52 Weeks of Family Home Evening

I was busy copying primary stuff at Copy Tec the other day when I noticed a book called 52 weeks of Family Home Evenings. I took a quick look at it and got really excited. This was the perfect book for our family. It had 52 lessons planned out with a scripture, story, song, activity and treat for each week of the year. The lessons are simple and the activities are fun. I came home and told Jon that we are recommitting to do FHE each week. His schedules are hectic so it seems like we would do FHE for a few weeks and then not for a month or so. We have done 2 weeks so far and Calvin and Lily really love it. They get excited and they remember what these lessons teach.

Lesson #1 Compassion

We read a story about President Heber J. Grant giving his coat to a young boy. Read a few scriptures about compassion. And then we went around and collected coats and blankets from around the house that we could give to the homeless shelter. Calvin got so into it that he started putting all of his blankets in the bag. He said, "I bet some of those kids don't have toys either" and he started throwing toys in the sack. He even gave away one of his favorite blankets. He is such a sweet boy. I took the bag to the shelter the next day and I was really touched by how grateful these people were.


Week #2

Last night we learned about the Priesthood. Jon held an umbrella up and had us all gather under it and told us how the Dad holds the priesthood so that he can protect the family just like the umbrella protects the whole family when the dad holds it over everyone. We read a story about Abraham and talked about different priesthood blessings. Calvin said that one day he will hold the umbrella because he will have the priesthood.