Family Night!

Family Home Evening- a time set aside

Song: Mom- Once there was a Snowman

Prayer: Jack
Scripture: Tucker- James 1:5
Business: upcoming things this week-talked about our word of the month "be SMART"
Lesson: Luke- we watched this about prayer
Activity: Dad-SNOWMAN
Treat: Savanna-caramel corn

Our two faced snowman
Decorating the front and back so we can see it from the house, and people can see it from the street!

(I should have used a tripod- but I posted them anyway- what if the snowman is gone in the morning- I would have felt bad had we missed it!)

Family Word for the year 2009

We have picked out a family word for the year.

Finish.

It means different things to each family member. For some of the kids, it means- follow through. Getting something out, and putting it away afterward. For me and Jay it means completing projects already started. It also means sticking it out. To the end. Somethings it will take days, weeks months to finish. Other things it might be minutes, or hours. It means giving our all to the end of a task. Or a goal. Something I was so struck with during the Olympics was how much the finish meant. Not giving up even in the slightest at the end. Not stopping until the race was finished. Completely over. When Michael Phelps slapped the wall at the end of each race- he did not just reach out for the end of his fingers to touch the wall- he was finishing with intent!

Last night we talked about an article with the title- Finishers Wanted.

There are 6 marks of a finisher-
1. The Mark of Vision
2. The Mark of Effort
3. The Mark of Faith
4. The Mark of Virtue
5. The Mark of Courage
6. The Mark of Prayer
"These, the marks of a true finisher, will be as a lamp to our feet in the journey through life. Ever beckoning us onward and lifting us upward is he who pleaded, “Come, follow me.” (Luke 18:22.)"

We will continue to talk about our word Finish over this next year. We will talk about the marks of a finisher. And believe me, this is as much for me as the rest of my family!