Dinner Discussions 2008 Week 26

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson twenty six in the manual. The Primary lessons are one week behind due to the special lesson they had for Easter. You may want to review the sharing time theme, which is about missionary work with your family as well. Additionally you can talk about the heritage of the Pioneers. If you have a child in nursery or Sunbeams he learned about loving his whole family. The lesson focused on extended family, such as grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. The children learned that John the Baptist and Elizabeth were related to … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2008 Week 25

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson twenty-five in the manuals. The Primary lessons are a week behind because of the special Easter lesson. You may need to adjust your schedule to match the schedule that your ward is on. Additionally you may want to spend time reviewing other gospel topics you feel are important or spend time talking about the pioneers. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about the importance of family, especially brothers and sisters. He learned how Hyrum helped Joseph Smith when he had leg surgery when he was a young … Continue reading

LDS Week in Review June 30th-July 5th

Thank you for joining us as we take a look back at the past week. You’ll want to visit “Dinner Discussions” to see what your family members are studying at church, and you won’t want to miss the First Presidency Message or the Visiting Teaching Message, either, which will help you with your home teaching and visiting teaching assignments. The Church has a wonderful program which circulates through the wards and stakes every couple of years to teach about the policy on adoption for unwed mothers. You can read more about it here. We started a new series on the … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2008 Week 24

This week�s dinner discussions focus on lesson twenty four in the manuals. The Primary children are a week behind. Since the 4th of July is coming up, you may want to talk about the founding of our country and how it has benefited us. If you are not from the United States, you may want to begin talking about the pioneers or talk about pioneers from your country. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned that he belongs to a family. The lesson talked about the importance of families, and how they can help to protect … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2008 Week 20

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson twenty in the manual. The Primary lessons are one week behind. In the summer months you may want to extend the discussions to include a theme that you work on as a family. These themes could be fun activities or projects that you work on during the summer days or you could choose to make them much more spiritual. If you have a child in nursery or Sunbeams he learned about being thankful for his eyes. The lesson discussed the many things that we can see. It also pointed out that the … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2008 Week 19

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson nineteen in the manuals. The primary lessons are a week behind the rest of the lessons. You should adjust the schedule according to your ward’s schedule. As you have the discussion be sure to encourage your children and be open to answer questions that may arise during the discussion. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about being thankful that he can hear. The children learned the story of Jesus hearing the deaf man. They also discussed the things that they can hear. They may have also discussed … Continue reading

LDS Week in Review – May 19th – 24th

Did you miss some of our blogs here in LDS this week? Never fear—this summary will get you caught up to speed. We began the week with a closer look at the fifth commandment, which tells us to honor our parents—they have sacrificed a lot for us and can also be good sources of counsel and advice for us, no matter what our age. Keep on track with the lessons at church with this week’s “Dinner Discussions,” and in “Concern for the One,” we read of Joseph B. Wirthlin’s conference address which reminds us of the need to be there … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2008 Week 18

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson eighteen in the manuals. The Primary lessons are one week behind. You may need to adjust your schedule to match your ward’s schedule. Dinner discussions should be a positive experience for your children, and a chance for you to delve a little deeper into gospel topics. You may want to add memorizing a scripture a month to your dinner discussions as well. If you have a child in nursery or Sunbeams he learned about being grateful for his hands. The lesson focused on all the things that the hands can do both … Continue reading

International Photography Workshops

I review photo workshop opportunities all the time. And every once in a while I’ll find a real winner. The price is right; the location is amazing and the subjects are equally incredible. Those are the ones I post in this blog. Lately, though I have been hard pressed to find a workshop that I felt was worth the time and money… that is until I was sent this incredible opportunity. Grasshopper Adventures is offering a travel photography workshop to China for $3,400 per person. I know. It sounds steep, but look at what it includes: 14 nights’ accommodations, hotel … Continue reading