Triumph!!

There were nights where we got scolded.....There were even nights where we were down right silly....
There were the sassy nights
But most of all we are just ecstatic!!!

With the report that we finished reading the whole Book of Mormon as a family..... and it only took us two years!!! Wonder why it would take so long.... refer to pictures above! We let the kiddos pick what set of scriptures they would like to read next..... Their response, the OLD TESTAMENT! Watch for our next scriptural accomplishment in 20 years!! :)

Really and truly, the kids did great and I cannot say how awesome it has been to have completed this goal as a family. It was not always easy and we did miss some nights here and there, but I can honestly say that we did it! Some night we only made it through a few verses, other nights we would make it through a chapter (WHOA, I KNOW!).

I will cherish reading scriptures while the kids are young. They may not understand all the vocabulary or even be reverent and good listeners for too long of a time, but we started when stinker #3 was a itty bitty baby and now she is the one that goes and gets the scriptures to read immediately after Family Prayer. Stinker #1 and #2 take their turns and just make up words to their "scriptures" and they almost always begin with "And it came to pass". LOL LOVE IT!!

Then there are the moments when you know that they are catching what this evening time habit is all about. The time that Stinker #1 tells me that when we read the Book of Mormon it feels like someone is kissing her heart. Or when Stinker #1 and #2 create a fort by the hubby and my bed for a place where they can go think and pray like Enos. Or when Stinker #2 tells me while reading the chapter in 3rd Nephi (Jesus blesses the little children) that that will be him someday with a big smile on his face. It humbles me and makes me think how I need to be more like them. The scriptures are not just stories or historical documentary. They are meant to be felt in our hearts.

Now I guess I need to find it within myself to get a sincere excitement about tackling the Old Testament. I was truly hoping that the monkeys were to choose the New Testament.... Guess not! Old Testament starts tonight!!