Scout, Navy and I had a goal of finishing the Book of Mormon before the school year was out. It is the kid version, and is almost exactly the same. But the kid version has added pictures which help them learn visually too. It came down to the wire…I mean the wire! But on our very last day of school, we read the last word. I am SO proud of these kids who sacrificed sleep every morning, to sit next to me as I read to them. And in an effort for them to really understand the scriptures, I would read, and then explain and compare it to the life we live in. Some days, we would only get through a page. But we did it!!!
And I must say that some of my most precious moments of my life were in those wee hours of peace and quiet, next to my two oldest kids. They were also some of our most hilarious moments. Navy would always make comments that were so funny, and Scout and I would be rolling at her. One of the most famous was when I read about how the early Nephites had to till the land so they would produce an abundance of crops. Navy stopped me and said, “MOM…don’t you mean CROTCH”? I looked at Scout, and he looked at me, and we started laughing hysterically. She was so serious. We told her the difference between the two words, and then she realized why we were laughing, and she laughed about it too. And from that point on, every single time the word “crops” came up in the scriptures, someone would make that same remark.
I thought hero stories was the best thing ever with my kids. But early morning scriptures tops even the hero stories.
These kids were really proud of themselves.
And I was so proud of them also.
Nice work Scout and Navy!
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