The results of FHE

On Sunday we had a lesson about the Family Proclomation and the nine things to do to have a successful marriage and family. So I thought we could talk about and work on a new one each week as a family. We read the part of the proclomation as a family and decided to work on love this week. We talked about things we could do to show love to our family and how we feel when we do and we gave our kids a jar to fill with "love beans" over the next week. The rule to filling the jar is you have to do something that shows love to another member of the family and then they get to put a bean in the jar. Then we decided that once we fill the jar we get to go to Leo's Place as a family to celebrate our love. So far its been going really well, there has been lots of bed making, getting things for people, sharing and kind words. Then this evening the boys were out riding bikes and cleaning them. I was inside doing other motherly things when I thought its been awhile since I've seen or heard the boys, so I went out to check. Suprise... They had decided to clean my car for me while it was in the garage with the windows unrolled. All I could keep saying was oh my gosh, I didn't know where to begin. We got towels out started drying and sweeping the water out of the garage. Riley looks at me and says mom now me and Nixon get to each put a "love bean" in the jar for washing your car. Yes you do, thank you, lessoned learned.