FHE

I loved Elder Bednar's talk last conference about being "More Diligent and Concerned at Home." He talked about being consistent with family prayer, scripture study, and family home evening. He said that in his family, they would often read scriptures amid outbursts like, "He's touching me!" or "Make him stop looking at me." I had to laugh! It made me feel a lot better to know that I'm not the only one wondering if my children get anything from all the effort I'm putting forth to try to create righteous habits. Well, last week we had an FHE lesson on showing love, and by George, I think they got it!!! The next morning as I was changing the sheets on Holly's bed, she came in and started helping me. She then looked at me and said, "mom, I'm showing you love." Then Alyssa stood up on her bed, spread her arms as far as she could and said, "mom, I love you this much, and I love everyone in the world this much too!" It was adorable. A few days later I purchased some new swimsuits and showed them to the girls. One was pink and one was yellow. I let the girls choose which one they wanted. Alyssa instantly said, "I'll let Holly pick which one she wants." Then she looked at me and said, "Mommy, I'm being kind." My heart melted. They are such sweet little angels...most of the time, and they actually got something out of FHE. I'm on cloud 9!