FHE

Family Home Evening: An evening my church suggests we set aside to spend as a family. My mom was always very organized when it came to FHE. We would have a lesson, song, game and a treat. I will admit it, we struggle to even reserve an evening for it. But THIS evening we did it. We took the kids out to eat (which starts well but ends very loud with a lot of people looking at us). After we managed to escape the restaurant without anyone getting hurt, we headed up to a canyon near the city for a sunset walk. It was beautiful. I imagined we could stop at a picnic table and have some family talking time. But alas, Kayla ended up having to use nature's bathroom, the babies chewed on sticks and ingested half of the stick a long with dirt and when that was done they started screaming. I rode double on the scooter with Kayla down the canyon and ended it with having to tell Kayla no about something. She became completely offended and had one of those melt downs that I used to tell myself MY children would NEVER have when they are five years old. Ppfff..whatever. Word to the wise: if you ever find yourself saying "my kids are not going to..." you should stop, because that thought is an automatic jinx.
I would say the evening was 90% successful. It has become increasingly more difficult to get out together as a family because the boys call the shots. They are so good natured but when they get tired, they cry. And cry. Inconsolable. Therefore, we shoot for places that have easy escape routes or the vast outdoors where it won't bother anyone. I figure as long as we are making memories...we are doing okay.