• Tuesday, 1:30pm eastern, I’ll be talking to Kim Orlando, the Traveling Mom. We’ll be discussing: When the college kids come home to their blended family.  If you are having issues with your college kids feeling like your home is their home, you may want to listen to this interview.
• Wednesday, 8pm eastern, I will be the guest expert on Kim Iverson’s Lifeline radio show.  You can call in your blended and step family questions at 1-888-922-5554.  Kim’s show airs in Portland (KRSK), Denver (KALC), Austin (KAMX), Wichita (KFBZ), Memphis (WMC), Milwaukee (WMYX), Indianapolis (WZPL), Buffalo (WTSS), and Norfolk (WPTE). 

Summer is coming!

It’s time to start planning your blended family vacations and time to schedule visitations. Here are two articles that may help:

• Travel planning for blended families
• Successful Blended Family Vacations

 The Blended and Step Family Online Conference

If you missed The Blended and Step Family Online Conference, you can still get the download here.  (10 presentations from marriage and family experts on blended and step family issues, all in the comfort of home.)

You can also get my webinar, Successful communication with your Ex-Spouse, individually, at The Blended and Step Family Resource Center.

The Online Conference for Newlyweds

The Online Conference for Newlyweds begins this Friday.  We created 10 presentations designed for those engaged, newly married or married less than 2 years.  Learn about finances, intimacy, communication skills, in laws vs. outlaws, creating traditions and more.

And yes- blended and step families will benefit from this conference.

• My webinar- Preserving childhood traditions while creating new family traditions has a special focus for blended families.
• Andrea Patten’s webinar “In-laws vs. outlaws: how to get along” is based on her blended family.
• Suzanne Cramer gives her financial advice from her blended family perspective.
• Les and Sweetie Berry’s wrote their webinar, When “happily ever after” comes with children from day one, from their blended family experiences.

Conference price is $39.99 per couple, but if you register before Friday, you can save $10 off the registration ($29.99 total cost for 10 webinars.)  Register now to save!

Insider’s Look

I’ll send you a link to The Insider’s Peak at the Newlywed Conference in a couple of days. We still have a few more webinars to record, but I’ll send you a quick email when it’s ready.  The Insider’s Look at each month’s online conference is free to newsletter subscribers.

Talk with you again soon.

Shirley Cress Dudley

Shirley@BlendedFamilyAdvice.com

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