Sunday Scripture Chase

We tried something new tonight.  Everyone chose a scripture and in turn read it for the family then gave the reference and we all raced to find it. 

We marked them in our pages as the person explained why they chose that verse.

I was pretty impressed by the kids' insight and testimony.   We'll have to do this again!

This was the scripture I chose tonight.  When I marked a scripture given by someone else, I wrote their name next to it.  :)

Sunday Summary

I don't have much to report today.  It's been a quiet Sunday that started with a 14-state regional broadcast from Salt Lake City.  We had Stake Conference last week that was also broadcast due to a new stake being formed. So the kids are really looking forward to a return of familiar routine next week and not having to sit in the chapel for over 2 hours.

We've started to adjust to our new Sunday schedule, now that we have meetings in the morning (and not at 1 PM).  This includes "quiet time" which the kids are really not fond of, but the parents demand.  They have to be quiet for a determined amount of time, while we take a little nap.  Then we have the whole afternoon and evening to spend together as a family.

Can you hear the angelic choir soundtrack to that?  Yeah. Me neither.

We did take a walk this afternoon.  It was a little chilly because of a couple of big storms that rolled through this weekend.  But hey, it is January, after all!  The walk was preceded by chasing one of our dogs that escaped from Sarah as we gathered outside.  One day that dog is going to be hit by a car and all the kids will need therapy!

We have rediscovered our large collection of board and card games now that we have more time together.  The current game being played is the one where all the games come out of the cupboard and the bowl of left out pieces get returned to the appropriate boxes.

But overall, the biggest activity of Sunday is trying to keep a reverent feeling in the house so that the day feels different and is set apart from the rest of the week.  Certain activities are set aside in favor of others that will strengthen our family and commitment to God.  I feel like we are achieving this VERY SLOWLY.

Sunday, 25 September 2011

A beautiful fall morning with a bit of significance in Daniel's life. It was Daniel's last Primary Program and I wanted to freeze him in time. I had them all line up on the sidewalk. (Well, almost all of them.)
Hmm...too shady. Everyone back up into the sunshine. There, now they are blind. It will be a perfect picture. ;) And we get to include Joseph. (Sarah sees a dog.)

Joseph is really dedicated to tantrums lately (like the past 3 years) and this morning was no exception. Oh well, document it, too!

What a great looking bunch of kids!

Sunday Morning

You know it's Sunday morning when you hear this:

"Joseph went potty on the counter."

I'm glad the tomatoes were still in the bag! The recipe I'd printed couldn't be saved.

This tops the Sunday morning from last month when the older boys were using gel in their hair and Joseph decided that hand soap was just as good...in the last 10 minutes of rushing everyone out the door!