Get Lots of New Followers at The Friday Blog Hops! Fun!

To add your blog to the hops, click on the images and read the rules.
Have fun, get lots of new friends and followers!









Come join the fun! I have listed the places I'll be hopping today.

Thursday Blog Hops! Fun! meet new Friends and Followers

Thirsty for followers?
Come get to know us and stay for a drink. add your blog here
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Link up your blog here. Please only link to your MAIN page. Duplicate links will be deleted. Please no adult content.
Anyone who links up will get a follow from me.

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click the image to join the Hop!
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click the image to add your family blog to the hop:
To participate and have a chance to be the spotlight next week please follow these rules!
1) Follow the first 5 people in the linky. These are our hosts and our spotlight!
2) Please only link up your blog, and only once!
3) Post our button in your post or sidebar!
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1. Follow your hostesses, Mrs. Mama Drama and Belly CharmsWe will follow back, but leave us a comment so we know where to visit you!
2. Link to a post with the Think of Me Thursday button so your new visitors can say Hello!3. Have fun, and Think of Us, and we'll be sure to Think of You!

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NEW Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop - get new friends and Followers! Have Fun!

Bipolar Girl has a new Blog Hop! I'll be hopping there
today.

NEW Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop

" Welcome to my NEW Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on both of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺"
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From Me:
What is a blog hop?
A blog hop is a list of blogs that will follow you back!
If you want more followers, this is a very fast way to
get them.
It's not enough just to list your blog at a hop and
then leave.
Go down the list, visit each one... if you like the
blog, follow them and leave a comment:
example:
Hi! I am a new follower from the blog hop.
Living Out Loud
http://lgreenss.blogspot.com/

This type comment allows the blog owner to quickly see who
has followed them and provides a quick link back to you so that
they can hop over and follow you back.
Over the course of the next few hours or days
everyone you followed and left a comment, will visit you and follow back!
And that, my friend, is how you grow a mighty blog following.

You can enter several hops a day, but it's best to
concentrate on one and connect with all the blogs
that are new to you.

Important: when you visit each blog, think "what can I give".
1. Tweet the best article
2. Follow them everywhere - Google Friend Connect, Networked Blogs, Twitter,
Facebook (hit the Like button), join the Blog Frog community if they have one
3. praise the things you like about the blog
4. and always, always comment
5. If they have a special event or post that you like, blog about it
6. if you don't have time to enter a good giveaway, Tweet about it
If you follow my advice, you can make some wonderful lifelong Friends!~
Happy Hopping!
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Mam to 3 Blessings has a HUGE Blog Hop going on now!

TUESDAY BLOG HOP

There are 182 blogs so far! click the link above to join the hop!

Blog Hops - Add Your Blog, get new Friends and Followers! Fun!

How it works:
Follow these steps to get the most out of blog hops.
1. click on the button (image) for each blog hop...
this will take you to the site hosting the hop.
2. read the rules for each hop.
3. list your blog - add your blog to the list and refresh the page to see your link.
4. visit other blogs listed on the hop
5. follow them and leave a comment with a link back to your blog
in the comment.
6. the more blogs you visit, follow and comment on, the more
friends and followers you will get from the hop.
This is for Family blogs, NOT business sites.

Today I'll be hopping here:

Welcome to Relax & Surf Sunday, with your hostesses The Life of Rylie...and Bryce too! and Shibley Smiles! This is a great blog hop for everyone to make new friends! You can find some new blogs to check out, and also get your blog out there and gain some new followers.

Here are the rules...

Wait, there are no rules! That is the whole point behind "Relax & Surf". We just want you to relax, and surf around as much as you want to. You don't have to make a post. You don't have to post our button. You don't even have to follow us. Of course we hope you like our blogs and will want to follow us, and we WILL follow back! Just add your blog to our linky at the bottom of this post, and visit as many blogs as you would like to. If you decide to follow a new blog, make sure you leave them a comment so they will know you are following them.

Each week we will randomly select one blog from the previous week's entries to be our featured blog for that week. If that blog happens to be yours, you will get a cute little button to display on your blog, and you will also get the #3 spot for that week!
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BLOG HOP #2:

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:

1. Please place the "Weekend Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
2. Follow my blog.
3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
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BLOG HOP #3

Psychedelic Sundays is a blog hop to let loose and chill out! No rules! But, if you want you can follow the hosts, and follow the person who linked before you, that way everyone makes a new friend! I hope you take a relaxing tripp to other blogs and enjoy!
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BLOG HOP #4

This blog hop will be up for 3 days! From Sunday the 19th-Wednesday the 22nd.
I will start a new blog hop every Sunday.
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BLOG HOP #5

Sunday Strolling is a Blog Hop! Add you link, grab a cup of coffee and start strolling.

Rules:
**♥Please follow the first link♥**
•How: Grab the button
•Now What: Start strolling
•Find An Interesting Place: Post comment and follow
•Remember:Follow who follows you it's just good Karma.

Fun Free Family Activities

List of Fun and Cheap Activities

Picnic – Take your food on the run and head to the park or anywhere.

Fishing – Fishing is a relaxing pleasure for the family even if you come home with an empty bucket.

Catch the Bubbles – Get small canisters of bubbles and allow the whole family to blow bubbles at the same time. While the bubbles are in the air, see how many each person can catch again before they hit the ground.

Gardening – Plant some flowers or vegetables together. Let each person plant something unique.

Backyard Campout – Although camping can get expensive quickly, a backyard campout can be done for almost nothing. Break out the tent, barbeque some dinner, then hit the sack under the stars (well in your tent under the stars).

Board Games – Have a board game night.

