9. Home can be a Heaven on earth for 10 minutes!

Our home most of the time seems like and out of control mess. We do a pretty good job of reading our scriptures and saying our prayers everyday as a family at breakfast time. This does not always stop the fighting and bickering and jumping on furniture and spills and sassy mouths but I need to write about Monday night. We had Steve's parents over for Family Home Evening. This usually goes something like Bria sticking her feet in Calebs face during prayers and Caleb pinching Bria until they are full on wrestling and the spirit is long gone. Monday night we had a testimony meeting and the kids were so reverent and we could all feel the spirit as we listened to Gram and Grandpa Hill tell wonderful stories about their lives. Grandpa Hill talked about his ancestors and I could tell Caleb and Bria were very interested and even proud that they come from such a great heritage. Then we played Go Fish and laughed a ton as Steve (DAD) tried to pretend that he could read everyones mind and knew what cards they had. We really laughed hard when he kept guessing right and won the game. To top off this brief night of heaven we ended with chocolate molten lava cake. Every once in a while we manage to have a feeling of complete joy in our home. Amen!