We are in the Children’s Story equivalent of 2 Nephi – Jacob, long past the time when Lehi’s family crossed the ocean. In that account, the story explains:

As they [Laman & Lemuel] came toward Nephi, he commanded them not to touch him because he was filled with the power of God. Laman and Lemuel were afraid for many days.

Then the Lord told Nephi to touch Laman and Lemuel. When Nephi did, the Lord shocked them. Laman and Lemuel knew the power of God was with Nephi.

Sometimes when I read that to Aiden and James, I would substitute “zap” for “shock,” just to mix things up. Still, when it came time to ask Aiden what he remembered, the standard “I don’t know” was the only thing he would ever really say consistently.

Then, this past Sunday, I was at the computer uploading some pictures from our wedding photography CD’s, and I heard the kids playing in the basement. Aiden was standing on the couch, and James was on the floor – this greatly exaggerated Aiden’s towering stature over his younger sibling. They were laughing pretty good, apparently with Aiden holding something just out of James’ reach. Suddenly, I heard Aiden say:

James, don’t touch me. I have the power of God! ZAP!!!

Well…

I guess they were listening after all.

Just two days ago, Johanna emailed me a link to the gallery our wedding photographer had just posted of our wedding photos. She was beyond excited, and wanted me to see ‘em all.

And so I went to the gallery and looked around, and I must say that some of ‘em turned out pretty good. I have my favorite, as does she, and soon we will be going to our photographer’s house to get a CD of our pictures.

One of the great things about this guy is that he is giving us full copyright on the pictures…we can make as many prints as we want! Pretty rare for a wedding photographer, from what I hear.

So the wedding photo idea started out really well. Then, last night, I got to give her sister our ‘wedding gift’ of editing her wedding announcement photo in Photoshop (I love my job and all the kewl programs they give me.) It wasn’t bad, but it took four hours to get it all done. She was happy, in the end, which is all that matters.