Bike Riding – Head out on the road with your bikes or drive with your bikes to biking trails. A bike gives you freedom to explore new and exciting places.

Watch a sunset or sunrise – Sunsets are easy, but try waking the group up for a sunrise!

Charades – Take turns acting out without speaking and see how long it takes your family to guess the topic.

Zoo – Mingle with the animals and see some of your favorite creatures.

Go For a Drive – Get out and explore new places. See sites and have fun with the whole family in the car.

Yard Sports – Soccer, Football, Basketball, Badminton, Volleyball, etc. Get out and burn some energy while having a great time.

Bowling – Hit the lanes for some fun.

Hide and Seek – Inside or outside, hide and seek always makes for a good time. Get mom and dad to play too.

Visit other family members – This is fun, affordable, and always rewarding.

Visit a Museum – It is fun and educational for the whole family to visit a thematic museum.

Have a Photo Taking Contest – See who can take the best or funniest pictures.

Find books at the Library – Take the whole family and find books of specific interest.

Ice Cream Outing – Get out and treat your family to a scoop or two. Alternatively, head to the supermarket and bring home the makings of an ice cream buffet to have at home. Ice cream purchased from the store can make for a cheap activity that gives everyone loads of ice cream and plenty of fun.

Video Games – Play together as a family, but tell the kids to take it easy on mom and dad.

Build a household hideout – Build a temporary hideout or fort out of chairs, blankets, pillows, etc. Stack chairs near one another and cover leaving space to crawl around. Cover the chairs with blankets and you have a tent-like household hideout for playtime fun.

Roller Blading or Skating – Find a place away from traffic where the whole family can roll together.

Marble Wars – Use a bag of marbles to have an old (colonial) style war. Set up an equal number of marbles in two parallel lines. Make each line distinguishable from the other by style or color. Once the marbles are set up, take turns flicking one marble at a time at each other’s line. When marbles of are hit they are removed from the lines. The last marble “standing” wins.

Learn to Play Musical Instruments – If you have someone in the family who knows how to play an instrument, see if that person will share some musical knowledge with the rest of the family. It is fun to have family members who can play together.

Movie Marathon – Pick any number of movies to watch at home on TV with some popcorn and drinks. Don’t forget blankets, and pillows.

Emergency Plan Test – Get everyone together and pretend there is a fire or other emergency in the house. Everyone should get out of the house in timely fashion and meet up in one place. This is to test your emergency plan. If you don’t have an emergency plan, this will be a great time to make one.

Take a Walk – Get out and mosey around the neighborhood with your family. You don’t need a real destination or purpose except to get out and enjoy being together.

Hiking – Take a hike! Hiking is a fun way to get the family closer to the beauty of nature.

Out to the Movies – Try the matinee or a low cost theater to save money. It is fun to see the best movies on the big screen.

Fly a Kite – Take a kite to the park or just out in the back yard and enjoy the day beneath it with your family.

Build a Solid Fuel Rocket and Launch It – Perhaps this is more of a guy thing, but it is fun for the whole family when the rocket takes to the sky. Is it a cheap activity? It can be with some rockets as cheap as around five dollars to all the way above a hundred. The cheaper rockets can be a whole lot of fun though, and they are a lot less painful to replace if something unforeseen happens.

Broom Hockey – Tape up your old broom and find a small foam ball to use as a puck. Set boundaries in the yard and use cones or overturned paper plates to mark your goals. Remember no “checking” each other or hitting each other with the broom sticks.

Gather for a Pillow Fight – Pillows are mostly harmless, but keep someone as a referee in case things get out of hand.

Scrapbooking – Capture all of your favorite family moments and photos in a crafty scrapbook. If you can get everyone to help decorate the scrapbook, it will always have your unique “family” personality.

Mystery Treasure Hunt – Hide written clues in various places around the house that lead from one to the next. At the end hide a treat as a treasure to find as a reward for seeking the prize.

Cook or Bake New or Favorite Goodies – Try making some good food together.

Write an Evolving Story – Have someone begin a story with a single sentence, writing it on a piece of paper. Pass the paper to each family member, allowing only one sentence at a time per person. Continue the process until your story is complete. You will be surprised how differently it turns out than you think it will.

Make a Family Movie – Write a short script and act it out Alternatively just shoot the every day family moments. The memories are what is most important.

Go Swimming – If you have a pool, what are you waiting for? If you don’t, hit the community pool and recreation center.

Water War – Break out the water balloons and squirt guns, and go have a blast.

Make a collage – Find old newspapers, magazines and just about anything colorful. Trim out small pieces and glue them all onto paper for a unique work of art.

Appreciation Night – Take an hour or so with the family at the kitchen table. Each person will write at least three complements about each member of the family. When you are done writing the complements, have everyone read them out loud.

Snowball Fights – Build snow fortresses and let each other have it with snowballs. Be careful not to hit anyone in the face or throw anything hard.

Feed Ducks at the Pond or Lake – Go to a large body of water with ducks and feed them. This is relaxing and fun. Be sure to buy food that is acceptable for ducks from a pet store or agricultural supply store.

See a Local School Play – Support your local school by watching one of their plays. School plays are often very affordable and a pleasure to see.

Favorite Songs – Get the family together and let everyone take turns playing one or two of their favorite songs on the stereo, MP-3 player, or computer.

Miniature Golf – See who can get the ball in those tricky holes. This is fun once in a while, and a relatively cheap activity.

Pasta Art – See what unusual art you can create with pasta and glue. When your masterpieces dry you can add paint for the final touch.

Puppet Show – Make a puppet show with puppets or even a sock on an arm or lunch size brown bag can do nicely for a puppet.

Old Photo Night – Reminisce on old times with old family photos or videos.

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