We cannot wait to see

YOU at Family Home Evening tomorrow.

7:30 @ 440 N 300 E with arms wide open.

Please don't leave any siblings behind.

We love you.

We met, we hugged, we became family

Thank you to all the family that attended our bonding FHE last night. We were missing some of you and cannot wait to hug you real soon. Jeremy gave a wonderful lesson on The Fall, we brainstormed our favorite family qualities, we had some wonderful demonstrations on the correct way to hug, and discovered that Taylor would like to swim in magic (& that he will be swimming in, every Monday evening at 7:30).

Forgive me for not taking pictures of the fam last night...just too busy hugging.
Ill keep you posted about next weeks FHE. Until then, here are the notes on hugging in case you need a refresher.

[photo taken by: anonymous]

While hugging is natural and we all know how to do it, here are some guidelines to help make you a better hugger:

• Begin the hug with great eye contact. This communicates to the receiver the spirit in which the hug is being given.


• Be present during the hug. Even if the hug is only for three seconds, devote your total energy and focus on the person you are hugging. Feel how good it feels to both give and receive.


• When you finish the hug and are pulling away, make great eye contact again. This further blesses the receiver, and communicates a positive feeling to them.


• A hug is not an opportunity to burp the other person! Be gentle. This goes especially for the guys — a hug isn't the start of a wrestling match either.


• Avoid the one-hip hug or the tepee hug. If you are going to hug, do it right!


• If you are much taller than the other person, bend your knees. Make the hug comfortable and a blessing.


• If you are hugging children, get on your knees and be at their eye level. If they are small enough, pick them up to hug them.
  -Case Western Reserve University