Not on a SUNDAE

For Family Home Evening I told the kids that we were going to make ice-cream Sundaes.
Then I asked if they liked chicken, (yes) but would it be could on a sundae (no)?
Do you like pickles?  (yes),But would it be good on a Sundae? (no)
Do you like chocolate? (yes)  Would it be good on a Sundae? (yes)

We built our ice-cream Sunday and then I told them how there are a lot of good things we do during the week, but they aren’t good for Sundays (swimming, shopping, etc.) And we talked about keeping the Sabbath day Holy.

I thought the lesson went really well until the end of the lesson, Matt said, “Why can’t we eat chicken and pickles on Sunday?”  ha ha  Apparently he’s never had a SunDAE before, and he thought I was talking about SunDAY the whole time!

Which kind of explains his confused face in this picture:

Also, funny side story...You'll notice one cherry is missing (from Lindsay's scoop).  

When I bought the cherries she said, "Ooo!  What are those?"  

I said, "Frog hearts!"  

She said, "Oh I LOVE frog hearts!"  

Then she started eating it happily.  

Just before she swallowed, I said, "I am teasing Lindsay, they're not frog hearts, they're cherries."

Then she spit out her cherry and said, "YUCK!  I don't like cherries!!"

I got the original idea for this lesson HERE 

Back to School Dinner

Sunday we had our first Back to School Dinner.

Our Gunnerson Family Theme for 2014 is:

 “Kindness begins with me.”

After dinner we sang, THIS song, and talked about ways to be kind.

We showed the kids our new “warm fuzzy” jar and told them every time they do something kind we will add a “fuzzy” to the jar.  When it is full we will do a fun family activity. (Yet to be determined).  After our little lesson, Darin gave each of us a Father’s Blessing.

(Side note: I spent probably 30 minutes writing and re-writing this phrase on the chalk board.  I did a really fun caligraphy writing and finally got really happy with how it looked.  Then, right before dinner, Andrew colored ALL over it, and I had to just write it in a hurry.  I now realize that the message is what is important, not the font.)

Sugar House

Monday, for Family Home Evening, our family took a tour of the Sugar House Ward Building.

My great-great grandfather, LeGrand Richards, was the first bishop there.

It really is the most beautiful LDS chapel I've ever been to.

There are VERY few church buildings that have artwork in the chapel, but this is one of them.

I just loved all the details throughout the moldings in the building.

This was grandpa's office--complete with FIREPLACE!
(We saw two other fireplaces while we were there).

Sometimes, I don't know how Heather puts up with Rick.

But he IS hilarious!  Love him!

After the tour, we drove a few blocks to the house where my grandma grew up.

I think it is so pretty!!