Prayers

Prayer time is always a fun time at our house. We usually sing a song first. Whoever is called on to say the prayer gets to pick the song. And almost 9 times out of 10 they will choose "Jesus said Love Everyone" or "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam."Sometimes prayertime at our house is almost comedic. For example, it is somehow near impossible to get all of the kids to kneel at once. As soon as you think they are all ready, one of them flops their head back down on the floor. But we do eventually find a moment we can begin. If Hayden is saying the prayer he waits until he thinks everyone is ready which sometimes takes forever. Sometimes during the prayer a fight among the kids will break out because someone will blurt out, "Close your eyes" to one of the other kids, or Ada will be trying to whisper what to say to one of the older boys when they don't want help. Prayer time can be a crazy. But it can also be a pretty special time. I love to hear what they say in their prayers. Ada loves to ask Heavenly Father to bless each person in the family individually. "Bless me, B-b-b-less Tilson, b-b-b-less Mommy, bless Drew, b-b-bless Hayden, bless Daddy." And a lot of times she is worried she forgot someone so she will repeat it a couple times. Drew usually is the quickest prayer. His usually go something like this, "Heavenly Father, bless us to be good . . . and then end. Or he will subsitute "bless us to be good" with "bless us to have integrity" and then he'll end. We try to stop him before he finishes and make him think about what he is saying. Lately he has been doing a lot better. Hayden is our little deep thinker. The other day he was praying and he said, "We are thankful for our brains . . . so that we can think about the gospel." I thought that was pretty sweet. And then yesterday Hayden was praying and among other things he said, "Bless Drew that he can go on a mission when he is 19 years old, and bless Ada that she can go on a mission when she is 21." Smart boy! They are all so fun. I love watching them grow. And prayer time can definitely be a crazy, but certainly special time!!