On Sunday we went over to the Flaherty's for our traditonal "every-other-Sunday" dinner and afterwards Grandma Terri had a little Family Home Evening (FHE) lesson planned. She had a picture of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus and talked about Grady's recent baptism. She asked the kids to tell her things that helped them to make good choices. Grandma Terri also explained how important families were and that her and Grandpa are the "trunk" of our family. She then taped a tree trunk to poster paper and then a kid from each family got to add their family's branch to the trunk. With all the added branches we had a full tree. Then all the little kids went outside for a suprise present from Grandma and Grandpa. Lucky us, we each got to take home our very own "tree" to plant.
So, on Monday night for our own FHE Brett, the kids and I headed to Home Depot to find a pot for our new plant (and a new faucet because ours had caused a major leak in the kitchen...fun times!) After finding our stuff and checking out we headed to our truck when my completely observant and kind husband saw two ladies trying to shove a huge piece of plywood into their mini SUV...with no success. After talking to the ladies about their dilemma Brett asked the kids if they would like to give some service. He got an enthusiastic "Ya!!" too which he then asked them "Do you know what service means?" With no answer, he then explained that service is when we help other people and we always try to help others. We were then able to load up their wood in our truck and follow them to their house. After we got home the kids helped Brett plant our tree. One of my favorite books growing up was the "The Giving Tree" which was given to me by my Grandma Beverly and now my kids love that story too. Although the book teaches a great lesson about love and service, there is nothing more important than taking those lessons and putting them to action. I'm grateful to Bob and Terri for being such great examples of that philosophy and instilling it in Brett and now to my kids. We love our cute, little plant that now helps remind us to always give and help other people.
So, on Monday night for our own FHE Brett, the kids and I headed to Home Depot to find a pot for our new plant (and a new faucet because ours had caused a major leak in the kitchen...fun times!) After finding our stuff and checking out we headed to our truck when my completely observant and kind husband saw two ladies trying to shove a huge piece of plywood into their mini SUV...with no success. After talking to the ladies about their dilemma Brett asked the kids if they would like to give some service. He got an enthusiastic "Ya!!" too which he then asked them "Do you know what service means?" With no answer, he then explained that service is when we help other people and we always try to help others. We were then able to load up their wood in our truck and follow them to their house. After we got home the kids helped Brett plant our tree. One of my favorite books growing up was the "The Giving Tree" which was given to me by my Grandma Beverly and now my kids love that story too. Although the book teaches a great lesson about love and service, there is nothing more important than taking those lessons and putting them to action. I'm grateful to Bob and Terri for being such great examples of that philosophy and instilling it in Brett and now to my kids. We love our cute, little plant that now helps remind us to always give and help other people.
2 comments:
What a cute fhe idea!! Thanks for sharing!
Such a cute story!
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