Family Home Evening

NEW YORK, New York BUCKET LIST
For “Family Home Evening”, we made a NYC bucket-list. And, with two weeks left in the city, and Aunt Amelia with us for the duration, we set to work! ROCKAWAY BEACH is a long bus ride from home, but body-boarding on the waves made it worth the trek. Though visiting this beach was not a …

FAMILY LIVING, Pull Ups
Bry decided that, though our children are good at short term goals, they have not been invited frequently enough to set “long” term goals. So, for Family Home Evening last week, he asked each child to set a difficult 4-month goal for themselves. We were hoping they would set some unique, out-of-their-comfort-zone goals. Maybe running …

FAMILY LIVING, Walking With a Dreamer
We dream big. Is it better to dream big, and then do big while the children are young and pliable, OR when they are older and more likely to remember the experience? This is not a moral dilemma. Probably just a preference. I suppose we all do a little of both. E had a half-day today, so …

FAMILY LIVING, First Aid
Every Sunday night, Bryant, the children, and I meet up around the kitchen table. And for what purpose? “Family Home Evening”. We align our schedules. We pass off whatever poem, quote, or scripture the children were memorizing that week. We give the children what moneys they had earned from doing their chores, and perpetuate a …