Sweet Family Home Evening

We had a very good Family Home Evening tonight. I was not expecting anything much at all. We had swim team practice and daddy's out of town, everyone was cold and tired so I was thinking FHE treat and Mormon Messages. However Maddison really wanted to have a testimony meeting. JD wanted to watch Meet the Mormons so we compromised with Maddie's testimony and the movie while we at the treat.

Maddie began telling about how even though things don't always go the way you want Jesus still cares about you. I then asked her to tell the story about when she had a bad dream. So she told us that one night she kept waking up over and over because of a bad dream but that Jesus helped her get through the night. She had told me this story a few days ago. It was sweet to hear her testimony growing.

I have a gardenia bush outside my house and it is in full bloom. It is so fun!! I always think of my grandmother when I see them as they are her favorite flower.

Samantha then shared a story about how she was sick the day of her best friend's birthday party but that as she looks back on it now they are better friends then they have ever been and this must have been Heavenly Father's doing.

John Derek then wanted me to relate the story about him getting RSV as a baby. He was very sick and received several blessings. My parents were on a mission in Jordan and told their branch who all prayed for him.

I felt the Spirit and just soaked it in. Even Michael playing trucks and Elizabeth eating her dinner in the back ground didn't deter the Spirit. It was a great Family Home Evening.

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