Last weekend was General Conference. It was an awesome experience. I needed to take notes for a lesson that I will be teaching this coming Sunday so I fished out a brand new notebook just before the first session on Saturday morning. I had a flash of inspiration as I grabbed the notebook for me that the kids might enjoy a notebook for their own notes.
As I passed them out, I told them they could color pictures of the speaker, their tie, how they were feeling, etc. They took the box of crayons and all three layed on the floor to watch. Sarah scribbled - not unexpected. Porter drew President Monson's tie. Paige drew President Monson and then each speaker after him. She also drew a picture of the Conference Center and about 3/4 of the way through the session, she looked up at me and said, "Oh mom.... can we go to Salt Lake City someday???" It was so sweet. Their attention span had run out by the Saturday afternoon session so they didn't last long but I don't blame them. That is a long time to sit. The sweetest thing was that about 10 minutes before the 2nd session started Paige came to me and asked "Mom, can we watch General Conference again?" And then as the session started, Sarah climbed up on my lap and told me we were going to watch Heavenly Father.
On Sunday morning, Porter climbed into bed with Adam and I, as he often does. Adam looked at him and asked "What's your plan for the day, buddy?" Porter replied, "Listen to President Monson again." We watched the two Sunday sessions at Adam's mom's house. They each had to bring their General Conference notebooks to show grandma. I was shocked when Paige could go through hers and still tell us who each person was that she had colored.
I loved listening. It is such a feast for my soul. I learn so much. My favorite talks were from Elder Cook and Elder Robbins. I especially loved the point Elder Robbins made about making 'To Be' lists. It's really given me a lot of food for thought! We are so blessed to live in a time when we can see and hear the prophet of God speak!
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