Family Home Evening: Thankful and French Onion Rolls

Tonight, Spencer did fhe for his first time. He wasn't too excited about it until he realized he got to pick who said the prayer and song.=) He did a great job! We made this turkey with what we are thankful for:

Dad: Heather (I do have a name besides mom!), Hailey, Spencer, Brooke

Mom: House and our approaching baby

Hailey: Food, Jesus, Church

Spencer: Heavenly Father, Family, House

Brooke: Owen's house (we said "friends")

It went pretty well and we talked about how to help others especially with all the blessings we have in our lives. We had sweet potato pie for dessert that Blake bought from the store. Not bad, but you know, many store bought are not as cooked as home cooked! But less dishes for me.=)

Song: Thankful Song

Thank thee for the world so sweet.

Thank thee for the food we eat.

Thank thee for the birds that sing.

Thank thee God for everything.

Quote:

1 Chronicles 23:30

And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even.

Scripture: D&C 59:7

Thou shalt thank the Lord they God in all things.

Goal:

To make sure we thank Heavenly Father for more blessings in our prayers.

Then, we watched The Grinch that Stole Christmas.

Because it's not right to post without a recipe, I have to share these bad boys! I used my regular roll recipe and put this coating on that I found at All Recipes. They just add more umph to the rolls. I did half with the coating and half without.

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

1 envelope onion soup mix

1/2 cup butter

Mix cheese and soup mix in one bowl and melted butter in another. Cover uncooked rolls in butter, then cheese mixture. Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes.

FHE #2: Love one Another

Hailey did the lesson this week. She chose the topic, "Love one another". When can we ever not learn more about love?!

We used this link from Sugardoodle. There were good examples of how you should treat people with love. Of course, there was also the give out a heart secretly activity as well. We love those around here. We ended up doing our lesson outside and it worked out great.

Song: Love one Another

Quote: Love one another as I love you

Scripture: This is my new commandment, love one another as I have loved you.

Family Goal: Do nice things for each other.

I don't remember what the treat was. Must not have been that memorable! lol Happy Family Home Evening!

Super Soft Sugar Cookies and FHE Plan!

I made this, but not without someone else providing the materials.=) It was during a Saturday activity at church and is such a great idea. It includes a song, quote, scripture and family goal for each Family Home Evening. In our family, we have Family Home Evening Monday nights and we talk about issues our family is having and Jesus and things we have done in the week. With 3 small kids, they are usually short and sweet, but it gives everyone a chance to learn something and to present a lesson. Since I made this board, we have all been a lot more involved in Family Home Evening. So, thanks Ginger! One of the most crafty people I know!

It's easy to make too. Spray a cookie sheet your color of choice. Mod Podge scrapbook paper onto sheet. Mod Podge "Quote", "Song", "Scripture", and "Family Goal" on circles onto rocks. Add magnets. Done!

Our first week, we talked about anger. We have some fiery tempers in our family and have been working on happy words and controlling feelings. I got the idea from FHE in a Snap.

Song:
"Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam"

Lesson:
Discuss anger and what it is doing in your family. Does your family have a problem with anger? What happens when you react in anger? How can we control anger?

Object lesson #1
MUST BE DONE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE FAMILY HOME EVENING.

Take a stalk of celery and put it in a glass with some red or blue food coloring. after a few days, the celery stalk will draw up the colored water and the celery will be tinted red or blue.

See how this stalk of celery took on the color of water in which it was standing? Small children are just like that stalk of celery. they take on all the characteristics of the family around them. Is you home colored with anger, yelling sarcasm, and criticism? Or is your home colored in patience, cooperation, soft tones and laughter? Children will absorb examples they receive at home. (note: this object lesson can also be used with sin, pornography, bad movies, music, ect.)

Object Lesson #2
Preparation:
Purchase a can of squeeze cheese or a travel size toothpaste

Have a member of your family squeeze some cheese out of the can. Then ask him/her to put the cheese back into the can. Of course, this is impossible. Angry, sarcastic words, derogatory names or mean comments are very easy to say. But it is difficult and maybe impossible to fix the damage done by angry words.

Treat:
Cheese and Crackers

Our family goal for the week was to go somewhere for alone time if you are feeling angry and whenever anyone was getting angry, we could talk about our lesson. It really helped the mood this week.

I remember when my mom got this sugar cookie recipe from my Aunt Jenny. They were so soft and so yummy! Exciting time for us.=)

Sugar Cookies

1 c. butter

3 eggs

2 c. sugar

¼ c. milk

1 t. baking powder

¼ t. soda

½ t. salt

1 ½ t. vanilla

4 c. flour

Roll out to about an 1/2 inch thickness.

Cook at 350 for 10 minutes.

Also, big shout out to my awesome sister in law who sent me a Demarle cookie sheet liner which really does make everything bake better! You rock, Kellie!