Day 2: Find a Photo

Have fun on FamilySearch by finding a photo of an ancestor.  The fastest way to do this is to go to "Memories" click on "People" then where it says "Added by Me" click the small arrow and then click "All."  Have fun browsing the photos on your family tree and see if anyone looks like […]

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Family History: Family Home Evening Lesson 3

This is a great lesson to get out the dress up clothes and have some fun with your kids.  Tell them the stories of their ancestors and let them dress up and act it out!  Join the fun with your kids too and help strengthen not only their ties to their ancestors, but to you […]

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Family History: Family Home Evening Lesson 2

The Family History Lesson #2 is about the stories of your ancestors.  I thought it would be fun to talk about our ancestors and how they are Super Heroes because they truly are.  They sacrificed so much so that we could be blessed to live in this time.  I invited my parents over to share […]

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Family History: Family Home Evening Lesson 1 sample

Here's a sample of part of our lesson from #1.  I taught my kids about my great grandmother, Giacinta Basso. Here is a picture of her with your husband and 8 boys.  I never knew my great grandmother Giacinta who immigrated from Italy to Michigan, but I have heard of her sacrifice and great love […]

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Family History: Family Home Evening Lesson 1

Here is the link to find the 6 different lessons that the church has for you to use.  During the first lesson, I opened the "FamilySearch – Tree" app and I introduced them to their grandparents.  Luckily, I had already posted some pictures of my ancestors awhile ago.  If you don't have any images of […]

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F.T.I. Family Tree Investigator “Where Did I Come From?”

With the end of our Temple series, we kicked off a Family History weekly lesson. Today as a family we watched Part 2 from Family Search.  If you missed the first lesson, read about our F.T.I. and watch Part 1.   When the video finished, we went online to Family Search's website.  If you haven't […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Family History

Day 12:  Today is our last day of Temple lessons in celebration of the Open House of the Gilbert Temple that opened its doors to the public today!  If you would like to take a tour of the temple, reserve your tickets here.  12 to 1 – Temple Count Down's Begun series has been an […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Inside the Temple

Day 3:  Today was another fun night.  Who said you could only have Family Home Evening once a week?  I love it that we have been getting together as a family every night and teaching them about the temple and then doing an activity.  Tonight we watched this great video about the different rooms in […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! A History of Temples

Day 2: Today, we talked about the History of Temples.  Here's a great article starting with Moses and talking about 23 other temples around the world.  We started early today by building The Tabernacle that Moses was instructed to build.  It was a portable temple that would travel with the Israelites as they wondered in […]

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