Yesterday we came together for what we Mormons endearingly call Family Home Evening (or FHE for short). Every Monday night, we gather as a family to sing gospel songs, read scriptures, teach a lesson based on a gospel principle, and play a game or do some other activity. We always end with a treat! Some weeks I have planned ahead better than others; you never know what you're going to get at our house. The important thing is the consistency, as it is with many gospel-oriented things.
My older boys LOVE FHE! B prays for it every night. And they both request it most days. Last night we talked about how the Lord will never ask us to do more than we are able and will always provide a way to accomplish His commandments. For an example, we reviewed a story from the Book of Mormon. A man, Nephi, is asked by God to do the seemingly impossible, and responds by saying "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save He shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commanded them."
(1 Nephi 3:7)
We wrapped up the evening with Star Wars sugar cookies that the boys helped prepare earlier in the day. As I was putting the cookies into the oven, M said, "Mom! You are SO GOOD at this!"
However, as soon as I started decorating them (in a hurry, as the spaghetti noodles were cooking for dinner), M stated, "Umm, Mom...these look...kinda...disgusting. Why does Yoda look so sad?" My husband said my Storm Troopers looked like a combination of Hello Kitty and Angry Birds.
Ugly cookies or not, they are mostly gone by now. And the boys sat still for several minutes of scripture study. And both boys asked to have FHE again tonight! I'll call that a success.
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