Family Night

We've been pretty good about having Family Night every week this year. We only missed one Monday back in January. It's been fun. Several years ago my mom gave me a binder filled with Family Night lessons. Apparently I either didn't look at it or maybe I needed to grow up some more because I looked at it again in December and realized that there was a lesson for every week of the year! I would hardly have to think about it! So starting in January we've been doing just that. They've been great.

We often adjust the activity to better suit our family and last night was one of those times. The lesson was on Compassion and after we read a story about Heber J. Grant, we played Charades. We picked a word out of a cup such as Cold, Tired, Hungry, or Sad and the kids had to guess what was wrong and pick an item out of a box that would make the person feel better. The kids did so well. Jonathan usually isn't really paying attention but he was really into it. He had a lot of personal experience to back him up when it was his turn to pretend to be "sick" and "hurt". He even said "Thank you" when Nathaniel got him a tissue and a band aid. Nathaniel got "hungry" and wasn't sure how to express it non-verbally, but he rubbed his stomach and Jonathan totally got it. He didn't say the word but he picked a package of Ramen out of the box and handed it to him. I was really happy with how it turned out, the kids did great and had a lot of fun.

We must be doing okay because now Nathaniel assumes we're having Family Night on Monday nights. This generation is going to be tested like never before and I want to make sure my boys know the truth. Satan is out there deceiving even the very elect, not with outright lies, that would be too easy to see, but with half truths and rationalizations. We can't afford not to have Family Night.


I hope you don't mind but I'd like to tack on a picture I took of the rose Jaaromy gave me for Valentine's Day.

As I've mentioned before, I'm really trying to experiment with my camera and see what it can do. I'm pretty happy with this picture. I'm no photographer but my camera comes with so many tricks it would be a shame not to use them.