Family Night Campfire

Tonight I had planned on cleaning the garage for Family Night.  It didn't really feel like the right night for it though, with the fighting we were hearing from the kids and how hard it was for them to work together on their jobs, so we decided to come up with something else.  Nate was grilling burgers for dinner, and Bradley was wanting to have s'mores for the treat, so it worked out that we ended up having a nice little family campfire night ;).  I was the lesson and I wasn't in the mood to have a fancy lecture, so I decided it would be fun to just go around the circle taking turns to ask a question of everyone.  There were some pretty fun ones!  I loved the answer, "cleaning up my whole room by myself" as the "hardest thing he's ever had to do" that we heard.  The answer Kelly gave for one of her favorite creations of Heavenly Father's being Charity, made me smile!  What a sweet sister!  Also, the question, "Who do you have a crush on?"  :).  Our kids are so funny about crushes.  Sweet little Noah said he has a crush on Kelly still :).  I love that.  Nate asked everyone to share a time when they have felt the Spirit and while it was still a little chaotic, it was a sweet moment for me to hear everyone's experiences.  I wish I had already known some of them, but I was so grateful to know that our kids think about those things and experience them.  It was just such a touching night and I loved hearing everyone open up to each other.  That will have to be a new fun tradition for our family nights.  It felt really good.  Erika was a little nut the whole time, whining for more chips, then a drink, then to go potty, then running out of the house to us, completely naked because she wanted to get her jammies on!!!  She was definitely a "handful" tonight!  But she's a sweetie and we love her.  It was a good night.  I just love my family!