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 […]
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FHE: A Blessing or a Curse?
Let’s get really honest. Family home evening can be really frustrating, stressful, and disconnecting. The exact opposite of what it’s meant to be! I find over and over again that families aren’t enjoying family home evening as much as they would like, and it can feel very discouraging. I also find that the issues that […]
Free FHEasy Lesson: Seminary and Doctrin...
FHEasy LESSON ON SEMINARY! For many seminary students, it’s that time again. Time for school and seminary. In honor of this, I’ve made a special FHEasy lesson that focuses on seminary and includes the seven DOCTRINAL MASTERY scriptures not used in my book FHEasy (see below for a note about one of these scriptures). In […]
Helping Kids Get Enough Sleep
Last week, I shared a simple experiment that I used to learn how much sleep I need. Getting enough sleep dramatically improves my connection with my family and the quality of our family home evenings and scripture study. This week, I’m sharing how I’ve helped my kids learn how much sleep they need in a […]
FHEasier with Sleep
My kids go back to school this week and it’s time to adjust our schedule. I don’t know about you, but getting my kids enough sleep is a huge priority for me. If they don’t get enough sleep, they are usually really grumpy and then everyone’s stressed and the kids are often late for school. […]
FHEasy Recipes: Pumped Up Mac ‘n Cheese
Like most moms I know, I’m always interested in gathering fast recipes and I occasionally I ask my friends what they like to make when time is especially tight or when they’d rather spend time somewhere besides the kitchen. One day I asked my friend Sarah what she makes, and she laughed and said, “Macaroni […]
When FHE Seems Doomed
THE TALE OF A DOOMED FHE Recently, it was time for family home evening and I was really looking forward to it. My husband wouldn’t be coming back from work before the kids needed to go to bed, so I was flying solo. We got started okay and had a little lesson during dinner, but […]
Keep the Commandments and Prosper?
When I was a kid I truly believed that if I did everything “right” that I would be happy and when I got married, I’d be happily married with a bunch of happy kids because we all did everything “right”. You know, “Keep the commandments and you’ll prosper in the land.” WOW! WAS I IN […]
FHEasy Recipe: Lemon Fettuccine
I love this recipe. It so creamy, yet there’s no cream, which is good for me since I’m one of those people that doesn’t do so well with dairy products. That is sometimes a real bummer, but with recipes like this one, the issue becomes a non-issue. I made this recently and it took me […]
FHEasy: 3×2 Ideas for the 24th of July
Pioneer Day is this week and there are some really neat things to talk about. LDS people have been given a legacy of faith from the pioneers and I am so grateful we have a day to remember them. I’m including three short videos that have leaders talking about pioneer day with some images in […]