Conference Weekend

For so many years we lived far, far away from life where you could watch conference on TV at home. In Alaska, and before that, in Guam, we'd dress up in Sunday best, go to the church and watch and listen to conference on a scratchy screen. The kids were young and we'd try to keep them occupied with them playing "conference bingo" (October conference they'd play with candy corn and April conference they'd play with those gross candy eggs ... both things that the kids don't like enough to snarf down ... they'd last thru the whole conference!)

Then for the past 2 years we've been so excited to live close to family and close to SLC - so we traveled. We spent conference weekends with our grown kids (SO NICE!)

So this weekend we thought it was time to begin some new traditions

* conference weekend traditions *

and I've learned

it's never to late to begin a new tradition

This has been a great weekend.

Does anyone else think that conference just gets better and better each year?

and that what used to seem like SO MANY hours now seems to just zip by?

Saturday morning we got up in enough time to go to IHOP for breakfast

this was SUCH A TREAT that (thanks for the idea, Brooke)

that I think we'll make it a conference saturday tradition!

Then we watched the 1st session

After those 1st 2 hours we hit the local garage sales

and the were GREAT!

We even had time to make a quick trip to the local thrift store

before the 2nd session began.

Sadly, Brad had to work all day.

Saturday afternoon, after the 2nd session we stopped in at the grocery store

for

PUMPKINS

While the men were in Priesthood meeting

we had girls night out ... 1st stopping at Deseret Book

(we never win the prizes)

we met up with Nancy O & Heather S (fun!)

Sunday morning we had an autumn breakfast of

PUMPKIN BREAD

FRENCH CHOCOLATE

CITRUS SMOOTHIE

Between conference sessions we carved pumpkins

Everyone really enjoyed conference this weekend -

including our collard lizard atop Bry's head :)