The Worst Family Home Evening Ever

Just before the holidays, Joshua asked if we could get some fish for Landon. Jeff told him we would get them after Christmas since we were going to be gone for a few weeks. We decided that FHE this week would be buying some fish and stopping for some ice cream. We purchased some fish, had some ice cream next to the pet store and headed home with the new tank to get them set up. After arriving home, we set up the tank and prepared the fish for the transfer from their travel bag to the tank. We did the transfer and headed upstairs for showers. The kids got ready for bed and we said family prayers. Joshua wanted to head downstairs to say good night to the fish, but Jeff said no and sent him to bed. Jeff, Johnathan, Landon and I came back downstairs to hang out before bedtime for Johnathan and Landon. We wanted to post what we saw as we came down the stairs.

Yes, the fish were dead. The time from which we put them in the tank till we came back down after showers was about 40 minutes. I could not believe it. We killed 2 fish in about 40 minutes. Joshua is our sensitive one. I started to stress about what we would tell him in the morning. Johnathan, who has become a very funny kid, said I know what to tell him. He said, "Joshua, the fish decided to sleep in today." It was so funny but sad for our goldfish. We realized that we did not de-clorinate the water which is why they died. The kids are lucky we have not hurt them over the years.