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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
Do you really have to do FHE on the 4th?
Happy Fourth of July! A big holiday like this begs the question: If our regular FHE time falls on a big family holiday, do we really have to do all the holiday things AND family home evening, too? I love this question because it invites some other thought-provoking questions. Have you set up your family […]