General Conference

For the past few years, I've driven a few hours south to spend conference weekend with one of my dearest friends, Patty and her darling family.

Her husband and oldest son were doing some humanitarian work in Guatemala (installing stoves in homes - so awesome) but cute Cameron (age 10) and Thys (age 7) were there and ready to play. I used my iPad for the pics. Not bad! I also started this using the Blogger app but they loaded in backwards order and then I couldn't do anything with them from the app.  Ah, technology.  I'll caption and it'll be fine...right?

My favorite talks were by Elder Hallstrom, President Uchtdorf and Elder Ballard. I also really liked Elder Rasband's talk.  Oh and the cute Scottish GA who talked about single parents was fantastic.  Oh and Elder Holland was great as usual.  So much goodness this time around. Hope you enjoyed conference as much as we did.

I helped Patty redecorate her oldest son's room during conference breaks.  We love the way it turned out.  Inspiration from here

The cute girl on the top was one of my YW - she's was in the MTC choir on Saturday. So fun to see her!

The remnants of monkey bread and my boring raspberry limeade on the table. I've decided I just really miss the fizz of DC. Well, amongst other things.

Cute boys doing their conference packets

The beautiful redhead in the center was one of my camp girls, also in the MTC choir. Yes I was just as excited to see my girls as I was to see Archie.

Copied this idea from Pinterest and it was a HIT.  It really helped the boys to listen and pay attention.  If you can't tell, the word "prophet" or the names of prophets were the most said during conference.  

I love my friend.  Patty and I are like sisters and we always have the best time together.

What I Loved About Conference Weekend

1. Watching all four sessions with my mom from the comfy confines of my living room. I love technology!
2. Getting a Priesthood Session debrief from both Barry & Tyler (who will be guest blogging again soon -- watch for it!) So grateful that Boni & Jeni married such fantastic men.
3. Elder Perry's talk about living a more simplified life was just perfect.
4. Eating this for breakfast yesterday! Yum! Thanks, Mom!
   
5. That incredible Primary choir -- I cried during every one of their songs. I loved feeling the power of their testimonies as they sang. Almost as much as I loved watching the one boy correct the other boy for not standing the right way during their last song. Ha!
6. I didn't take notes yet but I loved the talk by the Sunday School presidency guy who talked about knowing the people you teach by name. That has been a priority for our Primary presidency and something I've always strived to do in all of my callings. A little validation now and again is a good thing!
7. Having my 77 year old neighbor over to watch the Sunday afternoon session was a treat. She knows lots of fun MoTab facts and pointed out at least 7 times that one of the men looks (to her) exactly like Niles Crane from Frasier.
   
8. Elder Oaks' talk about reverence -- it gave me SO much to think about. I've never really thought about how I should be going into Sacrament meeting and sitting down and just pondering or preparing to partake of the Sacrament itself. Something I'm going to work on!
9. Sister Dalton's talk was one I can't wait to listen to again. I loved the pictures of her and her counselors and the little hike they took into the mountains for their first presidency meeting.
10. I loved being reminded of things that I know are true and feeling the love of my Heavenly Father.