Carolyn Benton: 40 Fun Family Activities

1. playing miniature golf in the house using curtain rods and ping pong balls
2. playing Frisbee golf in the yard with old tires and bushes for holes
3. taking on the personality of another family member with their favorite sayings
4. singing together in the car
5. singing with guitar accompaniment by Steve
6. relating honeymoon stories in the living room
7. going on picnics at Osage Hills State Park
8. playing touch football at Gilbert’s
9. playing games at Possum Kingdom at Thanksgiving
10. eating Thanksgiving dinner together
11. going to football games
12. singing around the piano
13. going Christmas caroling
14. playing Trivial Pursuit
15. playing Outburst
16. camping together
17. putting up tents at campsites
18. walking through the Grand Canyon
19. pretending to be moving mannequins at Disney Park
20. grilling hamburgers in the back yard
21. plastering mud all over each other in a stream outside of Taos
22. howling at the moon in Brownwood at Ruth and Gene’s
23. playing Chutes and Ladders at a motel in Florida
24. going to see the Cowboys play
25. going to see the Rangers play
26. throwing Christmas wrapping paper at each other
27. playing charades at Possum Kingdom
28. playing “42” with the extended family
29. playing baseball in the backyard
30. staying up late talking
31. playing Botticelli
32. visiting college campuses
33. eating at Mexican food restaurants
34. writing essays after being given topics to write about by Steve
35. singing “I’ll Fly Away” while waiting for a ride at Six Flags and having the family in line in front of us join in
36. singing at a Boy Scout camp when visiting Brian
37. sharing blogs
38. visiting relatives
39. giving gifts to each other
40. sharing lists of 40