FHE

Monday's tend to be a little crazy for us these days, since Val began a new master's class that takes him straight from work to school. So, although we would love to still have our Family Home Evenings on Monday's, for the next couple of weeks we either be doing it on Sunday or Tuesday evenings, depending on what is going on. Well, Val got home from class on Monday night and it was the kid's bed time, but Aleece insisted that we needed to have Family Home Evening, and that she had the lesson prepared. How can you turn that kind of offer down? So we let her teach us and I was astonished! She began with the Articles of Faith and quoted from memory, 10 of the 13! I was sure on the last line of the tenth article of faith that she would be stumped by the word "paradisiacal" but she said it perfectly! We only had to give her a few prompts to help her remember and I seriously couldn't believe how well she did! Then she talked to us about the importance of returning to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. She showed us a coin and said, "this is not what is important", then she showed us a picture of our Savior, "this is what is the most important thing, returning to Heavenly Father and Jesus." She told us the story of our Savior's ultimate sacrifice, the atonement, and even had pictures to go along with it. The primary program in our church is amazing! We are so proud that she is learning gospel principles and that she has such unwavering faith! She is growing up so fast and I love watching her grow and evolve into a beautiful little girl! We love her so much!