*Scriptorian Spence

~Last Sunday Spencer comes home from Church, picks up Tim's Quad of scriptures and tells me "Mom I want to start at the beginning of the Bible since I have never read it all the way through."

~Uhhhhh....this is where I had to decide hmmm...do I tell him I have never read it all either or do I say ok honey that's a good idea, or do I tell him that's a hard goal for an 8 year old. So within seconds he was on my bed reading page 1 of the Old Testament. It was so adorable as he sincerely read each verse wanting to really know everything he could. 

~Thinking it would only last a few minutes before his boredom set in, I quickly grabbed my camera and took a few pictures of this precious site. If you look at the picture you will see by the crinkle in his forehead & the look in his eyes just how serious he was really wanting to do this.

~The great thing is that this goal hasn't worn off. He is currently on Genesis Chapter 45 and has motivated little Kaylea into the challenge. She grabs her scriptures whenever he does and tries to read all the words she knows. I think they are even retaining some of the stories they're reading! Kaylea was excited when she read the words "iron rod" & "tree of life" as she recognized they were from the dream of Lehi. Spencer explained to me in detail the story of Joseph being sold into Egypt and said he discovered details he didn't know from the movie.

~Moments like these make 

the harder times worth it~☺