. This is great for all ages. Even our teenagers were having a blast doing this. We share many different ways you can fly a kite with your family, and have a lot of laughs while doing it. (The band...
75. Blended Kingdom Families - with Special Guests Scott & Vanessa
May 09, 2022 09:30 - 38 minutes - 58.3 MBBlended & Redeemed! Scott & Vanessa from Blended Kingdom Families (aka BKF) join us in this episode to share information on their new book “Blended & Redeemed.” It’s more than just a book, but a great resource for blended families in many ways. This book guides through dealing with the past and forgiveness, all the way through major challenges modern step-families deal with. Join us in this episode, as Scott & Vanessa share their hearts and we hear about all the great thing...
74. [FF] Romanced Enhanced
May 06, 2022 09:30 - 29 minutes - 44.7 MBAn easy way to add romance to your marriage! Just a disclaimer, this episode is for big ears and not the little ears. Ladies, have you ever wanted a romantic date night with your man? Guys, have you ever wanted to be more romantic for your wife, but struggle coming up with ideas? Romance Enhance has you covered. This is an easy way to add some romance to your marriage, and it comes in a box to your door. You can have some St. Patrick’s Day fun, even after the holiday ...
73. Conferences, Summits, and Blended Families, Oh My
May 02, 2022 09:30 - 38 minutes - 57.1 MBConferences and blended families, they can go together! After going to the Blended & Blessed 2022 conference for blended families, we witnessed first-hand how valuable these kinds of things can be for any blended family. We share the benefits and ways you can connect with all the different conferences and summits, and even add a little Wizard of Oz theme to it (don’t know why on that one). If you’d like to stay more connected, make sure you join our email list. We keep you ...
72. [FF] Tea Party - Mother’s Day Style
April 29, 2022 09:30 - 18 minutes - 30.3 MBWould you like a spot of tea? Mother’s Day is right around the corner. This is a great idea for anyone looking to show the ladies in your life that you love them, and also a great idea to pitch to the men in your life that you’d enjoy doing. Some small nice delicious sandwiches, some chips, different teas and drinks, and don’t forget the desserts! It ends up being a great time for the ladies to get together and socialize. We also have the men covered on how easy it is to m...
71. Co-Parenting Peacefully - with Special Guest Katie
April 25, 2022 09:30 - 39 minutes - 58.5 MBCan Co-Parenting and Peace go in the same sentence? It can!!! This episode is full of tips on how you can have peace while co-parenting. Join us as we talk with Katie from COPARENTING PEACEFULLY. She is a Co-Parenting Coach and shares many ways at how you can find peace through having the right kind of healthy boundaries. This can be a challenging topic for many blended families, but as we learn more tips on how to have peace while co-parenting, it can help relieve the stre...
70. [FF] More Than Words
April 22, 2022 09:30 - 30 minutes - 46.1 MB“It’s a hot COWBOY love, in a cold summer night” You give up? This is a line to the song we wrote from our ADVENTURE CHALLENGE date. It’s probably going to be a big hit one day (lol)! This is a great idea you can use as a date night with your spouse, or a fun time with the family. You work together to create a song, poem, rap, or story. This might be a little challenging at first, but you will have a lot of laughs doing it together. It creates a fun memory that you w...
69. Connect Groups
April 18, 2022 09:30 - 41 minutes - 62 MBWhat is that, connect groups? We didn’t know either until we started going to church. Then we saw how great they were for us. Crazy thing now, you can find them just about anywhere. It’s a group of people that are either going through the same season of life as you, or they share a certain common interest with you. It’s a way to connect with a group of people, learn, share, and find comfort that you’re not alone. We share different types of connect groups that can hel...
68. [FF] Travel Date Nights
April 15, 2022 09:30 - 28 minutes - 43.5 MBTravel without even leaving your house! Seriously! Travel Date Nights allows you to discover the world together from the comfort of your home. You get fun activities to do, snacks, recipe ideas, and interactive excursions all catered to the country you are experiencing. And it comes right to your door inside a box! This is such a fun way to spend time with your spouse as a date night, or even with the whole family as you explore another country right inside your home. ...
67. Church With Benefits
April 11, 2022 09:30 - 38 minutes - 57.9 MBWhat are the benefits of church for a blended family? Church has definitely kept our blended family together and better connected, helping us become better parents and keeping our marriage strong and fruitful. In this episode, we explain what these benefits can look like, and how church can add much needed value for a blended family. We share 3 practical ways to get involved and take advantage of all the benefits that church can provide for you and your family. EPISO...
