Legos and the Book of Mormon

What started out like this today

Ended up looking like these

Thanks to a very talented and patient dad. This mom was SUPER impressed! and so were the kids.

Obviously legos have nothing to do with the Book of Mormon, but today was Stake Conference and we were given a challenge as a stake, to read the Book of Mormon by today's conference. We knew this would be a great challenge to follow for our family since at best we either read 3 verses before bedtime together, or we read out of the book of Mormon for children. When I could see that we wouldn't finish it together as a family, Aaron and I decided to continue to read with the children, but read more aggressively individually to participate in the challenge. Some nights I would read from my scriptures aloud to an individual child as they laid quietly in their beds. That really seemed to work and I was able to read quite a bit with them that way. The most impressive blessing I saw come to us happened just yesterday. Over the past few months our children have seen me reading to myself out of the Book of Mormon. They never said anything about it and would quickly go about playing. While doing Hannah's hair yesterday, she said, "mom, will you read the Book of Mormon to me?" I wanted to cry! Yes dear Hannah, I will read this precious book to you again and again and again. She sat there quietly as I read to her the words of that book. This is nothing shy of a small miracle to me because I promise you, just before we say prayers together at night it is nye impossible to get the kids to sit quietly for 30 seconds to hear the scriptures. But somewhere between now and last October, when the challenge was given to us, she saw us reading and I'm so grateful that example meant something to her. I can even see how Nathan was effected by it as well.

I love that no matter how many times I've read the scriptures, there is something new I learn every time. It is one book that apply's to every situation I've ever been in in my life. It truly is the word of God and I feel so incredibly blessed to have it apart of my life. I know it is true with all of my heart.