We finished the Book of Mormon...among other things

In October we began reading the Book of Mormon with Alyssa. Our goal was to finish it before her baptism on May 4, 2019. We did it! After reading (usually) twice a day for 6 months, we made it through. To celebrate we made homemade donuts, as pictured below! While reading the Book of Mormon, I feel we were blessed with more peace in our home, particularly in the mornings, which used to be quite frustrating and harried. I hope our children will always seek after spiritual knowledge and that this will be the first of many times finishing the Book of Mormon.

Alyssa turned 8 and was baptized. Kent was blessed. Lots of family came to visit. Here are just the pictures that were on my phone of the fun weekend. Hopefully more pictures to come!

Eating chocolate, dying eggs, relishing in wild flowers

Eating chocolate: frosting 

And cookies.

Spring has sprung

Wildflowers

Dying eggs, tye dye fun.

Sweet boys' faces

Outside play. 

Taking a picture with

Chubby novice hands: smiles are

All that matters.

Love my babies,

All ages,

All feelings,

Ups and downs,

It's life. 

For Ben (I need more original titles apparently)

There you go, Ben. Won't you be surprised when you get back from your army training and see that I've updated our blog! We miss you! Life is so silent without you sending text messages!

Love your adoring fans,

the Archibalds