Lego Land.

We took the kids and my mom to Lego Land.  Noah loves anything and everything that has to do with lego's and so I wanted to go before he grew out of that stage.  He had a blast, but the perfect age to go would be 5 or 6 years old.  It seemed like that was the age that would enjoy it the most.  Kyra is only 19 months and she loved it.  Surprisingly, they had lots of things for her to do there.

I missed out on alot of photos from the first day.  I specifically charged my camera the night before, but when we got to the park it showed a low battery.  I was only able to snap one shot before my camera shut off.  I was so mad!  I wanted to use my new camera.  I guess I didn't know what I was doing when I went to charge it the previous night so Brandon took the responsibility in charging it once we got to our hotel later that night.  Needless to say, I was happy to be able to get some pictures the next day.

I'm so glad that we were able to take my mom with us!  The kids loved having grandma there too.  My mom really enjoyed "Miniland".  Miniland is a specific area where they had built historical buildings, scenes, and cities out of lego's.  This was really neat!

We also went to the Lego Land Aquarium.  That was alot of fun!  The kids loved seeing all the different kinds of fish.  Noah loved the sharks.  Kyra was so brave...she stuck her hand in and felt the starfish.

We spent our last day in California at the beach.  You can't go to California without visiting the beach.  This was Kyra's first experience to swim in the ocean.  It wasn't the best day to go to the beach, there was an overcast.  Kyra still had a good time, despite it all.  We buried Noah in the sand.

Scripture Study.

While I was sitting and listening to our last General Conference, what really stood out to me was how much we need to be teaching our children, so our children will be ready for the obstacles they will be faced with in their lives. It was as if I wasn't already having family pray or family home evening with my family, it was the fact that I haven't been having scripture study with my kids.

While growing up, my mom showed us the importance of daily scripture study. She would always read to us kids while we ate our breakfast before heading off to school. I know now that eventhough I hated sitting there and listening to my mom read something that I never really understood, that her hard work payed off and because of her hard work I know that it has made me a better person than what I would have been without it. Realizing that, I know that it is important to read to my kids and hopefully they will recognize how important daily scripture study is.

Let me just tell you how much Noah can understand. We have been reading the Book of Mormon together for the last month now, and he just is something else when it comes to knowing exactly what is going on. I sometimes think that he really is not my kid, I mean how can he be. When I was his age, it was just a bunch story's that didn't make sense and words that I couldn't even pronounce. Noah really is the exception.

I really enjoy reading to my kids and taking turns reading with Noah. I hope that I can continue reading with my kids, so they can gain a testimony of the scriptures and get to know who their savior is