Here’s yet another roundup of family-related blog stuff from the AreaVoices community. Got suggestions for great family blog posts? Send it to me at smercer@forumcomm.com.

• MS. Simplicity offers up a recipe for date, bacon and bean salad. It’s a quick family meal.
• In “The New Forty,” Ms. C reminds us that this ain’t her first parenting rodeo.
• From time to time, I (Shane Mercer of The Forum) document the Insane Things my Kids Say.
• Justine talks about “The Key to a Happy Marriage.”