Scriptures and Legoland

We've been plugging along reading the Book of Mormon as a family.  We started it in January last year in the hopes of finishing by the end of the year.  Though we read nightly, we just didn't make it.  We've been planning a family vacation in Feb. down to Southern California.  During scripture reading tonight, I suggested that we make it a goal to finish by the time we leave.  We have 142 pages left, so we'll have to read almost 4 pages a day to get it done.  The reward will be LEGOLAND.  Mimi wasn't so thrilled, Joshua (who is the most difficult to keep interested in reading) has been dying to go to Legoland.   I'm hoping it will be highly motivating for him (and the rest of the children) and he'll be able to keep focused.  We'll be working on this goal everyday during school, as well as our nightly reading. We already are reading the Children's Bible for school everyday as well, so it will be nice to be surrounded by the stories of great men and women from both sets of scripture.

It was a spur of the moment suggestion...but as I anticipate reading with the children everyday, I'm excited to see what spiritual change this will bring to not only our home, but to me personally.  I've become lax in reading my scriptures daily This will be a great way to immerse myself and rekindle the my love for the Book of Mormon. We still have the best part left to read which is the announcement of the coming birth of Christ and then His visit to the American Continent after His resurrection.

I've been anxiously anticipating this new year. No more plays, construction on the house, no more huge projects to plan for that will suck my time away from family.  Time to focus on my calling of being a wife and a mother.  Time to set boundaries and safeguard our time as a family.  I've never been one to make fancy resolutions, but this year I'm excited for the new beginnings.