Family Home Evening

I thought I'd comment on our Family Home Evenings. Every Monday night we gather for an EVENING (not just for a lesson) of family time. I know everyone out there does it different. Here's what works for us. We've done this for a couple of years...

Song

Prayer

Talent

Bearing of Testimonies: Every week-Alex and I ALWAYS bear our testimonies and usually 3 out of the 4 kids will bear theirs.

Scripture share

Article of Faiths: Rotate monthly and then start again. We repeat and work on memorizing.

Character: We read a page out of either the book Uncommon Courtesy or 21 Rules of this House. We've gone through each book several times. Available from ldsfr.com.

Morals: Read a topic from For the Strength of Youth. We go through in order and then start over.

Proclamation: We read 1 paragraph or a portion of one from The Family: A Proclamation to the World. We repeat and work on memorizing.

Lesson: We usually base them off of a conference talk, a stake conference talk or something the Bishop wants us to be focusing on. We regularly have role plays with each lesson. At least whenever Alex is overseeing the lesson. (We rotate but when Olivia or Luke have the lesson he is assigned to help them. I help Jared and Caleb on their turn).
Activity: This ends up being anything and everything you can imagine. Last night it was star gazing. Lots of wrestling, pool playing, and family trampoline jumping.
Treats: Wish I could say they are always healthy. They aren't though.

There you have it. The life and times of the Sutter family on Monday night.