We Believe ...

Our family set a goal in January to memorize all of the Articles of Faith this year. I was inspired by my friend Emily whose parents have an incentive program for their grandkids to memorize them. Armed with that we set a plan in motion - we introduce a new Article of Faith on the first Monday of each month at Family Home Evening. We work all month learning the songs, practicing with flash cards, and simply reciting them together. On the last Monday of the month each of the girls has the opportunity to "pass off" the Article of Faith for the month. If they have it memorized they are rewarded with $1.11 - seems like a silly amount but then they get to keep $1 and pay $.11 for tithing (Steve said "Why not just give them $1.10?" I said "Because tithing on $1.10 is $.11 *LOL*). We then get the opportunity to teach the important lesson of tithing, fill out tithing slips, and have them excited when they hand over their donation envelopes to the bishop! This has been such a great thing for our family and I am so proud of the girls ... they are all 3 for 3 so far! I'm excited for next Monday when we start working on the 4th Ariticle of Faith - especially because it focuses on the importance of faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Perfect timing with Ashton's baptism just around the corner in June :) Here is an extremely poor quality video clip of Kendyl reciting the 3rd Ariticle of Faith for you (please note the emphasis on the word LAWS ... it took a lot of training to get that S on the end):

It feels so strange to be blogging during daylight hours, by the way!!