I love my family! Unfortunately, all of our extended family lives halfway across the country, but they are still some of my favorite people on earth. We also have lots of friends that we have known for years who I would also consider family. They are my moms and dads, brothers and sisters; they are aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins to our little girl. Where else outside of family can you keep inside jokes going for days, months, and even years? There is no one else I can be my true, competitive, snarky self around, knowing that they will still love me the next day. Whether it’s family by blood or family by choice, I truly believe those relationships ought to be celebrated. That’s why I created this line of Family Quote Prints new in Wit & Wander’s Etsy Shop for 2015. I hope you enjoy and share them with someone you love like family!
Giveaway: Comment on the blog post with your favorite family memory and one reader will be selected to win a print of their choice from our Etsy Shop!
Share in the comments your best family memory and one reader will randomly be selected to win a print of their choice!
{Contest Closed – Congratulations Rachel!}
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One of my favorite family memories from childhood was making gnocchi with my mother, brothers, and sister. My mom would make the dough, roll it out into long ropes of dough, cut it into the dumplings, and give each of us a pile of these dumplings to mark with our forks. My brother and I would get competitive about who could make more. My mother would sometimes have a hard time keeping up with the demand. But it would make quick work of this big project with lots of lively discussions.
My favorite family memory is when I was younger my dads sister would dress up as Santa on Christmas Eve every single year for the kids (our family is huge). Its bitter sweet thinking back on it because our huge family used to be so close but now we “kids” hardly even recognize eachother out in town since our grandmother passed 🙁
My favorite memories are the days my children and grandchildren were born
I always loved helping my dad outside.. Like working on the cars or painting the porch steps.
I remember all of our family vacations together
My favorite family memory was taking an RV trip to Mount Rushmore as a family and actually making our own identical shirts for the trip! We built forts in the RV and camped there.
one of my favorite family memories is visiting the mountain towns nearby in the winter, looking at all the unique handcrafted goods in the store windows along the streets, smelling the crisp pine-scented air and watching snow lightly fall around the lamp posts… it always felt like Christmas before the season officially started, and fed gladness into my heart 🙂
When we came to US and everyone greeted us and it was a new start for us, new culture, new chances!
Christmas morning with my family!:)
My favorite family memory is when we got our dog Riley. She is such a sweetheart.
My favorite family memory is making Christmas spice cookies with my Gram and the whole family. It is a tradition my Mom and sister still keep going. My Gram would also make homemade hot chocolate do all of us to drink out of green glass mugs in front of the fire after cookie making was over.
Christmas time was always the best! We got to see our families from all over the US and it was really special.
So many happy memories happened right in front of my parents’ fireplace.
Another favorite memory of mine is when my boyfriend and I first moved into our new apartment. It was so nice to start a new chapter of my life with him by my side.
I remember going on my honeymoon to Alaska with my husband! We had an amazing time! We got awesome photos too. When I was a kid we used to vacation in Florida. Loved those trips! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
when my little brother was born! my mom came home with a little ball of white and i was in love! i still remember how small and tiny he was! best family memory EVER!
Another favorite memory is when I first got my cat. My boyfriend came home with him and the tiny kitten jumped in my lap. I was in love immediately.
I remember the time my Dad was teaching me how to drive. To make a long story short we ended up in a ditch laughing.
We took our four kids to gettysburg this past summer. The kids are 16 13 3 and 1,. It was nice just being together and learning about history
My best family memory was the last trip I took with my dad. We all went to gatlinburg and it was 2 months before he passed.
My best family memories are when we take road trips every summer.
When I was in elementary school my room was right above the garage. My dad left early for work every morning. When I heard the garage door open I would run over to my window and turn the light on and wave to my dad as he drove off down the street to work and he would turn the light in his truck on and wave back at me. 🙂
My favorite memory happened just last night when my daughter got her First Official Invitation to NBHA Youth World!! We can’t wait!!
I remember my first Christmas home from college. It was so nice to see my family again.
My favorite memory is when we all went to the beach. It was so warm and everyone actually came along.
