General Conference

I Love Watching Conference...

This year Conference was great! I am so proud of my children, they sat through all four sessions of Conference. My sister Jen emailed me this great 14 page packet with questions, crossword puzzles, bingo games etc. for the kids to use while watching conference. This kept them very busy and later we discussed the talks that they liked the best and I was impressed with how much they actually listened. It also helped that our Bishop offered to give each child a giant sized candy bar if they wrote a paper about what they learned during conference! My kids took him serious!!

I remember when they were smaller we used to make tents in the living room. Just like in the Book of Mormon when King Benjamins people pitched their tents with the doors facing the tower, we would have it open infront of the TV as we listened to our prophet. This year we pulled carsons mattress out and it was a great sitting/lounging spot. I should have gotten a picture of Charissa at one point taking up the entire mattress with the others sitting on the very edge :)
We had a very nice relaxing, spirit filled weekend! Thanks kids for making it so nice-you're the best!!!

What the Heck was I thinking?

I am notorious for starting projects that I think won't take too long and end up being just the opposite..projects I start and think...what the heck was I thinkin-and my kids start asking the same question. Yes, I admit the idea of cleaning our windows was a little much for a simple afternoon job!!

After a couple hours I realized this was too much for one day... So 5 windows down and 10+more to go! :) At least we had a good time oh yes and as soon as we did the basement windows workers came and cut the cement sidewalk next to our house and blew the dust in the direction of our clean windows and the rain today didn't help much either- LOVELY! :)One of those laugh at yourself moments!!

And the Countdown Begins!!...

For Months Carson has been asking "How many more days til my birthday?" and once he realized he got Baptized 6 days after his birthday the question changed to "how many more days til I get Baptized?" I found this cute idea of a countdown chart from Melissa and Laura. Thanks gals for letting me copy :) It was a lot of fun to make and he loves it and is so excited!

I am so proud of Carson. He truly is an amazing little man. I can say that because he is my son right? He is always the one up at 7:00am Sunday morning with his dress clothes on and ready for church! He goes to sleep at night listening to his scripture tapes, and this was his choice. Okay well, when he was little I introduced the idea but it was his choice recently to listen to them again. He is such a quite soft spoken kid yet when you get him to start talking he has deep understanding. Now don't get me wrong, he can be very stubborn!! So our goal is to channel that stubborness into standing up for what is right. Steadfast and immovable! :) I am so excited for Carson's Big Day....27days left!