FHE

Aaron and I are TERRIBLE at doing FHE.

Family Home Evening, it’s one night a week in the LDS church that we devote to worship and enjoying time as a family. It usually includes a spiritual thought and maybe a game or a treat. All families do it differently.

There is just something about doing it with only two people that can seem weird sometimes, and we end up just doing something together and call it good.

And even more awkward is trying to sing (some families start the meeting with a hymn). Last week Aaron asked me to give the tune and I took 5 embarrassing minutes to even get us started (Aaron has a beautiful voice so I made him do it this week).

Even though it can be awkward to get started, I have found that some of the most spiritual moments in our home have been during FHE. Even though we haven’t prepared much, there seems to be something so special about singing, praying and then having a quick discussion about the gospel that brings a sweet spirit in your home.

And I guess it should be thoroughly enjoyed now because in no time we will have children with very short attention spans and maybe even more little desire to participate.

If there are any other couples out there struggling with doing FHE just the two of you I have found that this manual gives great ideas to discuss and work on in your home during the spiritual thought aspect of the lesson.