Eight is Great!

Well, it's finally come......this last Sunday we had the meeting the kids and parents are supposed to go to for church, to talk about all the fun new adventures these kiddos turning 8 will be passing through. It's so hard to believe that my baby will be getting baptized in less than 2 months! I'm feeling old. For any friends reading this who aren't familiar with my beliefs, children in our church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) are baptized when they are eight years old. We believe that at 8 years old you can be accountable for the choices you make and therefore able to commit to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jared has been reading the scriptures with me lately and it's been great to spend some one-on-one time studying them. I heard someone at a recent Stake Conference we went to give that idea - to read the scriptures one - on - one with a child so you can discuss in greater detail the questions they may have regarding the material you're reading. I feel like he's definitely retaining more this way too. I was dreaming that we'd finish the Book of Mormon in time before his baptism, but that's an unreal expectation....here's to being well on our way!

At the "Eight Is Great" meeting they also discussed briefly the Cub Scout program that Jared will be able to participate in. He's so excited about that, he can hardly stand it! Question after question after yet, another question! We're thinking it'd be fun to go to the Scouting office and get him his handbook and uniform to give to him for his birthday. It'll be fun! It's difficult to imagine life getting much busier, but I can see that it will be, shortly!