Family Home Eveing is something that Steve and I have tried to hold consistently, but it seems that more often than not, it ends up being me giving a last minute dissertation from something I read from the Book of Mormon earlier in the day. Over the years we have tried the "assigning" of the lesson to the kids and taken turns with who picks/makes the treat, who does the song, the prayer, the scripture, the lesson, etc. We've had times in our lives where the Family Night was going to soccer games (that was when the team was scheduled to play, can you believe it? And we live in Bountiful where "they"--the powers that be who schedule these games--should KNOW better!) If we are on a week long vacation and we get home late Sunday night or on a Monday, and I try to gather them for FHE, my kids tell me, "We just got done having a Family Home WEEK!" Although we do a lot as a family--vacations and just hanging out--I do feel that I need to make sure that we have a scheduled time to sit down together as a family and actually have a gospel discussion. Or at least an officially recognized "Family Home Evening." This month I have noticed that we have fallen into a pattern with our FHE's--the first week we helped Ashley with a Faith experience from her Young Women Personal Progress, the second week we took a pie to the Kelsch Family and thanked Deanna for all the wonderful things she has done for us over the years, and this week we played Yahtzee. So, we have had a Spiritual, Service and Fun FHE so far this month. Now for next week...
P.S. The update on Deanna is excellent. She has had surgery and the Dr.'s feel that they were able to get all the cancer, so they will not have to do radiation!
