So it was family home evening tonight and James decided to take the kids on a boat ride through the afterlife. Can everyone say Egyptology? Odd, I know, but they're kids o.k. We do whatever works to keep their attention. The boat is in the jetted tub. It's big. It fits the family, so it works for a hypothetical "boat". While James is explaining the rules, such as, no turning on the water or touching the faucet he says that if anyone breaks the rules they will go straight to bed. Then Eliza pipes up in her chipmunk voice and states matter of factually, "Bed is Hell." We all laugh. Then to top it off, Drew chimes in, "I don't wanna go to Hell!" While in the boat we are having the lesson. Salem raises her hand and asks. "But how do we get to Jesus' house, like up to his door?" So cute. We explain to her that Jesus will show us the way to His house. If we believe He is our Savior and follow His commandments on earth then He will show us the way to His house. Gotta love it. One of my favorite things about being a parent is just the funny things my kids say. Happy Family Night everyone!
This video is of our "travels".
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Since Shelby didn't explain why the bathroom, I think I will. Simply because the bathroom has a dimmer switch and no windows (so it can get really dark). Yep. We took the kids on a magical boat ride to the afterlife first to outer darkness where they couldn't see anything and we explained what the scriptures say about it. Then we traveled up to the telestial, then terrestrial, and finally the celestial kingdom each time increasing the light in the room and then explaining what the scriptures said about each kingdom of glory. I thought it was fun... so did the kids.
You are so clever. Who else would think of such a simple thing to make it so fun as well as meaningful. You are great!
You guys need to make a list of your amazing Family Home Evening ideas for the rest of us not as creative people can teach the gospel in as fun and engagingly as you guys do! We are so happy that we can say WE KNOW YOU! :) Miss you guys!
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