FHE---Does it work?

Do you ever give a Family Home Evening lesson, only to wonder if

your rambunctious, crazy kids even listen?

That happens regularly at our house.

Our girls are both talkers and its hard to get them to pay attention during FHE.

Last night, our lesson was Love at Home.

We talked to the kids about how we should be nice to each other,

share, use kind words, etc.

All the while, there were children singing, giggling, rolling on the floor.

Later that night, we were driving the kids home from an errand.

The girls were arguing in the back seat.

Suddenly, Cloe pipes up.....

"Andraia, remember our lesson!  We're supposed to love each other and share!"

It didn't stop the fight.

Neither of them was going to give in..

But Chloe remembered enough to use it to her advantage.

As my brother, Mike, says...

"That Chloe is devious!"

Our Moab Weekend

We spent our last three day weekend in Moab.

Mike, Shannon and Oliver were very wonderful tour guides.

We were able to visit Dead Horse Point State Park

and Canyonlands National Park.

They are gorgeous!

And we LOVED seeing all of the red rocks with snow.

The kids turned out to be real mountain goats.  

In Canyonlands, we climbed Whale Rock.  The previous

pictures are views from the top.

There was a section of the 'trail' that was pretty close

to vertical.  We had to climb up on our hands and knees

and slide down on our rear-ends.

The girls were a bit scared. 

Brayden loves heights, so he giggled the whole time!!

We even had a birthday party for Oliver.

He really enjoyed his ice cream!

We had the BEST time!

Our three days certainly wasn't long enough.