Family History - February

Our February RS activity had a "Family History" theme.

Dinner:

We started out the night with a potluck dinner with the theme - family recipe. We gave the sisters a minute to share, if they wanted, what dishes they had brought before eating.

I brought my mom's famous potato salad. Here's the recipe.

 Family History Game:

About 30 or so minutes into the dinner we started our family history game. It was so neat and fun!

Weeks prior to the event, I collected fun facts about peoples family history. Then, at the event, we had a sister read off the fun facts and everyone guessed who's ancestry it was.


Here are a few of the stories I loved.
1.) Someone's ancestor missed their ride on the Titanic, because they were kissing their boyfriend.
2.) Someone's ancestor was working in Spain, fell in love with a Spanish lady and as his boat was leaving for home he jumped ship and swam back to be with her.
3.) Someone's ancestor helped carve the faces of the presidents on Mount Rushmore.
4.) Several people were related to prophets and the early saints.

We gave small chocolate prizes to the sisters who were able to guess who's fun fact was being read. Their were too cinnamon swirl bread prizes too. They were the bonus prizes.

Class:

We ended the night with a 30 minute class on family history, by one of the sisters who's calling in the ward is to be a family history worker/expert.

Decorating:
The tulips are just starting to come on here, so I though it would be fun to decorate the tables with them. We attached family centered quotes to each vase.

 Quotes

1.) The love of a family is life's greatest blessing
2.) Family, Today's little moments become tomorrow's precious memories.
3.) Where life begins...and love never ends, Family.
4.) The roots of a family tree begin with the love of two hearts.
5.) Family is forever