They're everywhere

Somehow when the kids move away, their stuff manages to stay behind. Our house ain't never gonna be empty!
 

Becoming clean

The real question is, do you believe in miracles?
 

One more verse

 

Likened unto us? You bet!

Wait until you hear about the families in the Book of Mormon! It's almost like the scriptures were written for dysfunctional families. And if you think that one family in your ward really is perfect, well — guess again!
 

Sketchbook: Memorial Day

When I was a kid, my dad would take me around the cemetery on Memorial Day and tell me all the stories of our ancestors who were buried there. Some of the stories were quite exciting, some seemed mundane. But I thought it was pretty cool how everyone had a story.

After my dad passed on, my uncle took on the task of sharing the stories from family history, and now he's gone, too. It makes me wish that I had paid more attention or recorded the stories somehow.

 

Advance scheduling

With a family of five boys, we had a lot of people trying to work out how soon each of the siblings would leave!

Exploring our options

The Church many years ago produced an activity guide booklet that was chock full of ideas that you could do with your class, quorum or family. I don't think it included alligator wrestling.
 

Sketchbook: The song of the righteous

Every now and then, our ward has a sacrament meeting in which instead of talks, people are invited to share a hymn and why it is meaningful to them — and then we sing a verse (or two) from that hymn. It's kind of like a musical testimony meeting. Our organist and director get a good workout.

It's interesting to hear why a hymn is significant to an individual. That gives more meaning  as we sing together and invites the spirit to sing along.
 

Ask an expert

 It’s often surprising to discover people who enjoy family history!

Sketchbook: Opposition

There was a lot of opposition in the Big Game, wasn't there?
 

Table for four

This was us, only it was a table for seven.
 

Family ties

Another from the Disney series. 

I've never had the experience of picking up the wrong kid. However, when I was about eight years old, I glommed on to the wrong family one time, and as a parent I've accidentally left behind a kid or two for a very short time. And one time as a parent I tried to load the kids into the wrong car. I knew it was the wrong car right away, though. The seats were clean and the floors weren't sticky enough!

 

It's quality family time

There's more than one way to make a family!
 

Light the World: Together Time

For Light the World today, the suggestion is to gather as many family members as you can online for a virtual hangout. 

For our family, we often get everyone together to play Among Us, since it's easy for the littles and not too difficult for the older people either.

What if you don't have family you can virtually gather with? A perfectly valid option is to go online and do some family history work! What a great way to bring family members together on both sides!
 

Motion to table

It's a slippery slope when you start voting on what's for dinner!

SUPPLEMENTAL: Perhaps: "All those who can release this broccoli from the dinner table with a vote of thanks, please signify by the uplifted hand." would have been a better caption.
 

Walking a mile in their shoes

It's not only true for history, it's true for family history as well. You can really understand your ancestors better once you see where they lived and walk in their footsteps.

Have a memorable Memorial Day.

 

It's a shoe-in!

I think every ward has that one family that when they're gone, it feels like half the ward is missing!
 

What beats a full house?

A lot of people decide early to serve as senior missionaries!
 

Remote work environment

One of the best things about working from home is...spending time at home!
 

As with the voice of thunder

This picture looks suspiciously like me and my brother hightailing it for home — only it was usually my dad doing the hollering!