Family Home Evening!!!!!!!

Every family should set aside ONE night a week to do things together as a family.

Monday night might work for you and your family.  Maybe Wednesday night will work better -- maybe Saturday morning or Saturday afternoon......... Whatever day and time works best, DO IT!

It doesn't matter if you have kids or not.  Spend time together.

It could be a structured evening, or it could be non-structured.

Have one person in charge of "conducting" the evening's events.

Start with a prayer, and then perhaps have someone lead everyone in a song.

Then perhaps, have a lesson on a gospel topic.

Here is a link: (Link 1) to a whole bunch of gospel topics that someone could teach about.

Then have a fun activity of some sort -- a game, a movie, learning how to tie knots -- something that will be fun for everyone.

Here is a link: (Link 2) to a video of a family having an activity of making foil dinners!  (Side note -- I don't think I've ever seen a house like theirs, where there's an outside gas fireplace like that!  And sorry about choosing a video where he does a LOT of fast movement with the camera.... not my favorite thing about the video... but I like that the kids get to choose what they to put in their own dinners, and that they get to tell about what they put in.)

Let someone perform a piano solo, a juggling act, or something they have learned how to do.

Here is a link: (Link 3)  to a kid demonstrating to his family how water can stay in a cup, even though it's tipped up-side-down.

Then have REFRESHMENTS!  A TREAT of some sort! -- ice cream, cookies, smoothies, etc....

Then have someone give a closing prayer.

Family Home Evening (or FHE) doesn't have to be perfect.  Maybe not everyone will be in a good mood.  Still try to get together and do something -- even if it's just for 10 minutes (depending on how old the kids are, and what their attention span is).

Do it each week -- just one night a week.

You will reap the blessings from being together, teaching each other, and working together on a weekly basis.  You will be able to create lots of memories of the things you did during Family Home Evening.