My great kids

My kids are such an inspiration to me. They are so far ahead of me at their young ages. Derek has completed all of his requirements (a while ago) for his Duty to God award. His birthday is not even until the end of August. Most of the time he would ask to have me help him with his Article of Faith memorization and other goals. I rarely had to remind him. He was so excited to get it done and do the great goals that were in the booklet. He truly amazes me. He is such a light and ray of sunshine, he is the literal silver lining when ever there is a cloud or storm in our life. His strength in this area surpasses anyone I know.

Hannah has passed all of her Young Woman requirements off when she was a beehive. She is an extremely self motivated girl even by adult standards. The only requirement she has left to pass off before she gets her medallion is to read the entire Book of Mormon. The kids and I arte choosing to study it rather than speed read it so we can more fully enjoy the feast rather than just merely snack. Both kids really enjoy this and often times are disappointed when we have to stop reading and discussing end learning to go to bed. This attitude is MILES ahead of where I was at there age and my Dad was one of the most favorite seminary teachers ever. So I had a great opportunity to learn from an amazing teacher. I am grateful for my parents great example to me.