66. [FF] Creative Egg Hunts
April 08, 2022 09:30 - 31 minutes - 47.4 MBAdd some spice to your Easter Egg Hunts this year! It’s always fun to have an egg hunt with your kids during this time of year, but it can also become boring as your kids get older. That’s when you can get creative and have even more fun with it. We share many ideas that you can use to spice up your egg hunts and create fun memories with your family. It keeps it fun and keeps it interesting. Your kids will love it! EPISODE RESOURCES: THE ADVENTURE CHALLEN...
65. How to Pray As a Couple
April 04, 2022 09:30 - 38 minutes - 57.4 MBPraying as a couple can be scary! But a couple that prays together enjoys the benefits that come from it in their marriage and in their family. Prayer is powerful! In this episode we share 5 practical and easy ways to make praying together work, so you can see how God will move mountains in your blended family. You will have more peace, hope, and a sense of boldness in you and your spouse’s life. EPISODE RESOURCES: ENJOYING YOUR BLENDED FAMILY: 7 WAYS IN 7...
64. [FF] Park Time
April 01, 2022 09:30 - 20 minutes - 32.8 MBPark time, excellent. Whoo whoo whoo! (Any Wayne’s World fans? Close enough to Party Time.) Spring is in the air, and it’s a good time to add going to the park to your list of fun things to do with your family. It’s easy to forget all the many different activities that you can do at a park. Not to mention how every park has different attractions. Some have frisbee golf, some have butterfly places, while some have sand pits with dinosaurs buried that you can uncover. That just names ...
63. E.N.J.O.Y. THE JOURNEY
March 28, 2022 09:30 - 25 minutes - 39.4 MBMore Fun, More Joy, Less Problems!!! It’s easy to always see the challenges in your blended family, but when you can shift your focus to having more fun with your family, you will see less problems. We can do this by discovering our family’s common interests, then using those to create more opportunities to have fun together doing the things you love. In this episode, we explain our E.N.J.O.Y. THE JOURNEY and how you can use that to have more fun in your family. EPISODE RESOURCES: ...
62. [FF] Axe Throwing
March 25, 2022 09:30 - 18 minutes - 30.6 MBAxel Rose is here with you today in this episode. Okay, just to clarify, not Axl Rose, but Axel Rose. Yes, that was my axe throwing name when we went to throw axes. If you have never been to an Axe House, you are missing a lot of fun. This can be fun for your whole family, a date with your spouse, or even inviting a few couples with you for a night out. It is definitely a lot safer than it sounds. We share all the details in this episode on how you can have a great out-of-the-box ev...
61. No Babysitter, No Problem
March 21, 2022 09:30 - 30 minutes - 46.2 MBIt’s all about time and money sometimes. Dating our spouse regularly can be a challenge. It’s easy to let the busyness keep us from it. One big challenge can be little help with someone trustworthy to watch our kids so we can have that alone time with our spouse. We share 6 ways you can date your spouse without a lot of support. Dating After Hours Trade Offs Personal Day Off Small Home Dates Grandparents Special Kid Events These can help you and your spouse continue having ...
60. [FF] Look At This Photograph
March 18, 2022 09:30 - 18 minutes - 30.3 MB“Look at this photograph, everytime I do it makes me laugh” (any Nickelback fans?) Ok, this isn’t about a song, but it is about the concept. We take so many pictures with the ease of our phones, but how often do we go back and reflect on those photos? This is such a fun time to create an evening with your family and reflect back on your photos and home videos. It’s fun to show your kids old photos and videos of you when you were young, and also share with them their baby pictures an...
59. Fostering A Teen - with Special Guest Susan
March 14, 2022 09:30 - 46 minutes - 68.2 MBGoing through hard times together, creates lasting bonds. Susan joins us in this episode, as she shares what life was like being added to a new family at the age of 18. Stability and security was what she was looking for, and God united her with us. What a journey it has been, one we all have learned and grown from. Her story shows another side that blended families can face. Even when running seems like the easiest option, the true blessings come from facing the blended family challe...
58. [FF] Nerf War
March 11, 2022 10:30 - 16 minutes - 27.2 MBThere is one war that isn’t bad…….a nerf war! Get your nerf darts ready and your safety glasses on, it’s go time. Whether you're running around outside of your house or inside your house, this is a great way to have a lot of laughs with your family. You can have an all-for-all battle, teams, or kids versus parents. This even makes a pretty interesting husband and wife date, too. We share all the details in this episode on how you can use nerf stuff to create some really fun memori...
