Wonderful Weekend

Don't you just LOVE conference weekend! I wait for conference weekend with anticipation each spring and fall. I love having the opportunity to hear a prophet of the Lord speak to us. We have officially re-named it, "Listen to a prophet weekend" (I thought the kids would understand that better than 'conference'". So we did just that, we sat and listened to General Conference on both Saturday and Sunday. Of course with 8 kids, you need to have something for them to do besides SIT! So we do have a couple things we do to help the kids. First, we pick a certain word EACH session. They count how many times they hear that word, I count as well. They get a small treat -like a M&M- for each time they hear it. We also have 'Conference candy', for those who chose to listen to the talks they get a piece of candy for each talk listened to. They also have packets with word searches, and a place to write what each speaker talked about. The kids had alot of fun- mostly eating candy- but I'm glad they will sit with me and hear what is being said, even if they don't 'listen'. Saturday between conferences we went on a drive into the mountains. The leaves are changing and it was so beautiful. I absolutely love fall, not sure why, it has always been a time of change for me. Alot of changing moments in my life happened in fall and so I think I find it a time of renewal, persevering and enduring. What ever it is, I love the feelings!
the 'Narrows'
Marked proposed to me in this Canyon. Love it!

Karate Kids