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King Who?/Obedience

Maddie was playing with her princesses last night.  She got a set of Sophia the 1st for Christmas and was quite facinated with all the characters.  We do not have cable or satalite so she has not seen an episode before and was asking us all sorts of questions about them.  Elizabeth was using her new phone to look up the answers.  She discovered the names of the characters and delighted Maddie with the information.  Elizabeth was then so sweet and came in to help me make dinner.  As we made dinner together we kept hearing Maddie from the play room, "What was the name of the King?" "Richard the 3rd." Then a few minutes later, "What was the name of the King?" "Richard the 3rd." Then she came into us and said, what is the name of the girl that kisses the King on the mouth?" Then started making kissing noises so I would know what she ment.  Elizabeth answered, "Maranda."  "Okay." and she was again off and playing.
 

While my sister was here my Mom reqested we take a picture of Michael and my niece.  This was not easy task to get two 1 year olds to sit nicely with each other and both look at the camera at the same time.  This is the best we could get.  
 
 
This is what it was really like.
"3 And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word of the Lord, wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him."
He was obedient and did what was commanded of Him. I want to be known as someone who is obedient to the Lord and that the Lord can depend on me and know that if He asks for something I will obey.

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