57. Work/Life Balance
March 07, 2022 10:30 - 35 minutes - 53.3 MB84 hours of screen time in just one week!!! It can happen to us all, our scale between work and home-life can tilt out of balance. As blended families, we need that quality time together for our family relationships to flourish, but work can rob us from that time if we’re not careful. Our family should never get our leftovers. We share these 3 ways you can help keep your work/life in check: Prayer Limits and Boundaries Take a Sabbath In this episode we share the struggles, bu...
56. [FF] Average Daters - with Special Guests McCall and Collin
March 04, 2022 10:30 - 41 minutes - 61.7 MBThe fun must go on! Dating shouldn’t stop after marriage, it must continue. It’s how we can keep our marriage strong (and we get to have a lot of fun together, too). McCall and Collin, from the Average Daters, join us in this episode and share how dating can be really fun in your marriage. They bring valuable tips on how you can overcome obstacles and make dating your spouse a priority, along with many fun date ideas you can use. All the way from at-home dates to fantasy dates, we g...
55. Parenting Differences_Part 2
February 28, 2022 10:30 - 30 minutes - 46.9 MBParenting together in your blended family helps your kids more than you may realize. When you know your parenting styles, then you can use your strengths and weaknesses to work together and parent as a team. Normally balancing each other out, you can become a parenting powerhouse together. There is beauty in each one of our parenting styles, and when we can put them together and add in a lot of communication, that gives us the best parenting equation that our kids will benefit from (and ...
54. [FF] Good Ol’ Days
February 25, 2022 10:30 - 18 minutes - 29.6 MBThere’s nothing that waffles and an old cartoon can’t fix. Well, that’s probably not true, but it’s good anyways. Do you remember what your Saturday mornings looked like when you were a kid? Reminiscing about this can be a fun way to spend time with your family. Being able to share these memories with your spouse and kids, along with hearing theirs, creates some fun bonding moments. Then after everyone reminisces, mark off a Saturday on your calendar and recreate your old Saturday ...
53. Parenting Differences_Part 1
February 21, 2022 10:30 - 30 minutes - 46.3 MBDo you know your parenting style? The differences in our parenting styles can really put a strain on our marriage if we don’t understand the way each of us parent. When we start identifying both of our parenting styles, we can then determine our strengths and weaknesses. This allows us to start learning how to parent together more effectively and makes our marriage stronger in the process. There are different theories on parenting styles, but we talk about the 4 common ones that we ha...
52. [FF] Picking Fruit
February 18, 2022 10:30 - 21 minutes - 34.4 MBLet’s go outside together! With winter being here and spring right around the corner, a fun thing you can do with your family is go fruit picking at a farm near you. If you’ve never picked fresh strawberries from a farm, then you are missing a perfect opportunity to have fun with your family and share some cool memories. There are fruit farms all over the place, you just have to find one near you and make a date out of it. Some of these places will even do corn mazes in the fall months...
51. Valentine's Day Sucks - with Special Guests Garrett and Chelsea
February 14, 2022 10:30 - 40 minutes - 61.1 MBStay connected with our Weekly Newsletter JOIN HERE. Valentine’s Day should be 365 days out of the year. We join Garrett and Chelsea from TRANSFORMED COUPLES, and they share some powerful information along with telling us why they say Valentine’s Day Sucks. In this episode we learn about their blended family journey and how they learned to put their relationship first and watched everything else fall into place, and they also share what “Choice Love” means and what it looks like. T...
50. [FF] Date Jar
February 11, 2022 10:30 - 21 minutes - 34.1 MBHow often do you date your spouse? Or your kids? It’s easy to let the busyness of life get in our way of spending quality time with each other and with our kids. Unfortunately when that happens, you start seeing more disconnect. When we used fun ideas that were already put together, it made it so much easier to make happen. We just had to pick one and put it on the calendar, it helped us make spending quality time together easier. We share ways to make this easy in this episode. If yo...
49. Giving Gifts in Love Languages
February 07, 2022 10:30 - 31 minutes - 47.5 MBStay connected with our Weekly Newsletter JOIN HERE. Speak in a language they can hear. We all give and receive love within 5 different love languages. All of us normally rank high in one and low in others. 1-Acts of Service 2-Quality Time 3-Words of Affirmation/Encouragement 4-Physical Touch 5-Gift Giving It’s natural for us to want to speak in our love language to others, but if that’s not how they receive love, then it’s like us speaking to them in a foreign language. W...
