Recharge those spiritual batteries

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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The funky chicken

Paige's dance class creates some awesome moments. Awesomely hilarious. Yesterday they got to do the chicken dance as part of their warm up. During the 'in-between the actions part', the teacher told the girls to act like chickens. (Paige is in the dark pink shirt, row closest to mirrors, two long braids down her back.)

Can you tell my child has been around real chickens?? :)

(P. S. Sorry about all the video posts lately!)

Ya never know....

A couple years ago Josh Turner came to the Fair as one of the concerts. It is very rare for my musical taste to merge with Adam's but we both happen to really love Josh Turner so Adam bought us tickets. It was lovely to escape without our children and just be together for the evening. He played mostly songs we were familiar with, though I have to admit that Adam was disappointed because all the other concerts he has ever been to had a mosh pit. (See what I mean about that musical taste thing?? :) The highlight for me was the song below:



The lesson? You never know when you might have a spiritual experience.

You've had a birthday....

Six years ago I became a mom. Hard to believe it was that long ago. I was telling Paige her birth story the other night. We got to the part where, right after she was born, they gave her to me to try to nurse. The minute the nurse laid her on my belly she peed all over me. She giggled for ages when she heard that. She is the best. So glad she came to our family!


At cousin Rylee's baptism (4).

Paige started early with the crazy photo faces (6 weeks).

Brand new Paige in her isolette.

With newborn Porter (almost 2).

On Daisy (2).

Fishing at Gibson Reservoir (5)

Camping at Gibson Reservoir (5)

And, in honor of Paige, this is her very favorite song in the whole wide world. Fitting, don't you think?

Flocking

Yep, the snow geese are a-migrating. This was the scene in the field across the road when I left to pick Paige up from school today.

Telephone Etiquette

Today we took Adam's mom with us to the big town to do a little shopping. She had lost her cell phone while chasing some bulls in the corrals so it probably is resting peacefully in the manure. The joys of rural life right?? Well, Miss Sarah was super upset that her grandma got a shiny new phone and she didn't..... She screamed and screamed "Where's my phone??" Adam took pity on her and bought her a pink plastic Disney princess slider phone at Walmart. (Our children are so spoiled!) When we got back in the car to head to our next stop, she was pretending to talk to somebody and us three adults were talking to each other. She moved her pretty pink cell phone away from her mouth and yelled "BE QUIET! I TALKING!!!" Do you think maybe she's heard that before????



This is Miss Sarah as she fell asleep last night. It's hard to be a girl :)