my family home evening

I am the first to admit that FHE is super challanging and I'm not very good at it. And by that I mean it's close to impossible. Getting three small children to sit still to listen for even 5 minutes is a frustrating task. Sometimes I get so frustrated and hopeless, that it totally defeats the purpose of FHE and I end it more mad than anything. How is this productive? I don't really know. But I do know that our family goal for this year was to focus on FHE. Soooo, I was saved once again by the internet, in particular, Pintrest. I found a blog that does it all for you. And whats easier than that? So I thought I'd share. Its called http://confessionsofaslackermom.com/ and she has done lessons for the whole year. Complete with online activities, movies, and printouts. Ha, it's pretty much effortless. So I don't credit any of this to my own creativity. She had the idea of doing a monthly family goal, monthly Article of Faith and monthly scripture. She gave lots of different ideas on how to display these. I chose the easiest, framed scrapbook paper and a dry erase marker.

I displayed it where the kids can see it everyday, and since Rylie is reading now and Davis learning to read, they recite them all the time. So I downloaded the entire year of lesson plans and put them in a binder. That way when Monday night rolls around all I have to do is pull out the binder, get the frames and start family night. Most of the lessons are no longer than 5 minutes and they are all about Book of Mormon stories this year. I'm sure it will still be challanging and I won't be perfect at it, but I am trying harder and this website is making it a lot easier! I challenge everyone else to make FHE a priority and lets all struggle together! :)