The first weekend in October is the semi-annual conference weekend for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I love conference weekend. I love listening to the uplifting talks, getting together with family, hearing the choirs, and just relaxing. I really appreciated President Monson's talk during the Sunday Morning session about standing in holy places. Conference is a wonderful time for me to evaluate what I am doing in my life both good and bad, and hear words of encouragement for the things I could do better.
I wasn't always fond of conference though. I can remember times as a little kid sitting in the stake center watching the broadcast on a hard metal chair. The chair was too big and my feet dangled. I had to swing my legs to prevent them from losing circulation and then one of my parents would tell me to quit fidgeting. Impossible!
Now conference is available to watch online http://lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2011/10?lang=eng. I can't remember what year they started doing this, but it is a wonderful thing for people with small children. We catch part of conference with the children and listen or read the rest later. 8 hours is a lot for little ones! Speaking of which, I still need to hear the Saturday morning session...
Matthew sewed while listening to the talks. This year we promised M&M a treat if they could tell us three things they heard. Thus they were motivated to listen.
I think for next April I will build a tent in the living room and play conference bingo with M&M. I bet they would like that.
My lovely sister and oh so cute niece!
This year Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Andrea joined us for dinner after conference. Actually Andrea cooked the dinner and brought it to us. She made lumpia and siopao- yep, she loves us! I *slaved* away on the salad (but it was a good salad).
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Last April, a friend of mine hosted a blanket fort Conference. It was awesome, but of course none of us had kids. :) I was grateful they started streaming it when I lived in NJ. Even with a crappy dial up connection, it was still better than going to the stake center. Here it's on a local cable station and that rocks. It helps to live in one of the largest LDS areas outside of Utah.
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