Fun FHE activity

Don was on lesson tonight. He did an awesome job talking about order in the church and home. He read D&C 88:119 where it talks about a house of order. He told a story about Sir Isaac Newton and one of his Atheist friends. Newton built a replica of the Solar System. His friend had come over and couldn't believe his eyes. His friend asked him who built it and he said he didn't know.....it kind of just appreared. LIKE POOF and it was there. Thinking that was impossible......his friend said that it would have taken someone a long time to build that and there is NO way that it just happened. Newton was able to explain to his friend, who thought the Solar System just appeared with a poof, that it was all done in order and that God created it.

To show the kids about order Don made his own replica. He used 16 cups of exact size and lined 12 of them up in a square to represent the 12 apostles. He then stacked two cups on one end. Those represented the prophets counselors (Pres. Eyring and Pres. Uchtdorf)and then stacked one more on top of those two. That represented Pres. Monson. The last cup (which I held up high) represented the Lord or Savior (not that they are one person but they have the same purpose.) The replica of the cups looked like the temple. Mayah (5) was able to spot that right away.

I appreciate my husbands ability to teach. He was so patient as each of the kids layed on their stomachs on the floor with him in a cirlce. He didn't just tell them what each part of the replica represented. He asked questions so they had to think. And he let them take quite a few guesses before asking the adults to help out.

I am so thankful for the gospel. The church is perfectly ordered.

After the lesson and chocolate chip cookies we all went outside to enjoy the activity that Zach planned.....the BB gun...OFCOURSE. He set up pop cans to shoot. The person that could knock one over would get an extra cookie. It was Zach. Then Don set up the cans in a pyramid form. I shot....didn't fall down. Don shot....didn't fall down....then grandma came along and shot the cans down. She wanted to shoot again. Her next shot hit a can and it went flying. We should call her Annie Oakley. It was a super fun FHE.