These are plates that Ben brought back from his mission in Puebla Mexico. They have been sitting in our prount closet for several years now. I finally decided to clean out the disaster that has formed in the closet over the last couple of years and pulled these out. Jackson discovered them and immediately clung to them. I couldn;t quite figure out what was so interesting about them, but he was very protective of them. He would not let anyone come close to them and barely let the other kids look at them. That night as I was getting dinner easy, Jackson climbed up to the island where I was working, plates in hand. As I watched him, he bowed his head and folded his arms and then porceded to give the most sincere prayer any 4 year old could give...."We are so thankfun our dear Heavenly Father for these golden plates of Nephi. Please watch over them and protect them so that the bad guys won;t take them form us and we can have them forever. Amen". I bet you can imagine what I did....yep I smiled, and very big proud smile. Yes they were golden plates and I am so proud of him for connecting the two seemingly unrelated sets of golden plates together.
I took the kids to the zoo today. It was so much fun. They have a new penguin exhbit. It was AMAZING. I could have sat there all day and watched them. They are the neatest animals. I think that the kids could have sat there all day too. But sadly we were only allowed 15 minutes in the exhibit to accomadate for everyone else who loved the penguins too. 
Jackson, can you bring the golden plates to show us when you come visit this summer? You are so lucky to have them!
ReplyDeleteSo funny! Thanks for the post that made me laugh April. We miss you guys! Wish we could have gone to the zoo with you. That sounds like fun.