Out of the mouth of a 3 year old

WE are reading scriptures out of our Book of Mormon picture book. I love these because the kids can visualize the stories more and it is nice to have the pictures so they can sit 2-3 seconds longer than when we read straight from the Book of Mormon. Those extra seconds are HUGE for me. Anyway a friend of ours bought us all 4 books (Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon and D&C). We started off tonight with the BoM. I was reading to the kids how Joseph Smith didn't know which church to join and how he had read in the bible in James 1:5 and knew that he needed to ask God. So he went into the woods to pray. As soon as I said that, Ethan got this really scared look on his face and his eyes got really big. He said (in a very shaken voice) "mommy, that isn't good. If he goes into the woods he is going to get lost". Then Rachel said, "It's okay, Ethan----God will help him. It was funny but because the kids were being very quiet (which is rare) I really had to contain myself from busting up. I know if Don would have been here we both would have lost it.

Below are my siblings. I love having a big family. We are a pretty close family and I enjoy getting together with everyone. We are crazy and have so much fun.


This is my little brother (Ron) helping Rachel shoot the bb gun.

THis is me with my dad under the van. We are removing the gas tank and replacing the fuel pump.

This is one of my sisters (Sheryl)showing Rachel and Jenna how to make shadows.

This is one of my brothers (Dan) holding Mayah. He is soooooooooo good with kids. They love him.

And this is my other two sisters. The one on the right (Susan) lives close by and it is such a blessing to have her near us. The other sister on the left is Lori and she just had an adorable little girl (Ashlyn).