"Name" Tags

We made "name" tags last week for family home evening.

We know who will do what. 

The boys were excited about their personalization. 
Sweetheart liked that we made him a Scout.

FHE: The Godhead's Role in the 1st Vision

Underfoot was assigned to teach for 

Family Home Evening.

He choose to teach about the Godhead

being 3 individuals with the same purpose.

He drew us a picture and taught each of their roles

for an answer to a prayer.

Underfoot did a powerful job.

He shared how he knows 

that God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost have influence

in our lives.

I know that too.

Ice Cream

We made ice cream from Lance's ice cream maker.

We made cookies and made ice cream sandwiches.

 

Pizza Hut

Underfoot met his reading goal for school. 

Pizza Hut partners with schools with reading.

They will give a personal pan pizza.

Underfoot shared with his brother.

We are really happy he is starting to like reading.

We hope that he will continue with reading.

(even if there is no pizza)

We went for Family Home Evening to celebrate!

Simple and Sweet: Family Mission Statement

Sweetheart and I talk every once and a while about where we want to be in 5 years, 10 years, and farther into the future. We begin the discussion and then one or both of us gets frustrated with the topic [usually me] because the vision he doesn't exactly match the my ideal. We revisit this topic almost ever time we travel any distance over an 1 1/2 hours.

When we moved the moon, I decided on a family mission statement without much input. I had vinyl letters made and put it up on the wall. [by golly we are going to have a direction....]

This is by our front door.

Sweetheart loves me and supports the idea's of my mission statement for our family. But it is not OURS.

This hangs in the laundry room just before we leave the house.

Tonight. We will begin again. Not the car. But at our table. As a family. With our boys. Something we as a family sink our teeth into (like key lime pie for dessert with coconut in it) and memorize and work toward.

And then after the discussion, we will revisit it again. Until it ours. Together.

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Join a few others who are considering their family's mission vision.

Service

Family Home Evening tonight was about service. We had a friend that gave us a stand up tool box. We gave to another family 2 cans of dried refried beans. No big deal, right? When we asked Underfoot why we need to help and serve one another he said, "It's helping like Jesus does." Some where along the line an impression has been made. Now we hope to build on it.