Just because you try doesn’t mean you’ll always succeed. Let me take for example our FHE last night.
At the beginning of the year we chose a scripture we’d focus on as a family and memorize. This year we chose Moroni 7:5.  “For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know them; for if their works be good, then they are good also.” Of course the kids already know it verbatim, but we apparently will be spending the rest of the year learning what exactly it means. Let me elaborate-

Matt gave a lesson from the Friend “Cease From Anger” (pg 28 if you’re interested). There was a quiz included, which we modified enough to make it more relevant, and with flying colors my kids aced it. Matt challenged them to be more honest and not give the right answer but the answer which more accurately describes how they would handle the given situation. Oops, suddenly the scores dropped exponentially. Sigh. Meanwhile Ellie who is now bored and clearly not listening anymore to this very applicable lesson is yelling at McKenna for touching her toys. Is it wrong to find comfort in the fact that at least they know what they should be doing even it they don’t do it?

Anyway, our lesson ends and we move on to the part of FHE that is the reason the agree to join us Monday nights. Activity and treats. You’d think if we made it this far it would be smooth sailing from here. Typically I’d say yes, especially since we just had a lesson about patience and how we should treat others, particularly sisters. But it was not to be tonight. It was Kyla’s week for the activity so she chose a game which incidentally did not go according to McKenna’s plan, so instead of putting the lesson into action (which should’ve still been fresh in her head seeing that only 2 minutes had passed), she hits Kyla over the head with a pillow. Hum? Not seeing the blow coming her way she was not prepared and Kyla’s mouth bangs into her knee. The results are blood, a missing tooth, tears of pain and tears of guilt. Lovely, just lovely. Actually, it was quite comical and Matt and I were having a hard time keeping a straight face and trying to pinpoint where it was exactly that this night had gone so wrong. Can you guess what next week’s lesson will be focusing on, again?  Like I said, just because you try doesn’t always mean you’ll succeed.  Thank goodness for chocolate. It has a way of smoothing things over nicely!

I’m sure she was somehow guilty too but this li’l rascal walked away sittin’ pretty last night.

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