I love standing outside and watching the 4th of July Parade with my family. It’s a memory that I hope to carry with me forever.
My favorite family memory is Christmas Eve we got together with our cousins for a family party. After we got to open a present (pajamas) then the kids would sleep in one room and we’d all get no sleep anticipating Christmas morning!
My favorite family memory is when we went together as a family camping on the beach this past year. We have two little boys (they were 1 and 2). Crazy tiring but super fun!
It’s hard to pick just one favorite. I think one of my favorites is the year that my brother, sister, and I got a trampoline for Christmas. It was by far the biggest thing we had ever received and we had so much fun on it for years.
my favorite childhood memory is my dad and I use to ride horses together all the time, I miss him so much
my best family memory is when we were kids and every sunday we would go for a walk for miles over the cliffs above the sea and take a picnic and then go swimming in the sea,,it was great fun,,also i cant forget the fossil hunting
My favorite memories are of my dad teaching my brother and me to swim. It was a lot of fun. Now that my dad has passed away, I cherish all the memories of him.
Going camping in Gulf Shores, AL!
It would have to be the family reunions. My Mom had 8 brothers in sisters and I have just over 30 cousins and now many second cousins! We tend to rule the towns we choose for the event 🙂 erinnsluka@gmail
thanksgiving dinners b4 to much drinking
I also love the time my Dad took me to Times Square. It was so pretty with all of the lights.
My favorite family memory of when I was growing up is spending the entire day at the beach with my Mom and siblings. The 5 of us LIVED at the beach during the summer. My Mom was a teacher and had her summers off with us and it is what I cherished!
Best memory is when we would all gather around the piano and sing. Singing would always put us in a great mood.
One of my favorite family memories is placing my second newborn son in my first son’s arms. The look in his eyes was so beautiful as he held his brother for the first time. My whole family was there and I could tell how much it meant to everyone to view this special moment.
My favorite child hood memory is any summer at my grandparents house! I would be spoiled rotten! Play, eat, nap! I would give anything to have one more day with my Nana!
My favorite family memory is watching my Dad take two of my kids around on his antique tractor. It was a beautiful sight and I am so thankful that I have a picture of that day.
My favorite memory was when I was about 15 or so and we were visiting my dad (My mom, brother and sister) – parents were divorce and they were being really nasty to me. So, my Dad called home from work and asked how everything was and I told him that they were all being nasty to me and I didn’t like it…then he said well, what do you want from the store…I thought he was asking everyone so I turned around to ask them what they wanted Dad to bring home from the store and he said no no no (on the phone) I meant JUST YOU!! What do you want from the store? I said I don’t know surprise me. My brothers, sister and Mom were in the background yelling things they wanted-I thought for sure he heard them) So, about an hour or so later my Dad walks in and hands me a Charleston Chew candy bar. He had NOTHING else for ANYONE ELSE! I couldn’t believe that My Dad would want to make My day special and he did!
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My family has taken yearly trips to Vermont, where we spend a week with my immediate family and cousins on Lake Champlain. We have traditions within that tradition: sunset dinners on top of Mount Philo, Pizza on Earth, hiking, swimming in rivers, tubing, water skiing, dancing around to music when we cook meals 🙂
My best family memory is giving birth to my two beautiful children the first few days with them!
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my favorite family memory is going up to my grandparents’ cottage every summer.
My favorite recent family memory is watching my brother become a father after wanting to do so for a very long time. Watching his dream come true has been very exciting for me, my husband and children.
My favorite memories are of my grandmother. We lost her a year ago after a long battle with dementia. I’ll never forget our last trip down to Myrtle Beach!!
My favorite childhood memory is raking up all the leaves in a huge pile and jumping in them. My 2 younger sisters and I did this for hours. We also colored for hours. My mom was a single mom and she did a great job raising us.We didnt have a lot of money but she was(still is) the best cook and baker. We had love,clothes,food and a roof over our heads. We never needed money to have fun. I love your wonderful signs. Thank you for the chance 🙂
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Some of my favorite memories are of my parents reading to me and then when I read to our own children! We love reading and each other!