Cache's Birthday

May 2013

One of the things Cache asked for for his birthday was a Braille Book of Mormon.  He had seen it in the LDS online catalog and wanted it (so not surprised).  It was only $3.50.  I quickly ordered it so I could include it in his package.  A few days later a very, very large box appeared on my doorstep.  I knew that Tom was ordering me a Bosch for Mother's Day, but I didn't think he had ordered it and there was no way, that could be this big.  So I hefted the awkward box in and noticed that it was indeed from the LDS catalog.  When I opened it I laughed.  And laughed.  And laughed.  (and then laughed some more; tears were streaming down my face--the girls were confused at my amusement over such a boring box!).  It did say that it was in six volumes, but I hadn't considered that they would six 4" 12x12 binders!  The box was almost as tall as Greta!  The first binder contains the Introduction through the 2 Nephi 12.  I am still astounded at the great deal it was--and free shipping at that.  The church really does want the scriptures in everyone's hands! 

So, on Mother's day when we talked to Cache, I told him I had ordered him a Braille Book of Mormon.  Then I had someone drag the box into the room and we pulled out the first binder.  He got a great kick out of it.  The next day he wrote:  "I knew the Braille Book of Mormon was a great thing.  Just wait until I take it to Sunday School with me."  Truly, I wouldn't be surprised if that happened!

The other thing he wanted for his birthday was a calendar that went from June to June.  I had actually wanted to do that for him with a bit of a family almanac on it, but didn't want him to think I was counting down the days until he came home so I didn't go forward with that idea.  So after his prompt, I woke up my Mixbook account and created a nice calendar for him.  Each date has something that happened in our family then the year listed.  It is a very fun record (I loved it so much I ordered one for myself as well :).