Teaching Sam

We have been trying to teach Sam more scripture stories lately and sometime his interpretation is so funny. I took a few days telling Sam the story about Lehi leaving Jerusalem with his family and Nephi , Laman, Lemuel, and Sam going to get the brass plates. Later Sam was telling me about Nephi chopping off laben's head, and getting big owies with the sticks, and about the plates and eating pizza. I think maybe I need to explain that the plates are more like a book than an eating utinsil.

A couple other stories we have been teaching him about are the birth of Jesus, Jesus calming the sea, and Jesus healing the woman who touched his robe and was healed. I asked him to tell Lincon the stories after I had told them to him. When he told Lincon about Jesus calming the sea he said, "Jesus said 'stop!' and the rain go bye bye and safe." When he told Lincon about Jesus healing the woman he said, "BIG owies! Touched his shirt and all better!" It was so cute and I loved how inthrolled he gets with the stories.

Disneyland Vacation

I am finally trying to get back on the ball and update my blog. We got back from California last week and it was so fun. We left early on Thursday morning, checked in to our hotel and then headed for Newport beach. It was a little chilly but the kids still loved it. Sam got soaked! The next day we spent the day at Disneyland mostly in fantasy land. Sam was so excited to ride the elephants and rockets. I think Sam's age is about the best time to go because he was still young enough that we didn't have to pay for him to get in but he is old enough to be soooo excited about everything. That night my sister kept our kids and we went back to the park by ourselves. The next day we spent at California adventure. The kids we both so excited to see Lightning McQueen and Mator. They have a whole "Bugs Life" area at California adventure and it is seriously so fun! They have a little play that the bugs put on and Sam and Seth loved it. Seth laughed and Sam thought it was so funny that a bug crawled under his bum. There is also a ride where you can smell watermelon and cookies and it was really cute. The last day we finished up on a few rides that the kids didn't get to ride in Disneyland. Sam had been asking to ride the train since before we even left St. George! We got back on Sunday night and it was so nice to be home! I don't think I realize how much I love home until we leave for a couple days!