Family Home Evening Log

Conducting: Mommy

Trick by Lizzy

Opening Song: Let the Holy Spirit Guide

Opening Prayer: Mommy

Lesson: Daddy told the story of Perseus, who had a difficult quest. To help him on his quest, the gods gave him three magical gifts: a helmet, a shield, and a sword. Our lives are like quests also: we have a glorious goal (eternal life) and we will have to overcome many challenges and difficulties to get there. To help us on our quest, Heavenly Father has given us a gift better than Perseus' magical weapons. When we are baptized, we receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost (2 Ne. 31:12), to guide us, protect us, teach us, comfort us, and help us complete our quest and return home to Heavenly Father. Lizzy pointed out that our opening song lists a lot of things the Holy Ghost will do to help us in our lives:

1. Let the Holy Spirit guide;
Let him teach us what is true.
He will testify of Christ,
Light our minds with heaven’s view.

2. Let the Holy Spirit guard;
Let his whisper govern choice.
He will lead us safely home
If we listen to his voice.

3. Let the Spirit heal our hearts
Thru his quiet, gentle pow’r.
May we purify our lives
To receive him hour by hour.

Family Prayer: Lizzy

Refreshments: Ice cream (strawberry, vanilla, cookie dough, or cherry bo berry)

Game: Wacky Words (a mad-lib sort of game). Here's the story we created. The words/phrases in a different color are the words we came up with to fill in the blanks. The initial of the person who thought of with each word or phrase is in brackets after the word or phrase. Lizzy and Mommy tied with 6 points each (two points per blank); Daddy had 4 points.

My Book Report

I read Musical Magical Mushrooms [L] by Penelope P. Peters.
It's a funny story about munchkins making music [M].
My favorite character was the furry Barney the Dinosaur [L].
I laughed out loud when he ate the Empire State Building [D]!
I was surprised when the dog-like [L] man
lost his snakeskin slippers [D]!
I thought the book was lovely as linguini [M].
Any kid who likes shiitakes, slippers, or silly songs [M] should read it.