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At one point I grew tired of running all over with all the kids every day—to soccer practice, games, piano lessons, tennis, play dates with friends… the list went on and on. I was exhausted, and the kids seemed cranky; there was never any downtime. It seemed as if we never had an evening to spend together as a family. Then I read about the tradition that Mormons have of a weekly “family home evening” and decided that was just what our family needed. And so I decreed Wednesdays as our home evening. After dinner, all of us spend the evening together with the TV off and with no outsiders, meetings, classes, or other commitments. Sometimes we play cards or a board game, read a story aloud, or tell ghost stories; other times we bake cookies together or just read in the same room. The kids protested at first, but now they too have gotten into the spirit.