Family Meal Night

Meal time is prime time for connecting with the family. With all of the kids’ activities and busy schedules, cooking and eating together as a family has become rare. Does your family cook together? Do you get the kids involved in the evening meal? Does your family have a favorite meal? If you do, we’d love to see photos of … Read More

The 30 day “No Spend” Challenge

Could you go 30 days without shopping*? No stores, no online shopping, no movies or toys or going out to eat. In fact, no money spent other than bills and gas? We know of a family who did this last year and saved over $500 that month! They made meals with that they had in their cupboards and freezer (and … Read More

But I want it . . .

We might be great at telling our kids no, but do we tell ourselves “No”? The holidays are approaching, your savings goals are clear . . .and there are daily temptations to throw those goals out the window and make impulse purchases instead. The grocery store, department stores, even fast food can throw you off track if you don’t plan … Read More

Family Who Saves TOY & MEDIA SWAP Party!

A few years ago, one of our employees organized an Accessories “Swap” party and it was a great success-everyone who participated got rid of jewelry, scarves and shoes they didn’t wear any longer and everyone who participated went home with great accessories they were excited to wear! It’s now that time of year when the toys and games and movies … Read More

Curb Impulse Spending

We might be great at telling our kids no, but do we tell ourselves “No”? The holidays are approaching, your savings goals are clear . . .and there are daily temptations to throw those goals out the window and make impulse purchases instead. The grocery store, department stores, even fast food can throw you off track if you don’t plan … Read More

Family Savings DREAM Board

Kids are visual and they stay excited longer about a goal when they have a visual reminder. Heck, if we’re honest, adults stay better motivated with a visual reminder as well! Create a Family Savings DREAM Board together! (Some of you have already started a version of this on your Pinterest boards It will create great conversation between you and … Read More

Budgeting Tools

There are so many budgeting tools out there, it can be intimidating. Families Who Save Together use a range of budgeting strategies from online* tools to a cash-only envelope system. We are a fan of most budgeting tool as long as your family is using one-studies show it’s almost impossible to have success in Savings until you have a budget … Read More

Let your kids grocery shop

The reason we have so many posts about food, meals, groceries is that our food budgets are the quickest to get out of control. Eating out, over-spending at the grocery store . . .there are so many opportunities to blow our budget. Our kids can either help us or hurt us in this area. We recommend getting honest with your … Read More

Meet our 2014 Spokesfamilies!

Three Families, Three Goals, One Awesome Campaign! The Family Who Saves Together Announces this year’s Spokesfamilies! Meet the Magnos, the Huesers and the Vouks:      

Savings Thermometer

A Savings Thermometer Draw a picture of a giant thermometer. Put a picture or write your family savings goal at the top. One family we know used an outline of Mickey Mouse ears as their thermometer for a trip to Disney! Consider putting small milestones on the chart if your goal is large. Tack it up somewhere that the whole house … Read More