What sort of compromises are you talking about? Often we will compromise a formal sit down lesson type family home evening for a family activity or project. Are you going to the bar again Ray?
We actually had/have our FHE lesson on Sundays. This especially helped/help as the kids got older, got jobs, or had a game on Mondays, plus it was easier to have a spiritual lesson when everyone was already in that frame of mind on Sunday. On the off chance that everyone was home on Monday night we did something fun: played games, watched a movie, went minature golfing, read a book as a family.