Sunbeam

Courtesy of Carissa Hambelton.

"I have to share this little story about how cute kids are!...During Primary today we had a member of the Bishopric-Brother Dunne-come in and give a short lesson about how prophets wrote the Book of Mormon. This is the conversation that happened between Brother Dunne and one of our Sunbeams-Gavin.
Brother Dunne-"Who wrote the Book of Mormon?"
Gavin-"Joseph Smith"
Brother Dunne-"That's right! And how did he write it?"
Gavin-"With CRAYONS!!"
It was the cutest thing ever! The answer Brother Dunne was looking for was that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon with the help of the Holy Ghost, but kids are so sweet and come up with the best answers sometimes. I love teaching these kids!!"

Thanks Carissa & John! We sure appreciate you for teaching our little guy!!!

Work Hard

A while ago Gavin got his heart set on getting "Woody's Remote Control Car" from Toy Story. We'd been through the toy store and he was very specific. It had to be the big one with the remote control. The thing is RC car is a pretty expensive toy and we'd just finished spoiling this little guy for Christmas and his birthday. So we created the "job chart". Gavin was given some responsibilities around the house that he could do and earn money for accomplishing. Things like: clearing the table, washing the windows, picking up his toys, practicing his letters, weeding the yard with dad, feeding the dogs, washing the car, dusting and walking the dogs.
Well it turns out our little guy is quite the helper! I could not believe his perseverance and determination. His favorite job was walking the dogs (which was actually a family walk to the park). As you can see from the pictures of the job chart we are pretty stingy and he really had to work hard to earn enough money for his little car!
We also used this opportunity to teach Gavin about what a great blessing it is to be able to work and how we express our appreciation for all that Heavenly Father gives us by paying tithing. The concept was just so natural to this little guy who thanks Heavenly Father for every little joy in his life every night.

He was SO excited.

Yup, paid in quarters, dimes, nickels & pennies.

(It wasn't busy and they were great sports about it at the toy store.)

I love the look of accomplishment in his face.
Congratulations Gavin.