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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FHE Quote: “That Our Children May Know”
“How do we lead our children to deep conversion and to access our Savior’s Atonement?” Linda Reeves posed this question in a wonderful general conference talk in April 2014. I found her entire talk very interesting, but I wanted to share a couple of parts I find especially relevant to family home evening and scripture […]
FHEasy Recipe: Slow Cooker Roast
Okay. This is definitely one of my top five recipes for quick, easy meals. And tonight I thought of a way to make it even quicker! So, here you go. Tina’s Slow Cooker Roast Ingredients: Frozen beef roast, with any and all ice crystals rinsed off. Any size that will fit in your slow cooker […]
Free FHEasy Lesson for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is just around the corner and that means a variety of things for people. For FHEasy followers, it means a free lesson this week! Happy Father’s Day! Here’s my Father’s Day post from last year that has my husband’s favorite homemade ice cream recipe as well as an explanation of why we focus […]
I Used to Hate Mother’s Day … Until This
I hope some mothers love Mother’s Day, but I know an awful lot of us hate it. In my case, I didn’t mind it till after I got married and wanted kids but didn’t have any, I wasn’t pregnant, and the people handing out Mother’s Day gifts at church pointedly passed me … three years […]
Nuts and Bolts: How FHE Actually Runs in...
So, I wrote the book, right? FHEasy is a pretty bold title for someone who came from a family where many family home evenings were unsuccessful. But, it’s true. Family home evening is easy for us. It’s not stressful for me anymore, ever. So here’s how it usually works. While everyone is eating breakfast on Sunday morning, […]
Happy Father’s Day! Free FHE Lesson and
Even though Father’s Day is next week, our family decided to celebrate Father’s Day all week this week by doing our FHEasy lesson on Father’s Day tonight and reading our daily scriptures about fathers this week. Then we’ll have a big family party for my husband, including presents and homemade ice cream, on the actual […]