CONFERENCE WEEKEND

I love General Conference weekend. (General Conference is a special ocurrance twice a year when the leaders of our church speak to the LDS members world wide via satellite.) The talks given are always so good and so inspiring and I love it. I also love that we can watch it from home in our pajamas! With all that has been going on in our life recently, there were several points made that really sunk into my heart. My favorites are below:

1-" The rains and floods may come and beat upon our house but we shall not fall for we are built upon the rock of Christ."
2-"If ye have faith, ye shall have power to do whatsoever is expedient in me."
3-"Choose to live by faith, not fear."
4-"If our lives and faith are permanently centered on Christ and His teachings, nothing can go permanently wrong."
5-"We can do the best we can but the outcome is up to Him."
6-"We should not complain about the opportunities given to us to learn."

Besides spending a relaxing weekend at home, I look forward to the guidance and knowledge that I gain from General Conference. I always come away feeling inspired and full of hope and encouragement. Even the kids enjoy it. This year we played "Conference Bingo" and the kids listened for certain words in the talks and then covered the corresponding bingo spaces. I am sure they enjoyed the yummy bingo markers more than the talks, but they sure were quiet and listened well!

After the Sunday talks were over, we headed out to the front yard and did a little sledding. The sun was shining and we had so much fun!Just like when they were really little, Livi still prefers eating snow to sledding and Nick is a dare devil on a saucer!Ben refused to wear his socks and boots.....and the Red Cross ended up hauling him out by sled to treat his cold toes!