Wow! Wasn’t general conference amazing? In the last talk of conference, Elder Cook said: If there is one preeminent objective of general conference, it is to build faith in God the Father and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. The talks that I heard definitely helped me feel closer to Heavenly Father, the Savior, and […]
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The ROI of FHE
This month I’ve been sharing the basics of a process of thinking and communicating called Nonviolent Communication (NVC) also known as Compassionate Communication. Today I want to talk about how family home evening and family scripture study are strategies that are intended to meet a variety of human needs. In NVC, people think in terms […]
Hoping to Lose Weight Next Year?
I sure hope you had a wonderful Christmas yesterday! It’s natural after Christmas to start thinking of the past year and the coming year. For many people, they’re already planning their health goals and strategies, and for that reason, I want to introduce you to my wonderful health coach, Sarah Klein. I met Sarah after […]
Favorite Thanksgiving Quotes
Below are seven of my favorite gratitude quotes for Thanksgiving week that are not Church related. Favorite Church-related thanksgiving quotes and scriptures are in FHEasy in the “Gratitude”, “Saint Patrick’s Day”, and “Thanksgiving” lessons. You can read one per day with your family along with your FHEasy scriptures for the day … or print them […]
Make Thanksgiving Shine
Living with an attitude of gratitude is encouraged by many leaders in the spiritual and personal success realms. In honor of Thanksgiving next week, I’ll share some favorite quotes on living with thanksgiving, but today I want to point out that Thanksgiving is couched between two of kids’ favorite holidays: Halloween and Christmas. How can […]
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 […]
FHEasy’s in the Warehouse!
Hi, there! Just a quick post to share that FHEasy is now at Cedar Fort’s warehouse. Also, someone told me that the books they pre-ordered arrived today even though official publication isn’t till November 8th. So, please sign up for the free lesson on this website if you haven’t already and check out the format. […]
Sunday-Sundae Object Lesson
Today I want to share with you a fun object lesson that I use in FHEasy in the “Sabbath Day Observance” lesson: making a yummy sundae (BTW – This activity was adapted from Richard R. Eubank’s book Is There an Object to Your Lesson?, page 66.) Set out a couple flavors of ice cream and […]
Consistency Counts!
As all parents know, real life happens. And it happened to us last week. My youngest daughter had a fever, my middle daughter felt sick to her stomach, my husband was outside trying to get a bunch of work done, we were a little late with dinner … and it was family home evening! It […]
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 […]