It doesn’t take many years to appreciate cookie dough. Ethan learned quickly this was a good thing. When he found out he could have an entire beater blade full of the stuff he couldn’t believe it. It didn’t take him long to polish it. [For some reason he does the same thing with chicken wings.]

Alicia did a great Family Home Evening about the creation. She’s been working on family home evening packets with a group of moms. They are pretty great. I’ll have to post one. I ran into this great quote from President Hinckley:

A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation, you begin with families, with parents who teach their children principles and values that are positive and affirmative and will lead them to worthwhile endeavors. That is the basic failure that has taken place in America. And we are making a tremendous effort to bring about greater solidarity in families. Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives, adding to society because they are a part of it.

We were hoping to have our friends over for FHE but Rachelle had to work late. Tomorrow Rachelle’s friend, Eleisha, is getting baptised. She is really nice. We are going to go. More on that later.