Spending time with the kids is not an issue. I’m home with them all of the time, except when they are at school. Getting my husband involved is a bit harder, because he has a crazy work schedule. He’s really good about being with the kids when he’s home, and will get them involved in whatever he’s doing. We eat dinner together at the table every night, at least one of us is always available for their school functions, and on the weekends we make sure to plan at least one family event, whether it’s a hiking trip or Nerf gun war in the back yard.
We also see my husband’s relatives regularly. His parents and sister live very close to us, and he has other family within an hour’s drive that we see often. Someone is always planning some kind of event, so being with family isn’t an issue for us. We just don’t see my family often because they all live many states away, and for some reason expect us to drag the kids halfway across to country to visit them instead of them coming to visit us. :( It’s OK though, they are all crazy!
The real challenge is for my husband and I to get to spend time alone together. To manage this, we stick to an early bedtime for the kids and are very strict about it. We try to get out to dinner every now and then, or ask his mom to babysit so we can go to a movie. It’s nice to know that we always have evenings together at least!