Our FHE and A little Pick Me-Upper

Our family has our FHE last night...that's Family Home Evening, for those of you who don't know what that is, something the LDS families are recommended to do every week on a Monday night {can be any other night if Monday night is not a good night, as long as it's one night set aside for the family}. Usually, I am a little organized on our FHE, everyone has an assignment but when I didn't plan, assignments are neglected and I either pull something out my magic bag, {lessons I have ahead of time, either from a class like Primary or Young Woman I know the kids weren't in attendance for or I assigned one of the older kids to do it}. Kids and I almost always make sure that the hubby doesn't do a spur of the moment lesson cuz he usually drag it out for a whole hour and then before you know it, we're all grunting our teeth and counting down the seconds on the clock for FHE to be over with.

Anyways, last night was such a night. I've been totally slagging on my FHE preparation because we did not have anything assigned and I was kinda hoping we'll just skip it altogether and try for another night but that wasn't in my hubby's plan. He sauntered in the house with a lesson all printed up in his hand and declared we do our FHE. Two of our kids were missing, at a school function, that's why I was hoping we'll forgo FHE last night but like I said, nothing is detering my hubby from getting our FHE. I was so dreading the long drawn out lesson but as it turned out, he was actually precise and finished in the alotted time permitted him for his lesson.

So I appointed myself the treat person. But instead of waiting til the end of FHE to pass out the treat...this time I decided to tie it in with my hub's lesson. Because he had such a great lesson, I suggested that at the end of his lesson, he would ask the kids question to test them and I'll give them candy whenever they answer the question right. It was really fun to see what my kids would do for candies. Even Kaitlin was raising her hands to answer questions. Like I said, with this non preparation on my part, there was no planned treat, usually I have something made or my daughter made or we got at the store. Luckily I had some chocolate candy on hand so that was great save for me cuz the kids weren't complaining at all...they were only too happy to be participating in something and getting something in their mouths..lol. It was great turn-out, everyone concerned was happy and it was a successful and fun night for all.

Anyways...our candy treat turned out to be a lot more insightful than I thought, who'd have thought. Here's a little something we got from the candy wraps I thought I'd share with y'all. Enjoy!!

• Patience is a virtue.
• Life is about making memories.
• Believe the best in yourself.
• Forget the pothholes in the road and celebrate the journey instead!
• Smile when you want to, cry when you need to, laugh whenever possible!
• Count your blessings and not your worries.
• Kick a bad habit for today.
• Remind yourself that it's ok no to be perfect.

♥ to all and God bless!