FHE

Tonight we had a pretty good family night thanks to an idea I found here. It was the first lesson listed under faith and was pretty good for young children. Here's the basic idea. There was a little poem about faith we read, then the kids touched some beans, smelled an orange, saw a picture of the prophet, heard a whistle, and tasted sugar. Then I held up a picture of Christ and talked about how even though we can't touch, smell, see or hear Jesus we know He lives and that is called faith. We read Matthew 20:17 - the mustard seed scripture - and talked about how small a mustard seed is and used a measuring tape to show how big a mustard seed can grow when it becomes a tree. So it was a pretty good experience and Dylan's prayer was cute. I think he used the word wonderful 20 times - wonderful family, wonderful night, wonderful blessings, wonderful family night - but at least he was showing his gratitude! Now before you think how lucky we are to have such inspiring family nights, let me tell you the rest of the story. Dylan loves to be my helper (part of the problem he's had in Primary) and basically just loves to be in charge. Before I could even get started he was interrupting me a million times with his questions about giving a lesson. The first time he asked me if he could give the lesson, I was touched with my son's eagerness to participate in spiritual matters and quickly agreed. We were blessed with a less-than-inspiring lesson on animals and then voted on whether or not we should watch Planet Earth. He hasn't quite caught on to the fact that family night should have some spiritual undertone. So tonight he was begging to give the lesson so we compromised. I would give my lesson and then after we finished, we would have a family night lesson by Dylan on rodeos. Hey, whatever works. It helped him listen and participate. So here is a picture of the second family night that took place in the Uboldi home this lovely evening. We built a rodeo from the jenga blocks and then the kids took turns riding on mine and Marcos' backs. I just pray that down the road they remember more about family night than rodeos. :)