My mom and dad have a tradition of doing the 12 days of Christmas every year for all of their kids and grandkids. They have a theme and all of the gift they give tie into the theme. This year, we unwrapped our theme of "REMEMBER". Choose To Remember. Elder Spencer W. Kimball taught; "When you look in the dictionary for the most important word, do you know what it is? It could be "Remember". Because all of us have made covenants... our greatest need is to remember. What is why everyone goes to sacrament meeting every Sabbath day- to take the sacrament and listen to the priests pray that we .... may always remember him and keep His commandments which he has given us... Remember is the word.". We were asked to read Helaman 5:9 and Mosiah 3:17 and asked what must we remember and why is it important to remember?
In out first gift, we were given a family night in a box. There was a new game, that the kids loved and a muffin mix. In our family home evening lesson, we were asked to come up with a family motto, and make a flag (similar to Captain Moroni's). Our family came up with the theme of Helaman 5:12. The Kendall Family Motto is Build Our Testimony's strong as rocks! The kids came up with it and decorated the family flag. We have it hanging on the wall in our living room. We talked about why we need strong testimony's and what happens when our testimony's are not built on a sure foundation. We discussed the importance of bearing our testimony's often, and how when we bear our testimony to others, that is one way that we are helping our testimony's become stronger. The kids had a great time. They enjoyed the lesson, the activity, the game and the yummy chocolate chip muffins. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!!
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