Family night

Monday night is family night for us. Tonight, we sang songs about Jesus, we prayed together, we had a very short lesson  (with pictures) about the earth and how Christ was the creator of the earth under the direction of His Father and how everything was made by him even the stars in the sky. (See John 1:3 in the New Testament). John is very interested today in space shuttles, we watched some YouTube videos about space shuttle launches and he loved them! 

Then, we had a yummy treat, Apple slices with peanut butter and dairy free chocolate chips. And we built towers with Jenga blocks and knocked them down. Simple, easy, fun! Great family time. 

One of my favorite talks from general conference was by Richard G. Scott. One thing he said was this:

"Family Home Evening

While you are working to strengthen your family and cultivate peace, remember this third tool: weekly family home evening. Be cautious not to make your family home evening just an afterthought of a busy day. Decide that on Monday night your family will be together at home for the evening. Do not let employment demands, sports, extracurricular activities, homework, or anything else become more important than that time you spend together at home with your family.

The structure of your evening is not as important as the time invested. The gospel should be taught both formally and informally. Make it a meaningful experience for each member of the family. Family home evening is a precious time to bear testimony in a safe environment; to learn teaching, planning, and organizational skills; to strengthen family bonds; to develop family traditions; to talk to each other; and more important, to have a marvelous time together!

At last April’s conference, Sister Linda S. Reeves boldly declared: “I must testify of the blessings of daily scripture study and prayer and weekly family home evening. These are the very practices that help take away stress, give direction to our lives, and add protection to our homes.”⁸ Sister Reeves is a very wise woman. I strongly urge you to earn your own testimony of these three crucial habits." 

For full address, See: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/make-the-exercise-of-faith-your-first-priority?lang=eng