Rian was devastated last Sunday night when we told the kids to get ready for bed. This isn't unusual for her, but her reason actually gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling. She was upset because this would have been the second week in a row that we'd skipped Family Home Evening. So I gave a quick lesson on the importance of prayer and left the activity up to Dave...this is where things got a little out of hand.
Our activity included 2 newly invented Cameron family games...the first of which consisted of Dave rolling across the room as fast as possible while the kids jumped over him. The problem came when they started laughing so hard that they couldn't jump in time, or high enough to clear him! At the point that they got too exhausted to jump anymore and he was just bulldozing them, they decided to try game #2...Dave does a push up while the kids stand on his back. I'm a little bit surprised, and a lot grateful, that this FHE didn't conclude in the emergency room.
I'm especially grateful for my kids. Rian will absolutely not let us skip a week of FHE. Tonight, and most nights, she jumps at the chance to give the lesson. She takes the initiative to put a sweet thought together all on her own. Tonight she talked about the Iron Rod and even had a little "Pin the Fruit on the Tree" game where she led us each, with our eyes closed, along a makeshift rod. Dakota loves to do the activity. She always puts so much effort into it, and it always comes with a sweet little spiritaul thought. Jack enjoys leading us in his favorite song, "Follow the Prophet", or "Fall on the groffit" if you really listen to him! He sings the song as he walks around in a circle. One by one we are to join in, walking around and singing the song together.