48. [FF] Cooking Together
February 04, 2022 10:30 - 25 minutes - 39.8 MBStay connected with our Weekly Newsletter JOIN HERE. Bon Appetit! How can you take an ordinary night out of cooking a meal and turn it into a dance party? Invite your family to help cook. You can even have a great date night with your spouse cooking together. Then light some candles and turn down the lights. We share some ways you can take a night of cooking and turn it into time with your spouse, time with your kids, or even turn it into a competition. You can spend some quality ...
47. Co-Parenting Goals - with Special Guest RaeAnn
January 31, 2022 10:30 - 44 minutes - 66.5 MBJoin our Weekly Newsletter HERE. The author of “JUST US,” a new blended family children’s book, joins us in this episode. RaeAnn Childress shares how co-parenting in their family is working really well. She shows how operating as a “Parenting Family” helps lower the struggles in our kids and helps create a happier environment all around. Her new book helps show the possibilities of what co-parenting can look like, and comes from how they model it in their home. This episode is full ...
46. [FF] Date Crates - with Special Guest Jamee
January 28, 2022 10:30 - 36 minutes - 54.8 MBJoin our Weekly Newsletter HERE. There’s power in dating your spouse! Unfortunately, this can be the first thing that gets put to the side. Life gets busy, spending quality time with our spouse falls further apart. Then our marriage can start struggling. But what if it could be easier to plan and make happen? Jamee shares how Date Crates was created to help couples make date nights fun, easy, and exciting. All the way from themed and seasonal date nights to personalized date nig...
45. What Our Kids Think - with Special Guest Ryleigh
January 24, 2022 10:30 - 39 minutes - 59.5 MBKnowing is half the battle! Our kids, no matter what age, in a blended family struggle with their thinking. It’s hard enough as adults navigating through all the blended family stuff, but what are our kids really going through? Confusion? Jealousy? Thoughts of Abandonment? There can be so many thoughts that they are thinking and they don’t know how to process them. Ryleigh Tandy talks about growing up in a blended family and all the thoughts that can race through our kid’s heads...
44. [FF] Love Nudge
January 21, 2022 10:30 - 27 minutes - 42.9 MBWhere is your spouse’s love tank at? Join our Weekly Newsletter HERE. Another Adventure Challenge date that we scratched off was for us to take the 5 Love Language Quiz and then make a date that covers our top love languages. This episode gives you some ideas on how you can be a ‘Love Ninja’ and fill your spouse’s love tank with the Love Nudge App. When we know how our spouse gives and receives love, it shows us how we can connect with them on a level that they’ll appreciate even more...
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43. Small Steps Equal Big Results
January 17, 2022 10:30 - 34 minutes - 52.3 MB“Go big or go home!” Join our Weekly Newsletter HERE. That’s a great saying for Texas, but not so much in a blended family and yet that’s what we can try to do. It’s easy to try and fix everything at once, but it can set us up for failure. When we do small intentional things though, we see big results. In this episode, we share some simple small steps that you can use in any relationship in your blended family and see some powerful change. The great thing is it doesn’t take a lot of...
42. [FF] Our Bucket List - with Special Guests Cecile and Frank
January 14, 2022 10:30 - 36 minutes - 55.2 MBIs it really about a dog? Cecile and Frank, from Ella’s Blended Family, join us for a special episode. O.K., so Ella is actually their dog. They share with us their blended family dynamics and how a blog emerged that is written from the eyes of Ella (their dog). In this episode, we gain so many valuable takeaways that we all can use in our blended families to help strengthen them. We also learn how Ella’s Blended Family started with a blog and is now helping other blended families crea...
41. The Luckiest Child - with Special Guest Zoie Seay
January 10, 2022 10:30 - 43 minutes - 64.6 MBA child doesn’t always understand their feelings. How could they, right? They’re still learning the basics of life. So how much are they going through in a blended family and trying to understand it? It’s easy for us as parents to overlook our children’s feelings because we are dealing with so many emotions ourselves navigating in a blended family. Our special guest in the episode, Zoie Seay, shares her new children’s book “THE LUCKIEST CHILD Becoming a Blended Family.” This is a gre...
40. [FF] Dream Boards with Ryleigh
January 07, 2022 10:30 - 28 minutes - 44.3 MBA dream come true is a dream not forgotten. Ryleigh Tandy joins Scarlett to share how powerful and fun dream boards can be. Goal setting gives you the ability to see where you want to be and gives you the vision to reach out and make it happen. Dream boards are a fun and creative way to not just say it, but to see it. This can be a fun thing to do with your kids. As you dream together, you make lasting memories together. We share how you can make this happen along with the power behi...