CHALLENGE- (pay attention, there's PRIZES!)

Okay- so I'm challenging you ALL to go to my BLOG and sign up for my challenge! THERE'S PRIZES! (You know you want to!)

Adult Bedtime

So several of you have posted the importance of getting the kids to bed at a reasonable time. My post is similar but different. One thing Bryan and I do is always (well almost always!) go to bed at the same time. I think it helps to keep us close. Seems like our best conversations are right before we go to sleep.

Meal and Bed Times

Here is my response to Valerie's challenge. Prizes really do motivate me Val and I know you are full of good ones! The first thing that I thought of that helps my house run smoothly is to have set meal times. We have breakfast at 8, lunch at 11 and dinner at 4:30. The next is bedtime. It is at 7. I must say that I am good at keeping to this schedule...probably the only thing that I can say I am good at...but it keeps me rolling and the kids happy! 

Fake It Till You Make It & Challenge of The Week!

I don't remember who it was that said this the first time it stuck with me. I believe it was Donna Baxter. I believe she was referring to gaining a testimony of our church. She is right, you know. Sometimes in life you gotta fake it til you make it!

I think it applies to many very important aspects of life. Being a good husband or wife, being a good parent, gaining a testimony, being a good student, and many many others.

Sometimes in life we KNOW something, and so we DO it. But there are also times in life that it happens backwards to that. We have to DO so we will KNOW. The latter can be much harder! It's hard to have faith and put ourselves out there! It's harder to exercise a principle that we don't have a knowledge of! Imagine how much COURAGE it must have taken the Wright Brothers to try out the first airplane!

So here's the challenge: DO something so you can gain a knowledge of it. In other words, fake something until you make it. It can be ANYTHING from pretending you are good at gardening to baking your own bread to making an effort to have family prayer. If you want to share what YOU are doing to accept this challenge, feel free, but also feel free to keep it private. Good luck!