in september-ish, our stake president gave us the challenge to read the book of mormon before the beginning of the year. as a family we decided to continue where we were reading and finish by the end of the year. we knew we would have to raise the bar big time to actually accomplish this goal.
we had a lot of early mornings that looked like this:
but we also had some amazing discussions.
mostly we read in the morning before school, but closer to the end of the year, we were taking it in the car with us, reading at night by the fire, or at dinner.
we finished on new year's eve, in the car, driving from one party to the next. i want to remember it forever. the little boys wanted to read the last verses and we all cheered when they finished. there was this feeling of accomplishment in the car, mixed with peace and togetherness. it was worth the effort just for that moment. we then went around and had everyone say one new thing that was interesting to them. everyone had really insightful feelings about it.
i am almost sad that our family goal is finished, because it was awesome working together to accomplish something that was a little bit of a stretch. it brought us closer together.
i loved it.
