The Proclamation

After reading this article in the Ensign I felt our family would benefit greatly from memorizing the Proclamation. When I read it, we had a dozen or so chapters left in reading the Book of Mormon as a family so it was a perfect new challenge after that was completed. The idea met a lot of resistance from each family member, including me. It seemed such a daunting task but I felt strongly we needed to do it. We started about the time school started and finished last week. I have to say that for me personally it has brought such amazing blessings and understanding. As I worked (and worked) to memorize it (I had to do extra homework because my memory wasn't good enough to keep up with my kids) the messages internalized and little insights and impressions came to me like never before. I have become truly thankful for that prophetic document. We will continue to practice it each time we come to the last page of the For Strength of Youth pamphlet--as it is on the last page. Hopefully this is often enough to keep it fresh in our minds. I want it to continue to bless my life and the lives of my children.

As a reward we took the kids out to breakfast. We went to a place in Layton called Doug and Emmy's. It was a bit of a dump (okay, quite a dump) so my appetite was slightly tainted. But they sure brought a lot of food! This was the cinnamon roll! And this is Tess's half order of a pancake. The hot chocolate everyone LOVED (that's what's all over Tess's shirt in the picture above). I think everyone liked it but me. (I have major issues looking around at how unclean the floor and walls are and start wondering what the kitchen looks like. It's a very good thing that I went to the bathroom AFTER I ate. I would not have let anyone else take a bite! But perhaps I'm a bit phobic in that department.) Then we went to our favorite store--at least for entertainment purposes--Smith and Edwards. Everyone got a little money to spend and of course we all got lots of good laughs. And to keep my kids happy, I kept the camera in my purse, so no pictures of that. All in all a very good morning and for a very worthwhile effort! {And thanks to those good kids who honor their mother even when they don't want to.}