Conference Weekend

What a wonderful conference weekend! We kicked it all off Saturday morning by trying a new pancake recipe, "amazing apple pancakes." They were soooOOO yummy- like German puffy pancakes, but with syrupy apples baked in. Then, we had a mini-lesson about how the people that King Benjamin taught faced their tents towards the temple to hear King Benjamin speak. Then, we built our own "tent" (background stands and light stands, with a muslin background draped over!!) facing the TV to hear the prophet! The kids enjoyed this a lot!!

I was absolutely thrilled that we were able to listen to all four sessions! The kids were fantastic, for the most part. Jadan watched all four sessions and did a great job working on the packet I made him. Cooper and Shae watched both morning sessions, doing the packets as well; Cooper watched the afternoon sessions intermittently, while Shae watched a movie upstairs for the afternoon session Saturday. I was able to take a few notes and really concentrate on a few talks in particular, getting a ton out of it- loved President Monson's talk about service and helping others (so did the kids!) President Uchtdorf's talk about "while striving to gain more knowledge is important, doing what you know, better is critical as well" (um, paraphrased obviously!) really inspired me as well. Those stick out in my mind, and I am excited to get the Ensign to read all of the talks.

Our version of BINGO. Whenever the kids (or grownups!) hear one of the speakers talk about a particular theme or person, etc... they got to take the candy next to that word. It was fun!