FHE 1/05/09 and 1/12/09

1/05/09 Uncle Richard and Aunt Jessica came and spent the night with us. They were traveling from Oregon to school and we were glad they came to visit despite their long travels and all the responsibilities they had to complete before school started. For FHE we established our theme for the year, put together a FHE responsibility chart, and played with glow sticks in the dark (one of our favorite activities)! 2009 Theme: Charity Scripture: Moroni 7:45 January- Charity Suffereth Long Article of Faith #1 1/12/09 Conducting: Dad Opening Song: #252 Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel/Chorister: Anne Opening Prayer: Mom Article of Faith: Grace Scripture: Charity Sufferth Long Moroni 7:45 Lesson: We summarized the book Berenstain Bear's and the Trouble with Chores. We enjoy reading the book as a family and it made it easy for everyone to realize what happens to mom when she is responsible for doing all the chores in the house. It also teaches us how we feel when no one does any cleaning. It is necessary for everyone to do a little bit so we can all play and have a good time together. Everyone chose a chore they wanted to be responsible for every day. We printed a chore list so we can remember our responsibilities, and we promised to help one another with our daily tasks so we can have a happy home. Grace is willing to help a lot more simply because she chose for herself what she was going to do, and Anne is pleased (almost to the point of being smug) because she is able to help and do things like big people! I'm optimistic about this endeavor! Testimony: Anne Closing Song: #252 Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel/Chorister: Anne Closing Prayer: Dad Activity: Grace-We played catch with glow sticks in the dark!