On Reverence...

Lance and Kyle love playing with their stuffed dogs. Today was no exception. Tonight, Kyle got to say the family prayer. He expressed his sincere thankfulness for these dogs and for the fun they had playing with them, asked that they be blessed, and began to close the prayer. Jared and I were stifling our laughs, but when we looked at each other and Jared tried to help Kyle to expand on that, there was no holding back. Our laughter, of course, triggered the kids' unstoppable giggles, and that was the end of a prayer that would have otherwise been a reverent blessing of the stuffed dogs.
Eventually, with his Dad's help, Kyle did mention his family and prophet before closing his heartfelt prayer.

So much for setting a reverent example.