Want a fun way to tie family home evening to St. Patrick’s Day? How about a whole activity using THREE-leafed clovers? It’s one of my very favorite things to do for family home evening because it helps my family focus on our “small” daily blessings. Looking for and appreciating only the “big” blessings is like […]
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Favorite Videos for FHE
Watching a good video can be a great way to start or enhance a family home evening. Here are links to three of my favorite videos on the temple, a kid-friendly introduction to pornography, and what Elder Uchtdorf always keeps in his pockets. Enjoy! “Focus on the Temple” used in FHEasy’s “Agency and Accountability” lesson, […]
FHE and Middle School
Reaping what we’ve sown My oldest daughter is almost through with her first year of middle school. I can’t tell you how grateful I have been for family home evening this year. While we’ve talked about dating, drugs, choosing friends wisely, and working hard at gaining an education before, those topics have never been so […]
7 Quotes by Martin Luther King
In honor of Martin Luther King Day next Monday, I’ve collected seven quotes for you to share during family home evening, or, if you prefer, you can read one quote per day as you follow along with the scriptures for Martin Luther King Day in FHEasy. I’m giving them out a week early to remind […]
Quick FHE Idea for New Year’s
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let’s make 2017 the year that FHE becomes FHEasy! My goal is to support as many families as I can to make the wonderful traditions of family home evening and scripture study smooth, fun, and effective. There’s so much beauty in having your family close and happy, and there’s great peace of […]
My Christmas Gift to You
I am a singer by nature. I sing daily, sometimes so much that my family asks me to hush. Music is simply my heart’s language. So, as I thought of what to post this week, I decided I wanted to share a Christmas song that is particularly meaningful to me. It’s called “Shine for Me […]
3 Tips for FHE on Halloween
Halloween is tomorrow! My kids have been looking forward to it for months. And it’s a little crazy around here. But FHE is FHE and this year it lands on Halloween. Now, normally, I don’t correlate my FHE lessons with Halloween. I mean, I guess I could kind of connect it to the idea of […]
How to Get Confident about FHE
This is the third post in a series about common challenges with FHE: Time issues, Mood issues, and now the issue of getting to family night and not knowing what to do. NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO Wow. This is a hard one to face at family home evening time, but actually an easy one […]
FHE: Mood Issues
Is anyone in your family ever tired and grumpy right when family home evening is supposed to start? Or do you have a mix of tired adults and wired little ones? Whatever the case is at your house, one thing’s certain: everyone’s mood affects how family home evening unfolds. You can be a powerful influence […]
FHE – Can it be marvelous?
There’s so much potential with family home evening and scripture study, especially when you get skilled at planning and stress management. When you’ve planned ahead and set aside enough time that you are relaxed, and then you show up to family home evening in a positive mood, everything changes. Family time is no longer another […]