Family Home Evening...makes a comeback!

Ryan and I have recommitted to making some vital changes in our lives...not that we were doing anything 'wrong', but there was (and still is) room for improvement! One of our goals is to have Family Home Evening each week. This has been a 'challenge' because Ryan has usually had classes on Monday Evenings, and we 'forget' the rest of the week. Plus, most of you know just how 'hard' it can be to have a lesson, song, prayer, game, treat, etc, etc, etc with a one- and three-year old. Those are our excuses anyway. In reality, we've just been lazy.

We decided to kick it up a notch and have a SHORT lesson (like 45 seconds to a minute and a half) which is about all the boys can take.

Tonight we sang "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission", colored a picture of two missionaries (I quickly drew 'my brother and his companion'), each boy colored two, since we were making two packages, and we briefly talked about being an example. Tanner enjoyed putting all the candy in the box along with his pictures that he colored for Elder Crandall (my brother) and Elder Sok in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Elder Crandall (my cousin) in Lafayette, Indiana. He helped me hold the box together while I taped it shut; I think it made his day! And Mine. ♥ Taylor got a kick out of pounding the tip of my brand-new crayons into his picture...so his picture is mostly slabs of colored wax...he did get a few scribbles down though!

{Here are my handsome sons. It is my prayer that someday, they will gain a testimony of missionary work, and want to serve the Lord where He would have them teach His children of His gospel.}
I think this was a VERY fun and successful Family Home Evening, even though we forgot to say a closing prayer. We didn't forget treats though..."Napoleon" ice cream...I can't pronounce or spell what it really is. I've always called it Napoleon. :)

What fun things have you done or do you do for your Family Home Evenings? I'd LOVE to hear some ideas! Simple or complex, I'm open for suggestions!