Family Home Evening-Celebrating our Liberty

I think people who do family night get into their own routine's, but if you are wanting something new to try to energize the evening feel free try out some of our idea's. This is a bit long, but I want you to know what we do, in the future I won't use as much detail. Keep me posted on what you have done or do for FHE, I always need new/more idea's.

Here is our FHE outline for tonight:

Song: Family Night, The Family(We always sing these two songs A Capella to start our family night. We let Rose run around the couch as a way to help get a bit of energy out while we sing)  
    "Family Night"Childrens Song Book pg. 195- http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=195&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=195&searchsubseqend=ZZZ

     "The Family" Childrens Song Book pg. 194- http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=194&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=194&searchsubseqend=ZZZ

 Prayer-Dad

Our Family Mission Statement: Brian and I wrote our own Family mission Statement for FHE when we were first married and worked on Memorizing it. We recite it every family night and is a good reminder of what our family means to each other and how we are going to support each other. I will put it at the bottom of this post in case you are wondering what we wrote.

Song:Rosie-Article of faith 3 (we have been working  learning the Article's of Faith the last few months. Rose knows the first 2 so we are working on the 3rd.) You can choose a song that goes along with the FHE theme if you would like. 

http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=123&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=123&searchsubseqend=ZZZ

Lesson: Mommy

We are going to be watching "The Title of Liberty" short video, and then talk about our freedoms. Since Rosie is still young I'm sure it will be a very short discussion.  I am wanting to start teaching Rose The Pledge of Allegiance and figured this would be a great time to do it.

         Title of Liberty video: http://www.lds.org/friend/online-activities/videos/scripture-stories/book-of-mormon?lang=eng#32-captain-moroni-and-the-title-of-liberty

        The Pledge of Allegiance: http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_pledge_print.html

Closing Prayer:Rosie

Activity: We are going to color these flags, and then go swimming...its HOT out! Time to cool off! :)

         http://www.united-states-flag.com/american-flag-coloring-book.html

"Our Family Mission is:

To Love each other,

To understand and have Patience with each other,

To strengthen and support each other at all times.

To have faith and be Obedient,

To seek Knowledge and virtue and to have Christ like Charity.

We Are Together Forever!" 

"We Are Together Forever" is our family motto. Every night at bed time after we have family prayer with Rose we each put our hands together and chant it-like in a baseball huddle. Rosie loves it and we don't want her to forget that she is ours forever:)